Buzz! maker Relentless' three-and-a-half new games
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Buzz! inventor Relentless Software is making three-and-a-half new games, co-founder Andrew Eades told me this afternoon - including a new game in the successful Blue Toad murder mystery series.
Sony sued over Buzz! trademark
"Copycat" accusations from US company.
Sony is facing a legal headache over its Buzz! series of quiz games.
Movie games and videos.
What better way to start a review of a movie quiz game than with a movie quiz? There are plenty of better ways actually but we've forgotten them and there's nothing on Wikipedia. So here goes: which movie ends with the line, 'Welcome to Hollywood! What's your dream? Everyone who comes to Hollywood's got a dream...' (We'll give you till the end of the review to answer.)
Don't know about you, but our Hollywood dream doesn't include being shouted at by a computer-generated Australian for half an hour. But that's something you just have to put up with in Buzz! The Hollywood Quiz, the first movie-focused instalment in the hit series of quiz games for PS2.
As you'll know if you've had experience of the previous ones, the Buzz! games are played with special controllers featuring four rectangular buttons for answering multiple-choice questions. They also have a big red button on top.
Think you know your stuff?
Sony has won the star prize this afternoon by announcing a new PS2 Buzz game for October.
Dubbed 'The Hollywood Quiz', it will fire over 5000 questions at your face about all sorts of goings on in the film industry. There's loads of gossip straight out of Heat and OK magazines, and more than 100 clips, stills, and sound bites to analyse.
This time round you'll pick from more contestants than ever before, and enjoy improved round types so your friends can't blame their bad brains on the game. Like my flatmate Chris.
