Kotaku: Testing

Help Shape A Legend With Mega Man Legends 3: Prototype Version

Mike Fahey — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:20:00 EDT

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Capcom is calling Mega Man Legends 3 for the Nintendo 3DS the first Capcom game to be co-developed by fans. That's why there'll be a prototype version of the game available for testing as soon as Nintendo opens up the 3DS eShop. More »

This Is What Xbox Live System Update Testers Are Getting In The Mail

Mike Fahey — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:00:00 EDT

Hopes of trading in the copy of Halo: Reach Xbox 360 system update testers are getting for participating flew out the window this morning, as these lovely warning covered Reach discs began arriving on testers' doorsteps. More »

Microsoft Tests A New Xbox 360 Disc Format In The Latest Update Preview

Mike Fahey — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:20:00 EDT

Microsoft is seeking U.S.-based Xbox 360 owners to test out the next Xbox 360 system update, paving the way for an "updated Xbox 360 disc format", whatever the hell that means. More »

Xbox Live Labs Exchanges Your Time And Bandwidth For Avatar Goodies

Mike Fahey — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:40:00 EST

Microsoft wants to enlist your help in testing the Xbox Live network, rewarding volunteers willing to donate up to six hours of Xbox 360 time with crazy mad scientist goodies once the testing's done. Here's how to participate. More »

Team Fortress 2 Enters Public Beta

Mike Fahey — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:00:00 EST

Valve is throwing on ongoing public beta test for Team Fortress 2, and everybody that owns the game is invited! More »

Ghostbusters May Be Playtesting Near You

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:40:38 EST

Terminal Reality put out the call for playtesters to go hands on with Ghostbusters: The Video Game a few weeks ago, giving local folks a chance to play the game months before its release. More »

Capcom Wants Bay-Area Gamers For Secret Game Test

Mike Fahey — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:00:00 EDT

Capcom is hunting for Bay-Area gamers to come to their secret lair and test out a super-secret game, eat potential cookies, and be showered with prizes, all in the name of focus testing. Their requirements are quite meager: More »

Kaplan Using Nintendo DS For SAT Prepping

Mark Wilson — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:30:00 EDT

Kaplan, the makers of all those test preparation books, is teaming with Aspyr Media to create an SAT prep program for the Nintendo DS. Sure, the same title will also be made available for the PC and Mac (probably just like the stuff we've seen for years), but the flashcard form factor of the DS version makes it incredibly appealing. More »

Xbox 360 Controller Has Best Battery Life? Maybe.

Mark Wilson — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:20:25 EST

GamePro tested all the latest wireless controllers to discover which had the best battery life, the Xbox 360 pad, the Wiimote or the SIXAXIS. After playing a variety of titles, they found that the Xbox 360 controller's battery life of 56 hours and 56 minutes bested the 36 hours and 43 minutes of the Wiimote and the 18 hours and 41 minutes of the SIXAXIS. More »

Kotaku Talk Pretty One Day

Mark Wilson — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:20:55 EST

Game|Life, in what we can only consider was a feeble attempt to reverse engineer our general awesomeness, put Kotaku (along with some other sites) through the Flesch-Kincaid-based Blog Readability Test. Findings included that Kotaku reads at a junior high level (and rumor has it that we totally rule the lunch line). What can we say other than we're honored to be in the good company of The New York Times and the rest of the majority of newspapers that read like the most pimply, awkward two years of one's life. Since most people learn all their curse words by that time, it seems like a good fit for Kotaku. Here were the full results of Game|Life's abecedarian testing: More »

Crytek Wii Game Plans? "Maybye in 3 or 4 Years"

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:00:10 EDT

PC shooter Crysis developer Crytek has loads of ideas in the pipeline. Loads! The develop already has an entire team dedicated to the PS3. According Cryteck honcho Cevat Yerli, the studio even has a "separate" room creating "some secret technologies...which are not related to the CryEngine 2." Crytek also has an Xbox 360 title in the works. It's not a FPS and a "complete departure" from the studio's titles Crysis and Far Cry. What about the Wii? Yerli answers: More »

Xbox Live Concept Testing?

Mike Fahey — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:20:36 EDT

Xbox Live is an amazing tool for delivering content and fostering community, but could it be a valuable development tool as well? Evolution Research's Owen Davis certainly thinks so. In an article on industry website Next Generation, Davis explores the potential of Xbox Live as a way to present game concepts to a select target audience using Xbox Live data and delivery systems.

Using the Xbox 360 platform it will be possible to target gamers based on behavioral data and distribute alpha and beta game builds to select consoles. Gamers will be able to test these early stage game builds privately in their homes and builds will be rapidly deployed across the network.

He also suggests that the Xbox Live Vision Camera could be used to record experiences much like is already done in one on one and group focus testing, only much more efficiently. More »

Jaffe's Focus Test Funtime

Mike Fahey — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:40:26 EST

If you've ever wanted a seedy look inside the world of video game focus testing, here's your chance. God of War director David Jaffe yesterday live blogged the focus test for the upcoming PS3 title Calling All Cars, formerly Criminal Crackdown. It's a candid look into what goes on in the mind of a developer as people get their hands on his game for the first time. More »

Epic Games Sensitive to Plight of SDTV Owners

egauger — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:20:18 EDT

Following the Dead Rising tinytext kerfuffle, Epic Games has announced on their forums that they are specifically testing Gears of War on both SD and HDTVs. More »

STD Test = Free Games

egauger — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:40:16 EDT

The following press release landed bleeding and flapping in our tips@ box yesterday: More »

Life As Game Bug Killer

brownlee — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:40:06 EDT

Just what does it take to be a professional QA bug hunter? More »

Profile of a Video Game Tester

kourosh — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 13:06:00 EST

Ran across this profile of Peter Chan, a quality assurance tester at Insomniac Games. The article details how Chan spent eight months playing nothing but Ratchet: Deadlocked. I hope he gets paid a lot. But it beats copyediting Crecente's copy. More »