1,042 Game Tester jobs in the United Kingdom

• Oversee the end-to-end production of AAA video games, from concept to launch and post-launch support.
• Develop and manage detailed production schedules, milestones, and resource allocation plans.
• Lead and motivate cross-functional development teams, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
• Define project scope, requirements, and deliverables in collaboration with game designers, leads, and stakeholders.
• Manage risks and dependencies, proactively identifying and mitigating potential issues.
• Ensure effective communication and alignment between all development disciplines (art, programming, design, audio, QA).
• Track project progress, manage budgets, and report status updates to senior management and external partners.
• Champion best practices in game development processes and methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum).
• Drive quality assurance and playtesting efforts to ensure a polished and engaging player experience.
• Conduct regular team reviews and provide constructive feedback to enhance team performance.
• Contribute to the creative vision and gameplay innovation of the titles.
• Manage relationships with external vendors, licensors, and platform holders.
• Ensure the game meets technical requirements and quality standards for target platforms.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitor products.

• Bachelor's degree in Game Design, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent professional experience will be considered.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in game production, with a significant track record of shipping AAA titles.
• Proven ability to manage complex game development projects from conception to release.
• Strong understanding of the game development pipeline, tools, and technologies.
• Excellent leadership, team management, and interpersonal skills.
• Expertise in project management methodologies, particularly Agile and Scrum frameworks.
• Exceptional organizational, planning, and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong understanding of game design principles, art pipelines, and programming concepts.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of articulating complex ideas clearly.
• Experience with various game engines (e.g., Unreal Engine, Unity) is a plus.
• Passion for video games and a deep understanding of the global games market.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, creative, and deadline-driven environment.
• Experience managing international teams or co-development projects is advantageous.

• Define and drive the overall audio vision and strategy for the game.
• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of sound designers, providing direction and feedback.
• Design, implement, and mix high-quality sound effects, ambient environments, and UI sounds.
• Collaborate with the narrative and design teams to ensure audio enhances storytelling and gameplay.
• Integrate music effectively, working closely with the composer to create dynamic and adaptive scores.
• Develop and manage the audio asset pipeline, from recording and editing to implementation.
• Implement audio assets using game engines (e.g., Unreal Engine, Wwise, FMOD) and scripting tools.
• Conduct audio reviews, implement feedback, and perform final mix passes.
• Ensure audio implementation is optimized for performance and memory usage.
• Stay current with emerging audio technologies and industry best practices.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in sound design for video games, with at least 2 years in a lead or senior role.
• Proven experience delivering exceptional audio for AAA titles.
• Strong portfolio showcasing a wide range of sound design skills and creative audio work.
• Proficiency with industry-standard DAWs (e.g., Pro Tools, Reaper, Cubase) and audio middleware (e.g., Wwise, FMOD).
• Experience with game engines such as Unreal Engine or Unity.
• Solid understanding of audio engineering principles, acoustics, and signal processing.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a remote team environment.
• Passion for video games and interactive media.
• Experience with voice direction and character vocalization is a plus.

• Designing, creating, and implementing immersive sound effects, environmental audio, and UI sounds for video games.
• Recording and sourcing high-quality audio assets.
• Editing, mixing, and mastering audio to meet project specifications and quality standards.
• Collaborating closely with game designers to define and implement the audio vision for game features.
• Working with game audio middleware (e.g., Wwise, FMOD) to integrate and manage audio assets within the game engine.
• Optimizing audio assets for performance and memory constraints.
• Contributing to the development of audio systems and pipelines.
• Mixing game audio to ensure a balanced and impactful soundscape.
• Providing technical and creative direction for junior sound designers.
• Staying up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in game audio.
• Participating in playtesting sessions to evaluate and refine game audio.

A world-class partner to the games industry, trusted to deliver the highest quality services with passion, expertise and agility

To serve our partners by enhancing the experience of gamers across the world through our passionate and expert team

Quality, Passion, Agility, Customer Intimacy, Teamwork

Over the last 20 years Universally Speaking has built a reputation as a trusted partner in supporting studios to make some of the world’s greatest games and applications.

