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Massive terminations reported at EA Sports on LSU campus
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:27 pm
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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Numerous people employed as testers for EA Sports, located on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, were terminated Tuesday, Feb. 28.
An industry website, Kotaku, reports nearly 200 employees lost their jobs.
A spokesperson for EA Sports/Electronic Arts declined to provide WAFB with a specific number of affected employees, saying all of them worked for a third-party and were not actual employees of Electronic Arts.
The EA spokesperson, Lindsey Campbell, says that testing of that game will no longer be done at the Baton Rouge location.
“Testing games is an integral part of delivering the best experiences for our players,” Campbell said. “As part of our ongoing global strategy, we are expanding the distribution of our Apex Legends testing team and ending testing execution that’s been concentrated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.”
Campbell said testing of that particular game will now be done globally, allowing the company to “increase the hours per week we’re able to test and optimize the game.”
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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Numerous people employed as testers for EA Sports, located on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, were terminated Tuesday, Feb. 28.
An industry website, Kotaku, reports nearly 200 employees lost their jobs.
A spokesperson for EA Sports/Electronic Arts declined to provide WAFB with a specific number of affected employees, saying all of them worked for a third-party and were not actual employees of Electronic Arts.
The EA spokesperson, Lindsey Campbell, says that testing of that game will no longer be done at the Baton Rouge location.
“Testing games is an integral part of delivering the best experiences for our players,” Campbell said. “As part of our ongoing global strategy, we are expanding the distribution of our Apex Legends testing team and ending testing execution that’s been concentrated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.”
Campbell said testing of that particular game will now be done globally, allowing the company to “increase the hours per week we’re able to test and optimize the game.”
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:28 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Grandmas Boy definitely made that job a lot cooler than it apparently is
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:30 pm to Deactived
quote:I was a tester for Madden 2003...it's pretty f'ing cool
Grandmas Boy definitely made that job a lot cooler than it apparently is
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:30 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Learn to code or something
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:31 pm to Byrdybyrd05
they should know by now that terminations are In the Game
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:31 pm to Byrdybyrd05
"Globally" also known as Filipino.
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:31 pm to shel311
quote:
I was a tester for Madden 2003...it's pretty f'ing cool
I bet your co-workers were real cool too
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:32 pm to Byrdybyrd05
EA test their games? Who knew.
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:32 pm to Byrdybyrd05
What does testing video games pay?
I got some teenagers that will do that shite on the cheap.
I got some teenagers that will do that shite on the cheap.
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:33 pm to Byrdybyrd05
And to India, those jobs go…
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:33 pm to terriblegreen
quote:
What does testing video games pay?
Poorly
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:33 pm to Deactived
In the live action 101 Dalmatians it's just one supernerd kid who tests every game. He holds all their fates in his hands as they hang on his every word
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:33 pm to Byrdybyrd05
quote:
Campbell said testing of that particular game will now be done globally, allowing the company to “increase the hours per week we’re able to test and optimize the game.”
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Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:33 pm to shel311
An on-site tester at a facility or a beta one at home?
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:33 pm to Byrdybyrd05
quote:the 200 employees were probably exhausted playing real life GTA once they left campus daily
says that testing of that game will no longer be done at the Baton Rouge location.
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:34 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Vast majority of the people there are contractors and basically are run through the mud until they burn out. The biggest thing they did was testing Madden
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:35 pm to terriblegreen
quote:
What does testing video games pay?
I got some teenagers that will do that shite on the cheap.
Not very much at all
Posted on 2/28/23 at 2:36 pm to shel311
quote:probably the last Madden I played religiously
I was a tester for Madden 2003...it's pretty f'ing cool
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