Game Consoles - Xbox/Xbox360, PlayStation 2/3, GameCube/Wii

In addition to NTS's standard PC software testing, NTS has an extensive focus on the testing on multimedia products, and in particular, games. Game testing isn't as simple as it sounds. NTS Test Engineers know the various technologies underlying the games for both game consoles and PC games, so that we can help you discover anomalies that would typically not be found during your internal quality assurance testing, but (unfortunately) would ultimately be found by your end-users.

Game Testing

Game console testing typically focuses on evaluating the functionality of the software (aka game play testing) in which the our NTS Test Engineers will try to exercise all of the components of the game including:

• The game engine (allows the game or the user to direct the play and gives the resulting commands to other components)
• The graphics/rendering/animation engine (renders the graphics for the character, the world, and the texture including coloring)
• The sound engine (creates the soundtrack for the game in the environment [i.e. sounds fade away as the character moves, etc.]).
• The game intelligence (the artificial intelligence [AI] for the game logic and/or the opponents)
• The database (used by the game for statistics, randomization, etc.)
• The world (the functionality of the objects, world, models and characters including all the moves)
• The game control (use of controller, etc.)
• The front-end (screens like selection menu, pause menu, help menu, etc.)
• Other (special effects, camera views, platform dependent service layer and objects, and so on.)

NTS also has the equipment and experience necessary to test your multiplayer/online/Internet game.

Game Console Peripherals

NTS also has considerable experience testing peripherals for game consoles. In fact, NTS has been authorized by Microsoft to perform peripheral verification for the Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles. NTS is the only testing lab that can perform Xbox and Xbox 360 peripheral certification. NTS can also help you get your Xbox 360 peripheral tested for WHQL and USB. Contact your Microsoft representative for more information on NTS testing and access to the Xbox Peripheral Verification website

Contact your NTS Account Manager or request a quote to learn more about how NTS can help with your game testing needs.

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