How to Get a Video Game Tester Job by Nick Destefano
It's true the video game testing industry generates billions of dollars each year according to an outside source. A video game to produce and make takes a lot of time and energy to fully get it complete and live. Programmers consistently work and develop the coding behind the game level by level. ... Starting wages for a video game tester can range from around $10 per hour, but that will go up quickly as you begin your video game tester job. ... Being a video game tester is not as easy as many people think.

How to Save Money On Video Games by Richard Heaney
If you are a keen video game player like myself you will know the fun and excitement that can come from buying a new game for you game system. However there is a catch, these games are really expensive! It does not matter which games console you own, new games for Xbox, Playstation and Gamecube... Once you have finished playing a game you can take it to your local game exchange store where you can swap it for a new game or cash. ... They send you a copy of the game they want tested along with how they want you to report on the game.

Play Fair, Get Fare: The Business of Video Game-Testing by Robbie Darmona
When asked about their concept of heaven on earth, many video game maniacs would answer it is the limitless opportunity of spending their whole time playing new and interesting games. What if…angels existed under the disguise of video games developers? ... Spending hours playing video games can even be well-paid by some advanced video games companies, if you become an official game-tester of the new products. ... If you are already hooked on the opportunity of becoming a tester, visit my Website and consider it a Game Tester Guide.

Can Anyone Become A Video Game Tester? by Richard Heaney
The video game industry is a very large and profitable area of the world economy. The big games developers make a fortune from selling the latest games to eagerly awaiting gamers. As you know if you are a regular video game player, these games are expensive to buy. ... You get to play a brand new game before it is available to the public, you get paid to play it and you get to keep the game when you have completed the testing assignment. ... Game testers need no formal qualifications or experience, just the relevant platform to play the game.

Video Game Tesing For Profits by Ernest Kent
Video game testing can be fun and profitable. Do to the massive growth in the video game industry; they need video game testers. Companies will pay up to $80 an hour for your help in testing video games. The requirements of video game testing are you have to have a video game system or PC to... The company that wants you to test the video game will send you the game and a form that you fill out after you are done testing the video game. ... The pay as a video game tester is rather good. ... The form normally wants to tell them of any glitches or mistakes in the game.

Video Game Testers: 3 Ways To Get More Game Testing Assignments by Hitoshi Jones
If you work as a freelance game tester, you already know that although each assignment can be very profitable, the trick is being able to keep a steady flow of new assignments coming in. To help make sure those game industry paychecks keep finding their way to your mailbox along with new titles... Make sure to feature your name and the fact that you work as a paid game tester prominently on the site. ... Massive gatherings of video game company representatives and insiders such as the yearly E3 summit and Tokyo Game Show are the perfect places to introduce yourself to people who can...

The Game Tester by Mary Beim
It's not easy to be a hardcore gamer. It's hard. Wouldn't it be easier if you had a job in the videogames business? Think about it: working for a software company, being able to play games during office hours, with people who share your passion. Free games, industry parties, lots of fun and good... The real highlight of being a game tester is that in many occasions you'll be required to play an active role in the making of the game: rather than limiting your task to just testing existing code, sometimes testers are asked to suggest alternative solutions to problems in either playability or...

Game Tester Jobs - Preparing For Your Interview by Hitoshi Jones
Video game testing is the holy grail of all video gaming jobs. Full time game tester jobs are few and far between, but when one is found, it’s likely to be highly contested, sought by dozens of applicants, all qualified for the position. When interviewing for a position as an in-house video game... For any video game tester jobs you apply for you’ll want to do a lot of research before you go to your interview. ... You’re applying for a game tester job, but it is still a job, with multiple duties.

Create Video Games As Your Fun Career by Charles Edwin
Do you like video games? Do you beat video games after playing once? Do you feel like the games are too easy? Well, it sounds like you have a passion for these things then you should go where your heart leads you. If you at the point where you are thinking about your career, I suggest that you... from Electronic Arts, he say's as a game tester you would "go over different components of a game and look for things that just don't make sense." You would also "break the game," meaning you would "do things a normal user would do and accidentally see something go wrong." Doug Powell further...