Ludography
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Players6 ratings
80/100
Critics5 reviews
Buzz!: Quiz TV cover

2008 · Party · Quiz

Buzz!: Quiz TV

PlayStation exclusive

Buzz! Quiz TV marks the debut of Sony's party-quiz series, Buzz!, to the PlayStation 3; adding the ability for players to compete online as well as write their own questions and exchange quiz packs online.

Released
21 May 2008
Platforms
PlayStation 3
Genres
PartyQuiz
Developers
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Publishers
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
First person
Themes
ComedyParty
Country
United Kingdom
Age ratings
PEGI 12ESRB T

About

Buzz!: Quiz TV is a 2008 party video game developed by Relentless Software and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It is the seventh instalment in the Buzz! series and the first to not be released on the PlayStation 2.

It debuts new wireless Buzz! controllers, as well as new game rounds. It is the first Buzz! game to feature user-generated content and online play.

Keywords

  • game show
  • user generated content
  • playstation trophies
  • eyetoy support
  • downloadable content
  • peripherals
  • playstation home tie-in
  • sudden death
  • playstation eye support
  • website integration
  • pax 2008

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

There are nine modes in the game. A single-player game consists solely of three rounds of Stop The Clock, where the faster the player answers a question, the more points are awarded, provided that the answer is correct.

When playing a local multiplayer game with up to four players a game consists of seven rounds. These are:

Reception

IGN UK praised Quiz TV on its presentation and long lasting appeal but was unhappy with the lack of toughness in the games' questions, commenting that "most games descend into a question of fastest finger first". Despite their complaints they declared that Quiz TV' "is still one of the most wholesome and entertaining party games available."

Reviewing Quiz TV for Eurogamer, Dan Whitehead expressed initial disappointment that the game didn't feel bigger or bolder, like other games that have jumped from one console generation to another, but went on to say that due to the quality of the Buzz! franchise the game didn't really need a makeover anyway. Whitehead thought that the game was "more of a tentative step forward than a giant leap" stating that the game would "grow into something quite wonderful" with the aid of updates and user created MyBuzz content.

Awards

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
PlayStation 34 July 2008Europe · North America 23 September 2008

Editions and related releases

Editions
Buzz!: Quiz TV Special Edition

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