Sony Announces PSN Reality Series; Win a Job at SCEA
Sony has just announced a “casting call” for the first ever PSN reality series dubbed ‘The Tester‘, where gamers participate in challenges for a job at SCEA. The Tester, which will be exclusive to the PS3, will have gamers fighting for a chance to become a PlayStation Quality Assurance Tester. This is your chance to live your life-long dream of getting to play video games for a living.
Check out the video and full press release below…
PLAYSTATION®NETWORK LOOKING FOR GAMERS TO PARTICIPATE IN NEW COMPETITIVE REALITY PROGRAM
SCEA to Award Job at PlayStation
Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced an open casting call for “The Tester,” a new competitive reality series created for PlayStation®Network, which will become available exclusively for PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™). The program will follow a group of gamers as they face off in a series of elimination challenges designed to test their mental prowess, dexterity, and video game knowledge and compete to win a gamer’s ultimate dream job – an official PlayStation game tester. Open casting for the series begins today.
To enter, gamers must complete the online form and submit a short video at us. www.us.PlayStation.com/psn/thetester explaining why they have what it takes to be a part of the PlayStation family. Selected contestants will then compete over the course of eight episodes, going head-to-head in a series of game-themed challenges designed to test the will and grit of even the most dedicated gamer. The winner will earn a contract position as a tester at PlayStation’s Quality Assurance department in San Diego, CA, where he or she will get hands on time with the most highly anticipated games in the industry.
Leveraging its unequalled studio relationships, PlayStation Network has partnered with reality programming veterans, 51 Minds Entertainment to produce “The Tester.” Widely credited for inventing the celebreality genre of reality programming, 51 Minds Entertainment’s previous credits include many iconic, pop culture hits such as “The Surreal Life,” “Flavor of Love” and “Rock of Love.”
The latest in a series of original programs designed exclusively for PlayStation Network, “The Tester” will debut this winter. Each episode of “The Tester” will be available in high-definition and distributed digitally through the PlayStation®Store. Episodes can be purchased individually or all eight at once through a season pass.
For more information on “The Tester” and how to participate please visit www.us.PlayStation.com/psn/thetester. Additional details can be found on the PlayStation Blog http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/09/03/open-casting-call-for-the-tester/.
16 Responses to “Sony Announces PSN Reality Series; Win a Job at SCEA”
“episodes can be purchased”
*face palm*
Boo! “You must be a current resident of the United States for consideration.”
A friend of mine was a QA tester for SCEA in San Diego a few years ago. From her experience, the winner receiving “hands on time with the most highly anticipated games in the industry” is a bit misleading.
I hear you SolidCake.
Lol, I was really interested in watching this series.
But episodes must be purchased??? Thats terrible, nobody is going to watch this.
Two Words…. ‘RIP OFF” who wants to pay to watch something that only shows a job you’ll never get. Save the cost SCEA, and make more FREE dynamic themes !!
I’ve been playing games for around 19 years. Over those years I have played countless games. Unfortunately all those years of gaming haven’t done ANYTHING to make my skills good enough to even consider having a chance at this… bummer. DAMN YOU ULTRA FUN RPGS! LOOK WHAT YOU DID TO MY REFLEXES!
Naw I’ll blame my parents forcing me to become right handed as a kid when I was born to be left handed.
lol… Sony’s crazy PR dept at it again! lol
So you have the devils left hand then,lol so Does my sis.
I wish I had the devils left hand and Lucifers right leg. You know how fast I could run!!!
too bad l’m one year too young to apply
PSN is beginning to sound like MTV. jk
It looks pretty exciting until the payment part. Come on Sony, show this for free, or bring it to cable.
From what I’ve heard, game testing is low paying, often tedious, and gives you video game oversaturation. I mean, if you play games for a living, it drains some of the fun out of playing on your own time.
i well try my chanse
^^^ Let’s hope proper spelling isn’t a requisite skill.
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