Is There an Abundance of Video Game Tester Jobs ?
The demand for video game testers it at an all time high at the moment. In days-gone-by, game companies would have had to go to well known, established game testers to have their newest game tested before it hit the shelves. However in the mid 1990s when people started buying PCs for home use and more and more people were getting involved in console gaming, the opportunity to test games form home and get paid for it rose. It wasn’t long before the major game publishers started to recruit testers via internet sites. And now that finding the game testers had become a lot easier an increasing number of them were being hired for freelance testing from home so that companies could get an opinion from people of all walks of life. Each and every year you see numerous games hitting the shelves mostly from the big brand name game companies like EA, Ubisoft, and Microsoft. That makes up a good number of games for the average buyer to choose from at the local game store but also a large number of games which need to be tested. Then you have the smaller companies, releasing small promotional demos and niche games. For example, BMW released a small racing game in which the player gets to drive their new BMW M5 around Nuremburg. They made this free to download as a great way of marketing their new product. This theory also has applications elsewhere, with even the military releasing a free, downloadable and very extensive game called ‘America’s Army’ to increase recruitment into the army. Remember, each and every one of these games needs to be tested by hundreds of game testers from all over the world, which offers great opportunities to gamers who would like to become a game tester. Today, the demand is growing and it doesn’t look like its going to stop any time soon. This is because the industry is worth over $40 Billion and is acquiring new gamers every day with the new generations becoming more hooked than the last. Game companies are also frequently splitting and thus creating more game companies, and in-turn, the need for more testers. To cut to the chase, now is a better time than ever to become a game tester and get paid to play video games at home.
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Video Game Testing Companies YOU Could Work For:
10Tacle Studios AG
1st Playable Productions
2K Czech
3 Blokes Studios
3DO
3D Realms
42 Entertainment
5TH Cell
7 Studios
7-128 Software
989 Studios
Acclaim Entertainment
Accolade
Acheron Design
Activision
Adventure Soft
Agetec
AJ Square Inc
Aki Corporation
Anino Games
AQ Interactive
Aquadize
Arc System Works
ArenaNet
Artificial Mind and Movement (A2M)
Artificial Studios
Artoon
Ascaron
Aspyr Media
Atari
Atlus
Atomic Planet Entertainment
Attic Entertainment Software
Avalanche Studios
Avalanche Software
babaroga
Backbone Entertainment
Banpresto, acquired by Namco Bandai
Behemoth, The
Bethesda Softworks
Big Fish Games
Big Huge Games
Big Rooster
BioWare
The Bitmap Brothers
Bizarre Creations
Black Isle Studios
Blizzard Entertainment
Blue Byte Software
BSure Interactive
Brøderbund
Bullfrog Productions
Buka Entertainment
Bungie Studios
BVS Development Corporation
Capcom
CD Projekt
Cdv Software Entertainment
Centuri
Cinemaware
Climax Entertainment
Climax Studios
Coded Illusions
Codemasters
Coktel Vision
Coleco
Continuum Entertainment
Core Design
CrazyFoot Gamestudio
Creat Studios
Creative Assembly
Criterion Games
Cryptic Studios
Crystal Dynamics
Crytek
Cyberlore Studios
Cybernetics Game Studios
CyberPlanet Interactive
Cyanide
D3 Publisher
Dark Vortex Entertainment
Day 1 Studios
Deadline Games
Demiurge Studios
Digital Illusions CE
Disney Interactive Studios
DMA Design, now Rockstar North
Double Fine Productions
EDGE Games
Eidos Interactive
Electronic Arts
Engine Software
EivaaGames
Epic Games
Epyx
Eugen Systems
Eurocom
Evolution Studios
Eyecon
F4
FASA
Firaxis Games
Firefly Studios
First Star Software
Foundation 9 Entertainment
Forever Interactive
Frictional Games
Frogster Interactive Pictures
From Software
Funcom
FXLabs
Free Radical Design
Fuzzyeyes Studio
Gearbox Software
Grasshopper Manufacture
Gray Matter Interactive
merged into Treyarch
GSC Game World
Gravity
GT Interactive
GTS plc
Guerrilla Games
HAL Laboratory
Halch
Halfbrick Studios
Harmonix Music Systems
Hasbro Interactive
Hoplon Infotainment
Hudson Soft
Human Head Studios
Humongous Entertainment
Hyperkat Studios
Hyperion Entertainment
id Software
Infinity Ward
Iguana Entertainment
Imagic (Bankrupt)
Incredible Technologies
Infocom
Infogrames
Insomniac Games
Intelligent Systems
Interplay Entertainment
Intuition Games
IO Interactive
Ion Storm Inc.
