Buzz Gets Home Space

Man, this must have been hard to keep quiet. Thankfully, all is now revealed, as the conceptual designs for Buzz!’s Home space are now out in the open for everyone to enjoy.

Under request from SCEE via the game’s creative director, Cumron’s art production company, Helium Graphics, was given the great job of visualising how a Home space could work for Buzz!. According to the designer, the brief was very simple: taking the images below (created by Relentless’ art director, Ben Lee) Helium was to produce a Home based version of Buzz! where players could meet and play Buzz! collectively without owning the game.

To answer the questions, players need only walk on the correct coloured square before the timer ran out to proceed. The end result resembles a ‘road show’ which is a cross between a TV studio and a music venue, with space for knocked out players to stand and watch the remainder of the show.

Cumron then started with the Home SDK and PS3 Dev kits, and the work obviously paid off, because in our opinion the Buzz! Home space looks fantastic, and apparently only took 5 weeks to build. The designer says Sony are happy as were Relentless, and apparently the concept has been continued by Relentless internally and should be online soon.

Really, really smart, and we can’t wait to see what else is up SCEE’s sleeves when we finally get our grubby hands all over Home. Until then, keep dreaming…

Note: We need try to seek permission for the use of the images, but couldn’t get in touch directly with the author.

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Michael (Staff)
Member since: Forever
Posted on: 29/07/2008 at 09:01

Neat-o.
Gamoc (Content Manager)
Member since: Forever
Posted on: 29/07/2008 at 10:32

That is quite cool, playing Buzz without the game (after a fashion). Impressive.
clarkec321 (Staff)
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Posted on: 29/07/2008 at 10:37

Stuff like this is what Home should be about… not that Second Life shite which no one plays after a 1st attempt

This does look really good
stefhutch20 (354 TSA Points)
Member since: Forever
Posted on: 29/07/2008 at 12:19

I agree it looks really good, but when are we getting trophies? Are there any updates on the update? lol
Michael (Staff)
Member since: Forever
Posted on: 29/07/2008 at 13:26

I think we should send Sony a TSA trophy everytime they do something good for Europe. It won’t cost us much.
gazo69 (928 TSA Points)
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Posted on: 29/07/2008 at 14:46

Do you think it will make them give us the same stuff as the US? They just might do ya know.
TommyFlorida (Banned)
Member since: Forever
Posted on: 29/07/2008 at 15:50

Nice Article,This is very cool,I Hope to see this type of feature in more games,Like SOCOM, Just imagine it..Being in an army platoon in home
seedaripper1973 (615 TSA Points)
Member since: Forever
Posted on: 29/07/2008 at 21:40

is this similar to ‘run around’ the old 80’s kids show featuring the late/great mike leigh??
if so…i’m sold….RUN ArrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRHHHHAAAAAAAANNNNNNNDDD!!!!
SirGregThorn (632 TSA Points)
Member since: Forever
Posted on: 29/07/2008 at 22:10

It does look very good
were you thinking of different types of trophies
sort of bronze silver and gold

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