Get a Career as a Video Game Tester

Believe it or not, testing video games is a legitimate position and one that thousands of people hold all over the US.

There is a slue of game tester positions available at game companies all over the United States at any given time. Each type of position has certain requirements & job duties. There are also different names for the very same position. Some examples are:

Game Tester

Video Game Tester

QA Tester

Quality Assurance Tester

Becoming a game tester is a great stepping-stone to starting your career in the gaming field. It allows you to work your way up all the while building solid relationships that will be of great benefit to you in your career. So what is it that is required to become a tester? Below I have listed out the very basics of the requirements you would need in order to be considered for a game tester position:

General video gaming knowledge

Good communication skills

Basic computer skills

Ability to work well within a team environment

Problem solving skills

The typical job duties for this particular type of position include:

Documenting and reporting issues within the game

Play a game for the "fun factor"

Identify and isolate technical issues

This type of position is best suited for an avid gamer who can easily locate "kinks" in games. But, you must also know how to report the issues you come across which is where the technical side comes into play.

Starting out as a game tester allows you to create business relationships with your co-workers. This can in turn open up new doors for you in the business. There are supervisory positions available in the game-testing field as well. They include lead & manager positions. This further allows you to move up the corporate video game ladder.

Game testing is not for the faint of heart. It is something that a person interested in this field, needs to take very seriously. It does take dedication and hard work. There are times when you will have to play the very same scene of a game again and again in order to properly report what is required of you. One of the main goals of a game tester is to test unreleased games & find all issues so that the company does not release a game with technical bugs.

Being a game tester makes you a very important part of the video game release process.

If you are a gamer who has always wondered how to break into the game business, wonder no more. Get started doing something you love.

Lou Garrett is a hard core gamer who has been playing video games for over 15 years. Lou runs a successful website focused on video game testing. You can visit this site at: http://game-testers.com

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