Hi everyone, I’m really happy to be able to tell you about an exciting new Buzz! quiz game we’re launching on Facebook today called ‘Buzz!: The Friend Quiz’.

Do you think you really know your Facebook friends? Buzz!: The Friend Quiz will help you find out by creating completely personalised quizzes from your shared photos, status updates, fan pages and more.

You can challenge your friends to single or multiple games to see who the best is. There are leaderboards for you to check your current ranking and a range of trophies to collect for great play, as well as message boards for each game you set up, so you can write as much smack-talk as you like!

Each quiz is 8 rounds long (up to 3 questions in each) and covers a different area of Facebook, so there are questions about which of your friends appears in a displayed photo, who wrote a particular comment on their profile, who posted the following link and more. Some of the answers about your friends can be very funny (and enlightening!)

I hope you’re all really going to enjoy it. The app is only in English right now, but we’re busy preparing the French, Italian, German and Spanish versions which will be ready before the end of this month; we’re hoping to add even more languages very soon too. Keep an eye here for more info soon.

Buzz!: The Friend Quiz has just gone live now on Facebook, so head over, try it out and let me know what you think!

(Please note: Buzz! The Friend Quiz is not compatible with the PS3, but works perfectly in any of your favourite PC browsers.)

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What an amazing time the past 24 hours have been! The town of Bunol has been buzzing with tomatoes and of course, Buzz! : )

After an incredible performance on Tuesday night, we’ve finally found our Buzz! World Champion, Armin Diethelm from Switzerland! Armin has won the contest and is now the proud owner of a brand-new MINI Clubman. Many congratulations Armin on a fantastic bit of quizzing, and to MINI for the fantastic prize.

On Wednesday morning, it was time to take all our National Champions to La Tomatina. Our champ, Armin, and Buzz started the 10-tonne tomato frenzy by launching the firework signal. Just one hour later, Bunol (and us!) were covered in tomatoes and the clean-up began.

Check out the photos below to see our new champion and pics of the festival.
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Hello everyone from the Buzz! World Championships Grand Final!

We’ve come to the world-famous La Tomatina festival in Bunyol, Spain to find out which one of our 14 National Champions is going to win a fantastic MINI Clubman!

It’s been 5 months since we started the hunt for our first Buzz! World Champion, and have found our best 14 National players from over 8,000 contestants.

Our stage is ready to roll and later tonight, we’ll know our one final winner!

Our World Champion isn’t just going to be the proud owner of a new MINI. They’re also going to have the once-in-a-lifetime experience of starting the world’s biggest tomato fight at La Tomatina, tomorrow. If you haven’t heard of La Tomatina, it’s a massive throng of over 40,000 people (who’ll fill the empty street below!) throwing over 10 tonnes of tomatoes in a one-hour frenzy!

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Hi guys,

Just to let you know that the Buzz! HQ and Studio spaces are now back!

Take on all comers and prove you’re the biggest brain in PS Home…

And remember, if you want to see your PSN ID up in lights, you too can submit questions for the quiz via MyBuzz!

Jump on in and happy buzzing!

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Hi everyone! The first round of the Buzz! World Championships drew to a close last night in our remaining country, Poland. Now, it’s on to Round 2: the National Finals.

Since the Round 1 competition started on 22nd April we’ve had over 73,000 entries across 14 countries, which is really amazing. The competition’s been intense; some entrants uploaded their scores to the leaderboard over 290 times (equivalent to an astonishing 72 hours of solid Buzz! quiz playing!!).

In case you missed it, here’s a quick reminder of what the Buzz! World Championships is all about – a competition to find a World Champion across 14 countries. The first round took place in the single player leaderboard of our new PS3 Buzz! national quiz games (Brain of the UK, Deutschlands Superquiz, Que Sabes De Tu Pais etc.).

Following this, the top 32 players from each country’s Round 1 competition will soon be going head-to-head in their National Final to find each country’s National Buzz! Champion.

Then, later in August we’ll be bringing all the National Champions together for the Grand Final event at a very special location (more soon!) where we’ll crown our Buzz! World Champion and give away the grand prize, a brand new MINI Clubman!

Well done to everyone who’s made it through to the next round; it’s a great achievement but be prepared – it’s going to get tougher yet in the National Finals!

Here are the players to watch out for in each country – your three highest ranking rivals with their best scores:

Buzz! World Championships Round 1: Highest Ranking Players

We’ll bring you more information from the National Finals soon. In the meantime, you can find out more about the game and the Buzz! World Championships at the official site.

Good luck to all and happy buzzing!

Rob

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