If you have a passion for playing video or PC games then you would also know how hard it is to pull yourself away from the console! You probably also find a lot of people complaining about you spending too much time on gaming. Well, you can now have a valid reason for sticking to your game – earning! That’s right, you can earn a good amount of money playing the games you love so much and you don’t even have to go a boring office for it. Game testing is fast becoming a great freelance job for people in love with gaming. Basically, a game tester is hire by game manufacturers to play their unreleased games and help in identifying glitches as well as provide first hand consumer feedback on what can be improved. So not only do you get to play the games before it reaches the common crowd but you also get paid for it!

While all this sounds great, it is vital for you to know how to form a good base in order to start earning regularly. Firstly, you need to be very good at communicating as your employer will want a very clear cut and self explanatory brief on the game you are testing. Also, you need to have real, in-depth knowledge of games as only a true enthusiast might have. Once you are sure you have what it takes, you will need to do some research into who are the key players in the gaming industry. Although you would love to play for and get paid by the gaming giants, you might want to look at smaller game developers to gain some experience before the big guys take you on. You will then have to go through the grueling opening round of landing that first job! There are a lot of gamers who apply for game testing so make sure you make it clear what makes you ideal for game testing. You should also be prepared to review games of genres you may not like and replay a section repeated to identify faults.