Sports & Game Shows, Sign Me Up
I’m a huge fan of sports and happen to like game shows… so when Electronic Arts announced their upcoming game, GameShow, for whatever reason, I didn’t take notice. Not many people did. However, lets look at it as it’s pretty unique and cool.
First off, IGN reviews GameShow here. It’s a free to play, downloadable PC game, that a live moderator asks trivia questions in the form of streaming video, audio, and text. You get points for right/wrong questions and can win prizes and schwag from advertisers/sponsors. Initially, it’s sports themed and may have sports celebrities partaking as moderators, but I do not see why they can’t extend the product line into other areas.
There is a game that we like to play when visiting Peabody’s Bar in Saratoga Springs… NTN Trivia. I’m going to assume it’s similar in the questions area, but different as there is no social networking component to NTN. I’m sure GameShow will take advantage of avatars, social networks, etc.
I’m predicting that this title will do fairly well. Not sure how EA is going to provide a live moderator 24/7, but I’m sure they’ll figure something out.