The Tester Episode 4 Available Today

Hey The Tester fans. It’s Thursday, which means the wait is over for the next episode of The Tester. Game developers know that the ability to thrive in almost any situation and use creativity to problem-solve are key qualities necessary to work in quality assurance. Testers must be able to adapt and create scenarios to fully analyze a game. So, what better way to take people out of their comfort zone and assess their creativity than with a surprise live-action role play? That’s right, things definitely get dramatic this week as the remaining 7 gamers use random props, their wits and sheer guts to entertain and impress the panel. And to help evaluate the performances, PlayStation Home ’s Katherine de Leon joins Brent Gocke and Hal Sparks on this week’s panel. Katherine oversees the creation of environments and virtual merchandise for the platform. An RPG veteran and former US Marine, she brings strong opinions and her d20 to this challenge. Don’t miss Episode 4. Thanks again for downloading and watching. Enjoy the show !

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The Tester Coming to PSN for Free in February

Thanks everyone for all of your comments about The Tester . I know many of you are excited about the upcoming launch of The Tester. I am here to share great news – it is premiering on February 18th exclusively on PlayStation Network ! We’re also welcoming a new celebrity judge to our prestigious panel on The Tester – Hal Sparks ! Most of you know him as an actor and comedian, but he’s also a diehard gamer. You can watch contestants face off against Hal throughout the eight-episode series – it’s going to be brutal. The Tester is an original competitive reality series that PlayStation fans can really get into. Produced in partnership with one of the biggest names in reality TV ( 51 Minds ), this is a program for gamers, about gamers who are competing to win a job as a game tester on PlayStation’s first party development team – the team that has introduced history-making franchises such as God of War , UNCHARTED , LittleBigPlanet and Gran Turismo . This is a golden opportunity for gamers to launch a career in gaming – in fact, some of the most recognized developers in the industry started out as a game tester. From day one, the goal of PlayStation Network has been to provide quality content specifically for our PlayStation audience – including thousands of movies, TV shows, digital comics, games and add-on game content to choose from – and offering the flexibility to control when you want it, where you want it. Original content has consistently been a huge part of that vision, from first-party games such as Flower , flOw and Fat Princess to exclusive video content such as Qore and Pulse . And now, we are going even further by offering an original high-quality, reality series. With the largest network of first-party game studios in the industry and deep partnerships across the Sony brand already in place, look for us to continue to build out our stable of original content in the future. PS3 and PSP owners can download The Tester from PlayStation Store starting February 18th for FREE. PlayStation Home users will also be able to watch the series with other PS3 owners in the PlayStation Home Theatre . We’ve added more details on The Tester at www.TheTester.com , including photos, cast and panel details, and more. In the meantime, check out the trailer of The Tester below or from PlayStation Store .

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PlayStation Around the Web: What We Read

“Why don’t you ever do anything on the East Coast?” That’s a common refrain when we announce plans for our events and meet-ups . Well, this week we’re going to roll up our sleeves and get going on our community plan for PAX East . How many of you will be in the Boston area at the end of March? What would you like to do, and where? For the past two Seattle PAXes, we had a donut breakfast meetup (I think Joystiq is doing something similar this year), and we invited community into our (formerly) media-only MAG event. We’ve already got some ideas, but let’s hear it from you! The PS Blog weekly reading list (Week of January 11, 2010) Gran Turismo 5 Screens Burn Some Rubber – Kotaku Gran Turismo’s creator takes a fifth stab at a perfect racing game – VentureBeat Korean Airline Uses PSPgo For In Flight Entertainment – Siliconera The man behind Nathan Drake: I “get paid to do what used to get me detention” – GamePro Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll looks like a crazy painting – Destructoid Exploring the ‘Physical Action/Reaction’ of Heavy Rain – Destructoid Sony Touts Biggest Sales Month Since PS3 Launch – IGN White Knight Chronicles Online Impressions – IGN Industry expects PlayStation 3 to bounce back in 2010 – gamesindustry.biz ‘Gran Turismo’ creator talks and test drives latest model – USATODAY.com The Flying Hamster fights laser-shooting owls in a race for beer, on PSP – Joystiq IGN 2009 Game of the Year Demon’s Souls: Overstated Difficulty Hides Solid Game Design – Bitmob CES 2010 Video: An In-Depth Look at Sony’s PlayStation Booth – GamerLive.TV Tekken 6 for PSP Review: Big Things Come in Small Packages – Geekadelphia Ace Combat: Joint Assault Announced – IGN Metal Slug XX trailer brings the bullets – Joystiq The Top 25 PlayStation 3 Games: 25-21 – IGN Super Stardust 3D: 720p120 confirmed – DigitalFoundry Guide To The New Plasmids Of ‘BioShock 2′ – MTV Multiplayer Monsters Probably Stole Your Princess – Kotaku CES 2010: Under the Hood of Sony’s ModNation Racers – GamerLive.TV Sony PlayStation 3 3D Upgrade – Popular Mechanics Aksys Triggering US Release Of BlazBlue Portable – Siliconera CES 2010: 3D Super Stardust HD Wows – IGN

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