Game testers they are often overlooked, not talked about much, and usually last in the headlines. However, they are an important part and are a large group that tests games during their development. so that as few errors and problems as possible get into the final version. Despite this, many companies do not value them, which has been widely discussed in the past in connection with Activision Blizzard and Bethesda, where a number of people have called for unionization.
Now they’re getting another hit, this time from Matt Booty. The head of Xbox Game Studios shared his dream at PAX West 2022. He dreams of games being tested by artificial intelligence. The latter can be faster and more accurate, which is desirable at a time when games are becoming more complex, larger, and more error-prone. According to a senior Microsoft official, the QA army seems to be lagging behind and not keeping up with the changes.
Buti even asked Microsoft’s artificial intelligence research team to developed an algorithmwho can replace a person in the field of testing. Booty’s dream is to launch the game in 10,000 copies via the cloud and let the AI test the game from different angles.. According to him, such a solution would greatly speed up the development of the game and would allow developers to make changes and react to everything faster, even at a late stage of development.
“The difference between a play and a film is that in the latter case, someone can come and say, for example, cut the ending, cut the scene. It usually doesn’t affect the beginning of the story.” Buti began to explain. “Meanwhile, the game might be ready for release when suddenly a designer comes in and wants to make some small option, change the color or something. It turns out that everything explodes and does not work at all for the first 10 minutes.
“Therefore, every time something new appears in a big game, everything needs to be thoroughly tested, from beginning to end, from top to bottom”, Booty spoke about the current challenges of testing. AI could test changes all night, and developers would have feedback in the morning.
Source :Indian TV