Irrational Games
IR Gurus Interactive
Jadestone Group
Jagex
JoWooD Productions
Juice Games
Kalador Entertainment Inc.
Khayal IE
Koei
Konami
Krome Studios
Kuju Entertainment
Kush Games
Kuma Reality Games
Larian Studios
Legacy Interactive
Left Behind Games
Linux Game Publishing
Lionhead Studios
Llamasoft
LKGameStudio
Lobstersoft
Loki Software
Looking Glass Studios
The Loudness Factory,now Outland
Studios
LucasArts
Luxoflux
Mad Catz
Mad Genius Software (defunct)
Majesco Entertainment
Massive Entertainment
Mattel
Maxis Software
Krome Studios Melbourne
Microprose Software (defunct)
Microsoft Game Studios
Midway Games
Mindscape
Mitchell Corporation
Monolith Productions
Monolith Soft
Monumental Games
MP Advanced Multimedia
Mucky Foot Productions (defunct)
Muse Software (defunct)
Mythic Entertainment
now EA Mythic
M-Inverse
Namco Bandai Tokyo, Japan Bandai: 1950;
Namco: 1955;
Namco Bandai Holdings: 2005
NASSONS Entertainment Studios
Naughty Dog
NaclSoft
NCsoft
Nerve Software
Neversoft
Ninjabee
Nintendo
Novalogic
Oddworld Inhabitants
Obsidian Entertainment
Ominous Development
Outland Studios
Out Of the Office Media
Oxygen Games
Oxygen Studios
Pandemic Studios
Papaya Studios
Pax Softnica
Penguin Software
Perceptum Informática
Petroglyph (game studio)
Phantagram
Piranha Bytes
Pi Studios
PixelCubed Game Studios
Playlogic Entertainment
Polyphony Digital
Propaganda Games
Psygnosis
Paradox Entertainment
Pyro Studios
Quantic Dream
Rainbow Studios, acquired by THQ
Rare Limited
Raven Software
Red Hill Games
redspotgames
Reality Pump Studios
Red Storm Entertainment
Reflexive Entertainment
Relic Entertainment
Remedy Entertainment
Retro Studios
Revolution Software
Ritual Entertainment
Rockstar Games
Rocksteady Studios
RZ2 Games
Shiny Entertainment
Sega
San Francisco, California, United States
Sidhe Interactive
Silicon Knights
Sierra Entertainment
SNK Playmore
Snowblind Studios
Software 2000
Soma Games
Sonic Team
Sony Computer Entertainment America
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Sony Online Entertainment
Sora Ltd.
Spectrum Holobyte
Spellborn International
Spiderweb Software
Splash Damage
Square Enix
Stainless Steel Studios
Starbreeze Studios
Stormfront Studios
Strategic Simulations, Inc.
Strawdog Studios
Streamline Studios
Sumo Digital
Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment Software
Swingin' Ape Studios
Taito Corporation
Take Two Interactive
Taxan
Team6 Game Studios
Team17
Techland
Technos Japan Corporation
Tecmo
Telltale Games
Terminal Reality
THQ
Threewave Software
TimeGate Studios
Traveller's Tales
Treyarch
Tri-Ace
Tripwire Interactive
Triumph Studios
Troika Games
Two Tribes
Tygron
Ubisoft
Ultimate Play The Game
Valve Software
Venom Games
Vicarious Visions
Vicious Cycle Software
Vigilant Entertainment Company
Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Vision Park
Visual Concepts
Vivendi Universal Games
Volition, Inc.
VSTEP
W!Games
Wahoo Studios
Wasteland Empire
Wangame Studios
Wanako Games
Westwood Studios
Wideload Games
Wildfire Studios
Wizhands
Working Designs
World Forge
Webzen
Xceed Software Inc.
YUKE's Future Media Creators
ZC Funcraft
ZOO Digital Publishing
Zuxxez Entertainment
Zipper Interactive
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