The reviewers were disappointed with the quality of the music clips. John Hoogerwaard of Trouw called them "simple imitation", [2] and Reed felt that because none were sourced from their artists, they weren't initially recognizable. [3] Ramsey stated that the clips reminded him of low-quality muzak versions of songs. [4]

This Week in PlayStation Home: Buzz! and Fight Night Space Launches, and More!". SCE. 15 July 2009. The series was launched in October 2005 and has been nominated for several BAFTA categories throughout its reign. One of the games, Buzz!: The BIG Quiz won the BAFTA award for Best Casual and Social game in 2006. The series transitioned from PlayStation 2 to PlayStation 3 in 2008 with Buzz!: Quiz TV. The series was also nominated for Best Social Game and Best Multiplayer Game categories for the 2009 BAFTA video game awards. Well they could," mused Eades, "but I challenge anyone to be better than us at a quiz game and certainly a Buzz! game. A fresh pair of eyes might help in some respects, but when you've done Buzz! for five years it's in your bones."In October 2006 a spin-off series of games designed for children started with the release of Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party with 40 mini games (but 25 in The United States version). The second game, Buzz! Junior: Robo Jam, was released in May 2007, was the first game to be created by Cohort Studios for both PlayStation 2 & PlayStation 3, and has 25 mini games ( but 24 in North America). Buzz! Junior: Robo Jam uses robots as players. Then, a third, Buzz! Junior: Monster Rumble was released in November 2007 and has 25 mini games. The fourth game in the series, Buzz! Junior: Dino Den, is based around dinosaurs and was the second Buzz game to be developed by Cohort Studios and released in February 2008. The fifth Buzz! Junior game, Buzz! Junior: Ace Racers, again developed by Cohort Studios, was released in October 2008. [9] Buzz! Junior: Ace Racers is a racing game where players race cars, boats and planes using their Buzz! buzzer. a b c Hill, Jason (October 31, 2006). "Buzz Junior: Jungle Party". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved November 29, 2019. Purchese, Robert (2 February 2009). "More Buzz! for Sony consoles this March". Eurogamer . Retrieved 21 August 2010.

Features a Facebook implementation, which was used to publish the game results for all of the account's friends. Nevertheless, Relentless Software broke ground with Buzz! on PS3, claiming "a number of firsts". "It's extraordinary what we did," boasted Eades. "We had the first playable user-generated content before LittleBigPlanet; we had the first Trophies ever on a PlayStation game; and we also had the first Facebook connect in a PlayStation game - on any console in fact. Phillips, Tom (5 August 2016). "Buzz! developer Relentless shut down". Eurogamer . Retrieved 7 August 2016. a b c d Van Leuveren, Luke (October 17, 2006). "Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party Review". PALGN. Archived from the original on February 23, 2007 . Retrieved November 29, 2019. My point is," he added - "and I'm not asking people, I'm not sad that people won't do it" - "when we brought out Buzz on PS2 there was a PS2 Buzz bundle, like you get a Gran Turismo bundle. You could buy the console branded Buzz!. And we're never going to get that with PS3 for a number of years because it's just not appealing at that price."Buzz Relentless Q and A". Thumb Bandits. 25 October 2008. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008 . Retrieved 9 August 2020. PlayStation Home SingStar Rooms Launch on September 24th, Buzz! Game Launching Support Announced". SCE. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009 . Retrieved 10 September 2009.

On 24 November 2006, Eidos released Who Wants to be a Millionaire – Party Edition. This was the first third party game to support the use of Buzz! buzzers. The game features a single player game closely modelled on the original UK version of the TV show and a multi-player version with various modes like Multi-Millionaire where players take it in turns to answer questions with elimination the penalty for a wrong answer the winner being the last player left standing. Millionaire Party allows players to steal questions from rivals. a b c d Kautz, Paul (26 October 2005). "Test: Buzz! Das Musik-Quiz (Musik & Party)". 4Players . Retrieved 9 August 2020. Buzz!™ Junior Jungle Party". PlayStation™Store. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15 . Retrieved 2019-12-15.Many PS5 users have been lamenting the eventual dying out of the Buzz! Games as they remain confined to the PS2 and the PS3. Reddit users have been saying they would love to see Buzz! for a while now (Remastered or just released on the PS5). After joining the many other Sony Intellectual Properties in the game graveyard, gamers have come up with ideas on how Sony could make a revival for the game series work. On 7 November 2008, Disney Interactive Studios released Disney Think Fast for the PlayStation 2. The game came in a box with four Buzz controllers without the Buzz branding. Players answer a variety of questions in a selection of different categories. The series is presented as if you were on a game show, and is best known for its host Buzz and his crazy antics, as well as the custom Buzzer controllers. a b Boyes, Emma (26 July 2007). "Buzz! dev: We need to make games for Miyamoto's wife". GameSpot . Retrieved 9 August 2020. A PlayStation 3 game is an expensive thing to make," he went on, "and I don't think it makes much sense to spend that much money to make a game for such a small demographic. That's not Sony's fault, not our fault - that's the way the market is."

Point Builder – The goal is to select an answer before the time runs out, and everyone who answers correctly receives the points. For Relentless Software, the book has all but closed on Buzz! - a quiz series voiced by Jason Donovan and recognised by its bespoke four-button controllers. What Sony poured champagne over during the glory days of PS2 simply failed to bubble on PS3. a b c d e f g h i Reed, Kristan (17 October 2005). "Buzz: The Music Quiz: Your living room may never be the same again". Eurogamer . Retrieved 9 August 2020. Purchese, Robert (10 February 2009). "BAFTA game nominations revealed: COD4, Fable II, GTAIV, LBP top the bill". Eurogamer . Retrieved 21 August 2010.As to whether Sony and Relentless will work together again - either making Buzz! on PS3 or PSP or even Next Generation Portable game - were all questions Eades wouldn't confirm or deny. He was reluctant to even say whether Relentless had toyed around with NGP. The series comprises eighteen games, thirteen of which are part of the Buzz! Series, five of which are part of the Buzz! Junior series. The last game of the series, Buzz!: The Ultimate Music Quiz was released in 2010, and this is the first time we have seen a title from this series. Sony might have to seriously pull something out of its hat if they are going to remaster or reproduce Buzz! for the PS5. Usually, when a game is remastered, the original developers are involved in the project. Unfortunately, the developers of the Buzz! games series, Relentless Software, ended up closing in 2016, meaning this is no longer an option. This being said, a company as big as Sony could find a healthy workaround for this unfortunate situation. The solution may be as simple as finding some developers who worked on the original games and hiring them as a development team specifically to bring the Buzz! games to the PS5. PSN Games - Buzz! Junior: Jungle Party". Uk.playstation.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-18 . Retrieved 2010-11-02.