TimePlay launches new interactive at-home gaming platform

Another reason we miss going to the movie theatres (aside from the massive bags of popcorn aka dinner) is the pre-show fun. The teaser trailers, the talking popcorn reminding us to turn off our devices, and the TimePlay interactive games—remember those? Where we had a chance to compete with fellow movie theatre audience members in friendly trivia and skill-testing games?  Hey, I've won a few extra free drinks and extra points pre-lockdown! Now that we've made "movie night" a regular event at home we can now add TimePlay to make it even more like an in-theatre experience!

TimePlay has relaunched with TimePlay Live, an at-home casual gaming experience. The play-from-your-couch battle royale knowledge show amps up the fun with three live games per week where you will compete against players for a place on the leaderboard for prizing and bragging rights. To celebrate the relaunch of the experience, TimePlay will showcase its new platform at an inaugural event on April 22, 2021 at 8:30 pm ET. The top-scoring contestant at the launch event will walk away with a special, inaugural grand prize of 10,000 SCENE points.

The TimePlay app transforms your phone into a rich game controller to interact with the second screen, which in this case is your browser or big screen tv that is activated from www.timeplay.tv. The fun begins every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at 8:30 pm ET.  Contestants will be placed into virtual rooms or pods to compete against smaller groups increasing their chances of winning in each pod.

The first-of-its-kind cloud-based offering boasts a new look and feel and tracks your ranking in a national leaderboard as you compete with movie fans coast to coast. While previously centred on movie trivia, the new TimePlay Live has broadened into additional categories including TV, Music, Pop Culture and Games, giving lots more chances to show what you know.

Users will walk away with prizes they know and love, including 500 SCENE Points being awarded to the winner of each pod.  In addition to the top prizes available to be won, users will be awarded SCENE Points simply for playing the game.

The casual interactive gaming company had a soft launch late last year with subscribers but is now opening to the public market. To date, TimePlay has captured 6 million app downloads and 32 million gameplays in Canada and counting!