tv game shows - buzz quiz comes to india from sony

Following the successful launch of its trivia game in Europe and US, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) announced that it will be launching the Indian version of "Buzz Quiz" in India.

Bursting with over 5,000 questions Buzz: The Maha Quiz offers players questions on trivia ranging from celebrities to nature to sports to history and has something for everyone.

The contents of Buzz: The Maha Quiz are India-centric. Forty per cent of the Indian content has been developed in collaboration with Derek O'Brien and Associates.

According to Atindriya Bose, country manager, Sony Computer Entertainment, “Buzz enjoys a tremendous fan following across the globe because of three key elements - accessibility, character and sociability.”

The social character of this game gives a chance to take the quiz with the host Buzz and his assistant Rose. This game constitutes of several round of question and one can play the game with a hand held buzzer thus recreating the magic of TV game show. The exciting part of this game is that one can view himself on screens after plugging in an USB camera.

Buzz is originally a series of videogames developed by UK software house Relentless Software and published by Sony for the PlayStation 2 console. It includes the platinum selling Buzz: The Music Quiz, Buzz: The Sports Quiz and Buzz: The Big Quiz and the Maha Quiz.

In the all-new Buzz: The Maha Quiz three new rounds have been added besides some old favorites, with the final round refurbished to make the game competitive right upto the end.

Some of the new game features are slick TV-style presentation and a studio at-its-most technically advanced; fully-implemented 5-8 player mode; 12 different territory SKUs; and 5000+ brand new general knowledge questions, covering TV, movies, music, sports, science, nature and more.

Unlike other game that used to inflict violence in children through different games, Maha Buzz will sure make buzz with its uniqueness to provide pleasure through learning.

"Buzz The Maha Quiz" will be available in the market at a price of Rs 1,499 and will be promoted in the country by SCEE.