Become A Video Game Tester

EA Sports is looking for a QA tester.  This is an amazing opportunity to get in with a large company.  It is only a part time position, but again it’s a start.

Terminator Salvation was just released on May 19th for the XBox 360, PS3, PC, and mobile phones. It’s developed by the Halcyon Company’s gaming subsidiary, named Halcyon Games along with GRIN and is being published by Equity Games and Evolved Games. This game was first announced in November of 2007 along with the announcement of the formation of the Halcyon Games. By the time it was announced it had already been in development for several months. And the CEO of the company announced that Halcyon has decided to develop the game on its own without outsourcing it to another studio.

Established in 1997 and creator of Rails Across America, Flying Lab is currently working on Pirates of the Burning Sea.  Located in Seattle Washington, they are currently looking for a software test engineer which is a fancy name for a game tester.

Sims 3 belongs to the franchise of the very popular and critically acclaimed series The Sims, originally created by Maxis. It is scheduled for release on June 2, 2009 for the PC and phone. It is an upcoming strategic life simulation computer game. The developers claim that in contrast to the previous versions the houses and the neighborhoods will be seamless, allowing players to explore and interact with their neighborhood without a lot of loading time.

Nintendo is constantly looking for testers.  I think they are one company that at least several times per month is hiring applicants.  And they are at it again.

Battlestations 2:Pacific is published by Eidos interactive and is developed by Eidos Hungary. It is the sequel to Battlestations:Midway released in 2007. Battlestations 2:Pacific is an action and real time tactics video game. It is set to release on May 12, 2009. It will be released for the PC and XBox 360.

Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Irvine, CA K2 Network publishes online games.  They currently operate Knight Online, Global Mu Online, War Rock Sword of the New World, and Red Stone.