Tag: Relentless Software
News Buzz! Developer Relentless Software Shuttered
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In the days before the Nintendo Wii, it was actually Sony that ruled the casual games space – especially in Europe, with franchises like Singstar, EyeToy Play, and… Yes, Buzz!. For those of you who don't remember it – the series only seemed to be popular in the Old World – it was essentially a multiplayer quiz title, where you controlled...
News Get the First Episode of Blue Toad Murder Files for Free
No catch
Get to the bottom of a murder in Blue Toad Murder Files, the co-operative investigation game from UK developer Relentless Software. Released on PSN in chunks, you can now pick up the first episode absolutely free. If you like what you play, check out our Blue Toad Murder Files review to see if it's worth splashing your cash on the rest of...
News Relentless Software Close The Book On Buzz, Series Wasn't Right For PlayStation 3
Buzz
creators Relentless Software have all but closed the book on the PlayStation 3's premium quiz franchise, stating that the series failed to meet the right demographic on PlayStation 3. With the studio going independent after a long partnership with Sony, co-founder Andrew Eades told Eurogamer that the developer is now looking to pursue other...
News Buzz! Developer Concerned by Move's Popularity
Eyeing up the opposition
Relentless Software has put out two Move-enabled titles already, melodic competition-fest Buzz! The Ultimate Music Quiz and cheery homicide investigator Blue Toad Murder Files, that have both been reasonably well-received. Company co-founder Andrew Eades spoke to Eurogamer about the studio's future in the motion market and...
News Relentless Software To Shift Towards Digital-Only Content
Relentless has made a lot of great games for the PlayStation, most of which revolve around the casual-friendly Buzz
franchise. The quiz game has been a staple of the PlayStation catalogue for some time, but with the developers stretching into new territory — and out of a long-term deal with Sony — the Brighton-based studio's looking at a...
News Patched for Move: Blue Toad Murder Files
Free update brings point and click back
Relentless Software's already got one Move game under its belt, the melodic Buzz: The Ultimate Music Quiz, and now the episodic murder investigative adventure Blue Toad Murder Files has been patched for Move too. Split into six episodic adventures, you can play them all with three friends by your side,...
News Blue Toad Murder Files Adopts PlayStation Move Support
Here's an obvious marriage: Relentless' oddball detective soap opera, Blue Toad Murder Files, is to get PlayStation Move support in way of a patch
The motion support will add pointer controls to the game making its pesky puzzles all the more intuitive to solve. As an added festive treat, Relentless has reduced the entire season's value to £9.99 /...
Out Now Buzz! The Ultimate Music Quiz (Europe)
Move to the beat
Melodic masterminds can try their arm at Buzz! The Ultimate Music Quiz, released across Europe this past Wednesday, with UK shops starting to sell it this weekend. We set a crafty music quiz of our own the other day but so far nobody has been able to crack the devilish teaser. Here it is again, but be warned: if you're not up to the...
News Get a Move on with Buzz: The Ultimate Music Quiz Next Week
The oddly-shaped head returns
Sony's head honcho of quizzes Buzz returns next week in the rather tuneful form of Buzz!: The Ultimate Music Quiz, reaching European PS3 consoles from Wednesday October 20th. As well as the usual buzzer-bashing quiz rounds, The Ultimate Music Quiz offers unique rounds making use of the PlayStation Move, in which the...
News American Ratings Board Outs New Buzz! Title
The American ratings board is carrying a listing for a new Buzz
title, Joystiq's discovered. Buzz! Quiz Player is a "trivia game in which players compete to answer questions on a variety of topics, including sports, TV shows, movies, and music". Sound familiar? We love the Buzz! games so we'll be all over this. Hopefully it's a bit of a...
News Blue Toad Murder Files Boxset Hits The European PlayStation Store Tomorrow
Relentless Software has posted on the PlayStation Blog that they're preparing a bundle for the Blue Toad Murder Files from tomorrow on the European PlayStation Store
The bundle will grant you all six episodes of the detective party package for £17.99 / 21.99. Additionally, just because they are nice, Relentless are reducing the price of Episode...
