What Is QA
Harún H. Ali · 2023
Quality assurance (QA) is any game’s first and last line of defence. QA will catch issues, report them, and, depending on the severity of the problems, can help production make alterations to schedules and even releases. QA has had many stereotypes and stigmatisation over the years from both within the industry and gamers. The general gaming public does have a better understanding and appreciation for the hard work testers put on a game, partly due to outspoken developers and news articles about working conditions, which helps give QA more exposure and humanise the department. QA testers can have extra responsibilities such as creating and updating email flare threads that highlight any major critical or blocker issues to leadership around the company. A compliance tester focuses on testing how the game interacts with the console hardware, peripherals, and systems to ensure that it meets the platform holders’ regulations.