Buzz!: Brain Bender

{{Short description|2008 video game}}

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| title = Buzz!: Brain Bender

| image = Buzz Brain Bender-282x483.jpg

| caption = Buzz!: Brain Bender cover art

| developer = Curve Studios

| publisher = Sony Computer Entertainment

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| series = Buzz!

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| released = {{vgrelease|EU|28 November 2008|AUS|4 December 2008}}

| genre = Puzzle

| modes = Single-player, multiplayer

| platforms = PlayStation Portable

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Buzz!: Brain Bender is a 2008 party video game developed by Curve Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable. It is a spin-off of the Buzz! series and the second game in the series to be made for a handheld console. Unlike other games in the Buzz! series Brain Bender is a puzzle game rather than a quiz game. The game features 16 mini-games covering four categories: Analysis, Observation, Memory, and Calculation{{cite web |last=Wales |first=Matt |url=http://uk.psp.ign.com/articles/900/900618p1.html |title=GC 2008: Buzz! Brain Bender Hands-on - PlayStation Portable Preview at IGN |publisher=Uk.psp.ign.com |date=2008-08-20 |accessdate=2010-08-29 |archive-date=13 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713005100/http://uk.psp.ign.com/articles/900/900618p1.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web|author=Tom Bramwell |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=219717 |title=Buzz does brain training for PSP PSP News - Page 1 |publisher=Eurogamer.net |date=2008-08-21 |accessdate=2010-08-29}} with each category having three levels of difficulty easy, normal, and hard.{{cite web |url=http://www.nzgamer.com/psp/previews/690/buzz-brain-bender-hands-on.html |title=Buzz! Brain Bender Hands On Preview |publisher=NZGamer.com |date= |accessdate=2010-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113222043/http://nzgamer.com/psp/previews/690/buzz-brain-bender-hands-on.html |archive-date=2010-01-13 |url-status=dead }} The multiplayer aspect of the game is a customisable four-round match called Brain Battle.