How to get into.....

[-Jason-]

.....becoming a computer games tester?

Anyone work in this industry who can help me?

[josh1989]

not a clu pay is dismal though iirc

[Danr]

It's a shit job mate. I have heard about people doing it and it's really boring. Just have to play the game again and again for shit pay.

EA games is very local to me and i see adverts every so often.

[jacko87]

My cousin used to work for EA, hated it

[alex19]

Most people get into "Quality Assurance" because they want to get into higher ranks within the studio, and that's the best way to do it. Testing games isn't really a good career if you ask me, it's at the bottom of the chain in terms of ranks within game development.

BTW, if you really want to get into it then your better off getting into a smaller studio. Places like EA/Ubisoft etc have employee's within the millions. Where as studios in america like Epic Games for exam only have around 60.

[Ferg]

Trolley Boy of the Gaming World?

[Tupps]

Peej is a games tester iirc

[Steve]

.....becoming a computer games tester?

Anyone work in this industry who can help me?

find developer sites, not as easy as you think for the money mind ;)

we have a game developer next door to where i work 14k a year they pay, but its nothing like buying a game and playing it.

Got to constantly play levels over and over and over again writing reports etc

[Ferg]

Peej is a games tester iirc

Thought he just spent his spare time doing it?

[Danr]

Thought he just spent his spare time doing it?

He just spends his spare time playing xbox. It's not really the same thing ;)

[CazLad]

yeah I heard that being a games tester you get set a certain level or section of the game and you have to try every combination to see if it will glitch.

Wish EA did it properly, my fifa glitches loads.

[swampy]

one of the universitys offers a course in it
i think its down south southampton maybe

[djrem]

one of the universitys offers a course in it
i think its down south southampton maybe

Serious?

A degree is sitting around doing fuck all?

[Darlo-paul]

Serious?

A degree is sitting around doing fuck all?

You've just summed up my perfect life Rem

[mikey87saxo]

.....becoming a computer games tester?

Anyone work in this industry who can help me?

hey mate been there done it got the t shirt its ok but your get fed up of it i done it for ea games in chertsy if you want to apply go to the ea games web site they normally only take people on about feb time to test games coming out for the summer its not a perminate job tho , so i went to uni done a course an now im a computer consultent do everything to do with computers lol

[Gazzza]

guy at my work likes to do beta testing games on x box 360 and ps3
dont know how to do that though

[lemon191]

plus i dout you would be able to be very picky about the games you test you will most likly have to test really dull games .. imagine having to play a dull game over and over again for hours on end ....

[djrem]

You've just summed up my perfect life Rem

Toss off the guy to the right.
Welcome to the love triangle.
its not gay. its neccessary...