Company Press Release:
~ Put Your Knowledge to the Test ~
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe introduces 2 New Quiz Based Games for the PS2™
30th November 09: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced the launch of - World Quiz and Medical & Engineering Joint Entrance Quiz., targeted at the vast student community in India, with 2 new India based quiz games Developed by Bangalore-based game development studio – Candella these games will be available for the PS2 for only Rs.499-/-
The ‘World Quiz’ game caters to the school students from standard V to the X, with topics raging from Economics to Geography, History, Mathematics, Politics, Entertainment, Logic, Sports, Art, IT, Heritage and Famous places. IAS/IPS aspirants would also find the World Quiz useful given the wide variety of subjects the quiz covers.
The other; as its name suggests ‘Medical & Engineering Joint Entrance Quiz’ - caters to the Medical & Engineering background aspirants and comprises questions based on Physical Science - Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics - Geometry and Algebra, Biology - Botany and Zoology.
The games have been developed by a well experienced team of professionals and contain Innovative and interactive method of developing the speed of answering thus building confidence. The questions appear in a random order with no chance of skipping a subject therefore making it competitive and a perfect game to play with friends and family. Both quiz games consist of two modes to respond - Exam Mode and the Practice Mode. The Exam Mode requires players to answer 60 randomly put up questions in 60 minutes and the Practice Mode players have 400 questions to respond.
Mr. Atindriya Bose – Country Manager - Playstation, Sony Computer Entertainment, said,
“We recognise importance of education in Indian life. These games allow using a device like Playstation to bring interactivity and fun in the informal practice sessions of different educational curriculums”
About Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), based in London, is responsible for the distribution, marketing and sales of PlayStation®3, PlayStation®2, PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) and PlayStation®Network software and hardware in 99 territories across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania. SCEE also develops, publishes markets and distributes entertainment software for these formats, and manages the third party licensing programs for the formats in these territories. Since the launch of PlayStation 3 in November 2006, over 27 million units have been sold globally and continue to be sold at a record level. Maintaining its position as one of the most successful consumer electronic products in history, PlayStation 2 has sold over 140.7 million systems worldwide. Since its launch at the end of 2004, over 55.9 million PSPs have been sold globally, highlighting the importance of the portable entertainment market. With the huge increase in interest and accessibility of network applications and network gaming, over 31 million accounts have registered to PlayStation Network, the free-to-access interactive environment, and over 600 million items have been downloaded.
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