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Buzz gets a few enhancements and new features for the PS3 version, but it’s the same game we’ve come to love and still the best quiz game around.

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Buzz! Quiz TV

PS3 HANDS ON

Our favourite game show comes to PS3!

Buzz! Quiz TV

PS3 HANDS ON by Dan Cheer 18 Apr 2008, 12:55 pm

One of the benefits in owning a PlayStation 2 console is its built-in time travel chip. Those with Buzz! controllers, or membership at a video rental store, can fire up any one of the six versions of Buzz! available and effortlessly lose hours and hours tapping away at a small plastic box, and debating such crucial questions as "what is the capital of the Ukraine?", or "what am I doing at home on a Friday night being mocked by an animated game show host?".

Previously, Buzz! titles have only been available for the PlayStation 2, and they've fared admirably. Buzz! The Big Quiz even won the 2006 BAFTA for best Casual and Social game. So what real benefit can we expect from a PlayStation 3 version?

We were provided with some early preview code for Buzz! Quiz TV from Sony, so after updating the firmware on our in-house debug PS3 we fired it up and settled back for a few rounds of outlandish fun.

Game info

Description: If previous Buzz! titles have been individual gameshows, this is a whole TV network. Buzz!: Quiz TV gives you instant access to almost any subject you can think of, and will be supported by vast downloadable and user-generated content. If there was ever a time to pick up Buzz!’s famous quiz show b... (more info)

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If previous Buzz! titles have been individual gameshows, this is a whole TV network. Buzz!: Quiz TV gives you instant access to almost any subject you can think of, and will be supported by vast downloadable and user-generated content. If there was ever a time to pick up Buzz!’s famous quiz show buzzer controllers, this is it.The starting point next March (2008) will be the Buzz!: Quiz TV Blu-ray disc. It’ll contain a whopping 5000 questions divided into five channels with something for every quiz fanatic to choose from: The Music Channel; The Movies and TV Channel; The Sports Channel; The Knowledge Channel; and The Lifestyle Channel. Choose between playing a whole game with questions from a single channel or select 'Channel Hopper' mode to take a random mix of questions drawn from all five. Whichever way you play, the Buzz! studio and lighting - all, of course, in stunning High Definition - will change to reflect the topic that you are being quizzed on.

Of course let’s not forget the man himself. Buzz - the sharp-suited quiz maestro you know and love is already working hard to update his repertoire of quips and asides for this next-generation title - but even the man himself would be hard pressed to crack wise about any of the following stunning online features that you’ll find on Buzz! Quiz TV.

Downloadable content: The fun doesn’t end with the Blu-ray Disc; it’s actually just beginning. The disc is a gateway to a huge variety of constantly-updated downloadable Quiz Packs available from PlayStation Store on PLAYSTATION Network. Many will be specific to individual countries or even towns - just imagine playing a quiz on your local football team, for example.

There are also loads of ways to enjoy your new content - you can play:

A quiz based solely on your most recently downloaded pack

A quiz based on the relevant channel (incorporating your new content)

'Quiz Hopper' - a mode that uses all of your existing multi-channel content as well as questions from your new pack.