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There are a lot of reasons why someone might want to check out a guide like T Dub Sanders'. One might be interested in the underside of the game testing field. Others might just want to know what they can gain from a guide that is written to help people understand their role in the gaming industry. Others still are just pining for that ultimate career working alongside game developers and designers.

Whatever the reason, T Dub Sanders has put together one of the biggest and best game testing guides on the market – one that shows the underpinnings of the career in their raw, real format. There are no false promises of automatic testing or sitting at home and playing the newest games for hundreds of dollars a day.

That stuff is all pretty much a pipe dream and most people know it – yet many guide writers try to tell everyone that they can become the biggest and best new game testers in a field that doesn't really exist every day and too many fall for it. On the other hand, what T Dub has put together is a much more realistic, much more comprehensive look at what game testing is really about – the hard work and dedication that goes into becoming someone in charge of all that code each day.

By showing what it really takes to be a game tester, T Dub opens up an actual, realistic path to getting into the industry. He showcases skills needed to get started as a tester, the classes or college majors that people better be willing to invest in if they want to be a professional in this field and much more to help them figure out not only if the career path is right for them but if they are going to be cut out for it. That means a great deal for someone who may or may not know exactly what a game tester does and how it operates.

For anyone that is thinking about taking the path toward becoming a game tester, one of the first things that needs to be done is to learn more about what the career entails. Those people should pick up T Dub's newest guide and get a real insider's look at the job and how it really works. If you're serious about doing what T Dub shows you, you'll be on the fast track toward game testing in no time flat.

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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Mass Effect 4 team gains new recruit with former Gears of War dev

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Posted July 3rd, 2013 at 05:36 EDT by Mike Harradence1 Comments

Epic Games’ Chris Wynn has cut ties with the Gears of War studio and jumped ship to join BioWare’s Mass Effect production team.

Wynn, who previously served as lead producer on GoW 3 and senior producer on GoW: Judgment, will now take up the role of senior development director on the next Mass Effect, current in the early stages of production.

He Tweeted: “Thrilled to announce that I will be joining BioWare as the Sr. Development Director on the next Mass Effect!”

Epic Games has been hit with a number of departures as of late, with Rod Fergusson (senior producer), Cliff Bleszinski (design director) and Mike Capps (president) all quitting the firm within the space of a year.

As for Mass Effect 4, well, right now we don’t even know if the game will take the form of a prequel or a sequel to the events of Commander Shepard’s epic struggle against the Reapers. BioWare did confirm it will utilize the Frostbite 3 engine and won’t merely feature another incarnation of Shepard, though that’s about all we know so far.

What would you like to see from the next Mass Effect game? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Friday, August 30, 2013

BioWare reveals Mass Effect 4, Dragon Age III will share similar elements

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Posted June 19th, 2013 at 06:52 EDT by Mike Harradence0 Comments

BioWare has indicated that the next entries in the Mass Effect and Dragon Age franchises will boast more than a few core elements in common with each other.

The revelation comes via a series of Tweets by Yanick Roy, studio director over at BioWare’s Montreal studio. He also snapped a shot of Mass Effect 4’s meaty-looking design document.

“Don’t worry: we have a large and talented team, we started a while ago, and we are “borrowing” a lot of game systems from DA3,” said Roy, in response to a fan lamenting the long wait for ME4.

Another follower then quizzed Roy on whether both games would have similar elements, to which he replied:

“Yes, since we share engine, we can start from some of DA3’s core systems instead of from scratch.”

Mass Effect 4 is in the early stages of development, though right now we don’t even know if it will be a prequel or sequel to the original trilogy featuring Commander Shepard. Dragon Age III: Inquisition meanwhile appears to be a little further along in development, though has still yet to receive a massive info blowout.

What do you want to see from Mass Effect 4? Also, are you looking forward to Dragon Age III? Were you disappointed with DA2 like so many gamers were? Let us know in the comments section below.

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

PS4 launch game Warframe announced, 'Mass Effect meets Ninja Gaiden' by Unreal developers

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Posted June 5th, 2013 at 22:18 EDT by Kyle Prahl5 Comments

Warframe, the co-op shooter involving space and ninjas, is coming to PlayStation 4 as a free-to-play launch title.

The news was exclusively revealed by IGN, who had plenty of developer insight to share. Digital Extremes--the team behind the Unreal series, Dark Sector, and The Darkness II--is bringing the game over from PC, where it is still in beta phase. Steven Sinclair, the game's creative director, describes Warframe as "Mass Effect meets Ninja Gaiden" and details how supportive Sony has been throughout the process of bringing it to consoles:

"Sony caught wind of [Warframe], and said, ‘hey, what do you think of bringing it over to PlayStation 4?’, and we were very surprised to hear that," he said. "Sony has been incredibly supportive and available, and [PlayStation 4], in my opinion, is incredible to develop for. It is awesome, and I don't want to speak disparagingly about any existing or prior platforms, but we showed Warframe for the first time to our entire studio, and everyone had their jaws on the floor, how 1080p, silky smooth and beautiful it was. So, I’m really, really enjoying working on the machine."

You will too--Warframe will be a PS4 launch title later this year. A companion app on iOS and Android will reinforce the game's presence, which is already shaping up to use crafting, customization, and cooperative focus to deeply engage its players. And Warframe will be a PS4 exclusive... for now. Digital Extremes has no current plans to bring the game to other consoles.

Kyle Prahl hopes Warframe will channel Unreal Tournament 3, one of PS3's best multiplayer games. You can follow him for E3 coverage on Twitter and Facebook.

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Monday, July 1, 2013

Mass Effect 3, Battlefield 3 among first EA titles to have Online Pass removed

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Posted May 30th, 2013 at 17:06 EDT by Steve Chaffin1 Comments

The first set of games from which EA will remove its controversial Online Pass has been detailed.

As we reported earlier, EA is responding to widespread negative feedback by removing Online Passes from past, present, and future EA titles. Originally, this was thought to pertain only to future titles, but the publisher took it a step further by announcing today that the changes would also apply to its already-released lineup.

EA has made online passes for the following games free, or has removed the online pass for the title altogether:

Alice: Madness Returns
Battlefield 3 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Bulletstorm
Dead Space 2 and Dead Space 3
Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age 2
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3
Medal of Honor
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, Need For Speed: The Run, and Need For Speed: Shift 2
Skate 3
The Sims 3

For more information on EA's decision, see our earlier report.

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Steven Chaffin, Jr. is an American editor for PlayStation Universe. You can follow him on Twitter @steven_chaffin.

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