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Remastered Games – Perfection at its best or a gimmick

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Introduction Remastered Games is a new trend in the gaming world at present. Classic and retro games that are withered away in time are now emerging again via remastering. Games that we played in our old days are returning via remastering so that we can cherish those memories with improved graphics and detailed textures. Remaster Games refers to enhancing the quality of the sound or of the image, or both, of previously created textures in the game and recreating the same with the modern day hardware’s and rendering tool’s abilities to its maximum potential. Are remaster games really worth playing? There is an old saying ‘nothing can satisfy a human being’, and the same applies for gaming too. Back in old days’ people were happy with their 40 GB HDD, CRT monitors, around 250MB of GPU. Soon evolution of better hardware made us to change the way we visualize games. Today is the world of 4k graphics, state of the art GPU, powerful gaming rigs, SSD cards and what no
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Mobile Game Testing – An Introduction Gaming QA Game Compatibility Testing , Game Performance Testing , Game Testing challenging , Mobile Game QA , Mobile Game Testing , Testing in Real Devices 0 Comments In this blog let’s discuss a bit about mobile game testing in general. Testing mobile game means ensuring that the game is properly downloaded, installed and played. It should meet all its primary requirements and provide mind-blowing user experience to the gamer. This may sound challenging – especially when producers launch their games globally as the game must run well across devices. If we look at the portion of Google Play and App Store revenues, they are generated by mobile games. There is absolute necessity to seamlessly test and test automation for the mobile game
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The Art of Bug Reporting

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Introduction Finding a bug has always meant that half the work is done. Validating the bug with the developers makes or breaks the effort taken in finding the bug. Usually, a lot of bugs are overlooked due to the fact that the explanation has been poor/incomplete/ under-defined. At the other end of the spectrum, the bug’s explanation has been extended to the point of exhaustion. The following blog will break down the factors that need to be considered while writing any bug. Background Since my entire career has spanned around the video game industry, I will be citing examples based on my experience. I have been in the industry for over 14 years and have witnessed a lot of trends changing in the approach. This may not be the most modern in comparison to the available technology and reporting tools. But this is the core learning that every tester should have and I feel that it is an important skillset to upgrade with the testing knowledge. Any tester who has
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An Expert View On Gen 9 Console Game Testing

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According to Grand Review Research, the popularity of console games in the coming years is expected to be boosted by new and advanced audio-visual devices. The gaming experience will be enhanced because of high-end sound systems, displays, HDTVs with HDMI ports and inherent wireless connectivity. Some of the key trends that are expected to change the gaming experience, according to The Guardian , include: Virtual Reality Physically collaborative games Augmented reality Incremental console updates PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates the global video gaming industry to grow from $71.3 billion in 2015 to $90.1 billion in 2020, at a CAGR of 4.8 percent. Though mobile games growth has outpaced traditional console games, they are also expected to grow from $13.9 billion in 2015 to $16.1 billion in 2020. Making a Good Game Great By nature, console games are deeper, having more levels and complexities. Aimed at serious gamers, the console games can go anywhere from
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Is certification a must for console game testing?

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The answer to the question is – YES! The QA team needs to be certified to perform console game testing which is due to – high-security requirements by the console manufacturers as well as the game developers. High standards of security are involved in console game testing so that, the game does not fail certification and increase the game developer’s cost. In order to make these games available on consoles, they are passed through additional approval and certification processes set by console vendors. These games will only get certified if they meet the rigid standards of security set by the console vendors. These measures are taken to ensure the games do not enter the gray market, which will, in turn, be a huge loss to the game developers and the console vendors. To test a console kit, the QA Team must have access to certain hardware. Console games cannot be tested on a regular retail console kit that is available to customers in the market. T
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