Serious Game Classification

Buzz!: The Schools Quiz Relentless Software (United Kingdom), SCEE (United Kingdom), 2008  

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Classification

SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

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Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Educative message broadcasting
  • Training

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment
  • Education

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age : 12-16 / 17-25
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:

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Buzz!: The Schools Quiz Buzz!: The Schools Quiz is an educational game based on the popular Buzz! series of games. The game was developed by Relentless Software in association with the UK Government's Department for Education and Skills (DfES). The game's 5,000 questions are based on the Key Stage 2 Curriculum that covers children between the ages of 7 and 11 years.Although the game is published by Sony the development cost were covered by Relentless themselves and a Government grant from DfES to fund the initial prototype. [source:wikipedia]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : PlayStation 2 (PS2)

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