Games Tester / Beta Tester [+REP]

[Misawa]

Yes, it certainly wouldn't be a walk in the park. It would involve playing to every nook and cranny of a video game to point out the smallest of bugs and glitches.

[Blue]

Yes, it certainly wouldn't be a walk in the park. It would involve playing to every nook and cranny of a video game to point out the smallest of bugs and glitches.

Indeed, my form tutor used to do this. He had one corner of a track and had to keep on crashing. That was all he did

[Andy-]

Thanks used lot i cba to invest much time into it I thought it was a simple procedure. Thanks anyways.

[Oleh]

I was thinking about becoming a games tester then i found out most of it is on site and it isn't possible for me.

Then i thought about becoming a games reviewer and found out you need some relation to journalism (i suck at English in terms of writing all that stuff they want you to do) so unless i find a small time review website looking, i won't get anywhere.

I would suggest writing to a business (jagex, rockstar leeds or lionhead) enquiring about offsite QA testing or something along the lines.

[Conservative,]

As said - it's hard to get into, poor pay and a lot of time & effort.

It SOUNDS like fun, but the only fun bit is the testing. Then comes the lengthy reports, and comparisons and reviews etc.

Honestly - have it as a fall back if another career doesn't work out. However, you can do it as a fun work experience - start googling games designers (eg; Rockstar, Activision etc.) and see if they offer work experience.

[Chippiewill]

Games testers have a meager wage and it's very hard to get into given how appealing it is to people.

This.

Yes, it certainly wouldn't be a walk in the park. It would involve playing to every nook and cranny of a video game to point out the smallest of bugs and glitches.

I agree, from what I've heard you don't just see how fun a game is, you have to play the same levels hundreds (If not thousands) of times looking for the tiniest of bugs or glitches, you probably spend half your time with FPS jumping against walls trying to get out of the map.

[Niall!]

Getting into the games industry whether it be tester/reviewer/developer is damn near impossible.