News Playstation 3's Buzz!: Quiz World Gets Full Facebook Integration
Buzz
: Quiz World</a> is set to become the first video game (ever!) to feature full Facebook social interaction. A patch going live today for Relentless' quiz-em-up includes full compatibility for Facebook, allowing players to update their friends about personal achievements within the game. The functionality is capped at five updates per day,...
News Episode Three Of The Blue Toad Murder Files To Be Free
One of our most anticipated PSN titles is the next episode of the Blue Toad Murder Files
So it's exciting to hear that Relentless are giving away episode three for free between February 25th (its launch) and March 25th. Episodes four to six will follow on April 8th and will be bundled as a pack for £9.99. You can see our reviews for the first two...
News Buzz! Quiz World Hits PSP On December 17th
If you've been waiting to get your PSP quizzing on, then the wait is almost over
Buzz! Quiz World will launch exclusively for the PSN this coming December 17th. There'll be over 3,000 new questions, online infrastructure multiplayer and access to the MyBuzz user generated content. Looks like December 17th is going to be one busy update!
News Latest Blue Toad Murder Files Teaser Is Wonderfully Narrated
The latest Blue Toad Murder Files trailer should be put up for an award or something
The narrator's voice-over work is nothing short of fabulous. We're absolutely loving the build-up for Blue Toad Murder Files. We can't wait to download the game ahead of Christmas.
News Blue Toad Murder Files Looks Like It Might Be Brilliant
You've got to love the style of Relentless' games
The team most synonymous with the Buzz! franchise have just released a teaser trailer for their upcoming PSN detective game Blue Toad Murder Files. The game's set to release near to Christmas. We absolutely can't wait to check it out.
News Buzz! Continues To Be Awesome With Trendy People
There's a new Buzz
game coming soon, in the form of Buzz! Quiz World. It does a few new things, like the introduction of recorded character names so you can be addressed directly. Which is actually a big deal, right, in a quiz game. There also appears to be a ton more modes and variety. So basically, it's the awesome Buzz! Quiz TV, with a lot...
News Test Your Friendships To Their Limits With The New Buzz! Facebook Game
Buzz
is bloody great isn't it? It's not the first exclusive game everyone jumps to talk about, but that doesn't mean it's not one of the better quiz games available. In fact, we'd go as far as saying it's the best. Well then, Facebook and Buzz! fans will be pleased to know there's a new app available for Facebook — the Buzz! friends quiz. It draws...
News Blue Toad Murder Files: The Mysteries Of Little Riddle Coming December 17th
Relentless - famous for their Buzz
games - are prepping the first episode in their adventure game series, Blue Toad Murder Files. The first episode - The Mysteries Of Little Riddle - will launch December 17th. Perfect for pre-Christmas gaming. The game will be the studio's first self-publish game and focuses on the classic British...
News Buzz! Quiz World Looks Like A Suitably Excellent Upgrade
Remember Buzz
Quiz TV</a> and Buzz! Brain Of The UK? Yep, two Buzz! games that were actually rather awesome but needed fleshing out. A lot. Looks like Buzz! Quiz World is set to fix those problems. The popular quizzing game is back but with what looks like tons of new content. As confirmed via the embedded trailer. The trailer reveals...
News Blue Toad Murder Files Heading To The Playstation Network
The team behind the Buzz
games, Relentless Software are to release a non-trivia related title on the PSN soon. The episodic adventure entitled Blue Toad Murder Files is set to be announced in September and will naturally see the player solving a murder mystery. We can't wait to find out more.
News The Buzz! Team Are Working On Social PSN Title
Relentess Software, the team behind Buzz
, have teased they are working on a "social PS3 PSN" title according to VG247. Apparently we'll be hearing more about it after GDC (which ends March 27th). Until then enjoy the above screenshots. They've been censored so that we're kept in the dark. Huzzah.
