PlayStation(R)2 Brings the Game Show Experience and Kid-Friendly Mini-Game Fun Into Your Living Room With Buzz! (TM) the Mega Quiz and Buzz! (TM) Junior Jungle Party New Party Games Deliver Social Gaming Entertainment for the Whole Family

This Holiday Season

    FOSTER CITY, Calif., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Computer
 Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) announced today the release of Buzz! (TM)
 The Mega Quiz and Buzz! (TM) Junior Jungle Party, available exclusively for
 the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system. Regardless of gameplay
 ability, Buzz! The Mega Quiz and Buzz! Junior Jungle Party provide a social
 gaming experience for gamers and non-gamers alike as the games utilize the
 pick-up and play Buzz! buzzer peripherals instead of a game controller.
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     Ideal for holiday gatherings with friends and family, Buzz! The Mega
 Quiz is the ultimate trivia game with over 5000 questions across a variety
 of topics and genres, including celebrities, music, sports, film, history,
 science and more. Buzz! The Mega Quiz features a TV style game show
 experience delivered live in your living room where up to eight players
 compete in a wide variety of fun, engaging trivia. With 14 wild and wacky
 contestants to choose from along with customizable options such as unique
 buzzer sounds and character costumes, players can challenge one another in
 five different gameplay modes (Multiplayer, Single, Team, Quickfire, Quiz
 Master).
     The Buzz! franchise's kid-friendly Buzz! Junior Jungle Party, will
 appeal to children, parents and grandparents as it features over 25
 humorous and entertaining mini-games for up to four players. Loosely based
 upon childhood favorites like hot potato and red light green light, Buzz!
 Junior Jungle Party allows the entire family to get involved in this game
 of hijinks and humour with an experience enhanced by a unique jungle
 environment, hilarious characters and solid gameplay that puts their skills
 to the test. Players looking for an extra fun challenge with friends can
 choose from their favorite games to develop short, medium, long or custom
 tournaments. Buzz! The Mega Quiz and Buzz! Junior Jungle Party both require
 the buzzers to play and will be available as a bundled version that
 includes the buzzers and as a standalone version offered at a lower price.
     "Already an extremely successful franchise in Europe with close to six
 million units sold, the introduction of the Buzz! franchise to the North
 American market demonstrates our continued commitment to expanding our
 social gaming catalogue on PlayStation 2 and broadening our audience by
 reaching casual gamers, females, and families," said Jeff Reese, director,
 software marketing, SCEA. "With its unique buzzer controller, accessible
 content and social engaging gameplay, Buzz! elevates social entertainment
 and family fun to a whole new level this holiday season."
     SCEA will support Buzz! The Mega Quiz and Buzz! Junior Jungle Party
 with a national television, print and online advertising campaign, full
 promotional support including in-store demonstrations in Best Buy's Social
 Gaming Area, dedicated point-of-purchase displays and merchandising
 support, broad-based public relations support, and an immersive and
 interactive Buzz! brand Web site at http://www.buzz-games.com.
     Buzz! will be part of an innovative national Buzz! Across America
 promotional tour featuring the Buzz! crew which are real-life, walking
 trial kiosks. Running from October 2007 through March 2008, the tour will
 visit high-traffic areas in 10 major markets across the country including
 bars, street fairs, movie theatres, college campuses and more. College
 sororities and fraternities also will be able test out their trivia wits
 with Buzz! The Mega Quiz at over 45 SCEA-sponsored Greek events across the
 country.
     The independent Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has rated
 Buzz! The Mega Quiz and Buzz! Junior Jungle Party "E-10+" for "Everyone 10
 and older." For more information about the ESRB visit www.esrb.org.
     About Sony Computer Entertainment America
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 the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, the PSP(R)
 (PlayStation(R)Portable) handheld entertainment system, the ground-breaking
 PLAYSTATION(R)3 (PS3(TM)) computer entertainment system and its online and
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SOURCE Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.