Contract QA itself shouldn 't a dead end...but depending on the studio especially with publisher QA it can very well be a dead end. Sure there are QA Testers who have no problem staying in QA because they have no drive to move up, have no social skills or just ...
There is already leaked info that a handful of gaming specific panels are going to be at Google I/O later this month. They 're probably working on something along the lines of Apple 's GameCenter thing
BRAVO to them for speaking up publicly Too many people are too scared about pissing off Senior production, execs and the high up suits and it is SO refreshing to see key members of the dev team joining up with a fan to express their displeasure with the decision.
...and right before the holidays. I 'm sure the execs making the calls on those layoffs still have a job pay while those who shed their blood, sweat and tears will have to search for a new gig.
News Corp didn 't do a damn thing to elevate the IGN Entertainment group as a whole. All they really did was transfer one of Murdoch 's cronies, Roy Bahat, with no real knowledge of their audience or market to run the group run it into the ground.
