31st January 2008, 05:42 pm
Free Radical Design are now offering temporary game testing jobs for people with good knowledge of FPS games and with good literacy skills. http://www.frd.co.uk/recruitment.php?cmd=video_games_tester
“Several opportunities have arisen within our Quality Assurance department for VIDEOGAMES TESTERS to join our existing team searching for and tracking defects within our current pre-release projects. The ideal QA technician will be someone who is familiar with all types of games on various gaming platforms. However, knowledge of and interest in First Person Shooters is particularly beneficial. Applicants must have the following skills. A passion for games and the ability to play them through to completion on all difficulty levels. Good computer literacy. Strong written and spoken communication skills. The ability to describe complex issues in words. This position will require shift-work, candidates must also be able to maintain a high standard of work of during long working days/nights.
Standard shifts are 12 hours: working 8am-8pm one week and 8pm-8am the next, alternating on a weekly basis. Shifts run from Tuesday to Friday OR Saturday to Monday.
This position will start on a temporary basis with a possibility of becoming permanent. As this is a temporary position it would be better suited to local candidates.“
12th January 2008, 01:02 pm
The web master for frd.co.uk has had a car accident and had achieved a broken leg because of this. This is why the website hasn’t been updated until now. The thirteenth post on the Furry Radicals blog has been posted.
In this new post the, believe it or not, “monkey” has explained that the HAZE delay is nothing to worry about because it means HAZE will be a lot better and more polished. On this subject Ubisoft has announced HAZE will soon be realised on January or February. Let’s just hope that’s true this time.
The “monkey” also says the Timesplitters 4 storyline is almost figured out. The “monkey” also makes reference to perhaps timesplitters4.net? It is true people on these forums have mentioned that frd.co.uk hasn’t been updated for a while. Maybe Free Radical Design are taking storyline ideas from there? If you want to read the link look below or visit - http://www.frd.co.uk/blogs.php#id_13
“I’m a monkey. You can’t stop it.
Soooo, Haze is delayed. But you already know that, don’t you. Well, the simple fact of the matter is, any delay on a game is a good thing - it’s more time to optimize and polish and tweak and generally improve the whole damn thing to the Nth degree. Now, I know that some of you patient folks out there will be bitterly disappointed. Some of you may even want to come to my house and smash a colostomy bag over my head, and I think most people would understand that sentiment, but believe when I say that the delay is the best possible thing for the game. Hell, the reason why you guys are so pumped about it is because you have high expectations, and we need just a little more time to make sure that we meet them. So in conclusion, rest easy - we’re still slugging away on this badboy.
In other news, this week has seen several drafts and redrafts of the TimeSplitters 4 story outline being pulled around to see what sticks. As of today we might - MIGHT - have settled on something. Time will tell.
For the record, this blog is dedicated to the guys on the forums that noticed that I hadn’t written one for a while. I didn’t think anyone was reading this little thing.“