Games are only great when you step forward and bring your best skills to the team. Are you ready for your challenge?

You will be one of the first people to experience the game and will be part of a dynamic, high performing and multi-disciplined team whose mission is to get the game ready for release.

You’ll have a passion to get things right, you are thorough in your attention to detail, you’re open to learning new skills and work hard to hit deadlines.

It doesn’t matter if this is your first job or you’ve been working for years, you’ll want to be part of the best testing team on the planet where every day you’re learning as you work on a variety of different projects.

• Your job is to make sure games and applications give the best user experience by being bug free.
• To do this you will learn how to follow the Universally Speaking QA process and professional standards which we have optimised over the years to be the best in the industry.
• You’ll use a variety of industry standard bug databases to write detailed bug reports that get you noticed as someone who is trusted and cares about making games better.
• Reporting issues is where it starts but you’ll also have ownership to ensure that bugs have been fixed and implemented correctly.
• You’ll become the QA Expert across a broad range of Indie to AAA projects and given areas of specialisation
• You’ll own, manage, create, and regularly execute test cases throughout the project life cycle. This includes document testing practises, QA process & reporting method.
• You’ll actively participate in test requirement gathering with developers to ensure QA effectively tests and supports all features of the project.
• You’ll be one step ahead in looking at ways to make improvements, take ownership for additional activities and create efficiencies in the way you work.

• Quality, velocity and precision of bug reports
• On time delivery
• Team working and communication
• Continuous improvement and knowledge of QA workflow and techniques

Requirements

• Have strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Are passionate about video games
• Are quick learning and adaptable
• Have a focus on quality and a keen eye for detail
• Have an inquisitive mind
• Are a team player, with the ability to work under pressure within tight deadlines
• Are pro-active, tenacious, and enthusiastic
• Are good with computers – word processing, database handling, record keeping, good working knowledge of MS Office Suit
• Are familiar with varied systems and hardware, from PC to console to mobiles
• Are happy to work in our offices in Wyboston Lakes
• Are reliable and consistent
• Have the Right to Work in the UK

• Management and execution of automated tests
• Used version control software, issue task tracking or project management tools
• Been part of games development projects or jams in the past and know something about development engines
• Experience in using Jira

Benefits

• Training
• Wellbeing Portal including Live Chat and Support

• Mini Health checks

• Access to Counselling and structured therapy

After paid training, candidates will be placed in a pool and called to come into the office as project work becomes available. Due to changing client demands and seasonal load continuous paid work is not guaranteed.

Owing to security requirements, all work must be performed on-site in Universally Speaking offices.
No remote or hybrid option is available.

A world-class partner to the games industry, trusted to deliver the highest quality services with passion, expertise and agility

To serve our partners by enhancing the experience of gamers across the world through our passionate and expert team

Quality, Passion, Agility, Customer Intimacy, Teamwork

Over the last 20 years Universally Speaking has built a reputation as a trusted partner in supporting studios to make some of the world’s greatest games and applications.

Games are only great when you step forward and bring your best skills to the team. Are you ready for your challenge?

You will be one of the first people to experience the game and will be part of a dynamic, high performing and multi-disciplined team whose mission is to get the game ready for release.

You’ll have a passion to get things right, you are thorough in your attention to detail, you’re open to learning new skills and work hard to hit deadlines.

It doesn’t matter if this is your first job or you’ve been working for years, you’ll want to be part of the best testing team on the planet where every day you’re learning as you work on a variety of different projects.

• Your job is to make sure games and applications give the best user experience by being bug free.
• To do this you will learn how to follow the Universally Speaking QA process and professional standards which we have optimised over the years to be the best in the industry.
• You’ll use a variety of industry standard bug databases to write detailed bug reports that get you noticed as someone who is trusted and cares about making games better.
• Reporting issues is where it starts but you’ll also have ownership to ensure that bugs have been fixed and implemented correctly.
• You’ll become the QA Expert across a broad range of Indie to AAA projects and given areas of specialisation
• You’ll own, manage, create, and regularly execute test cases throughout the project life cycle. This includes document testing practises, QA process & reporting method.
• You’ll actively participate in test requirement gathering with developers to ensure QA effectively tests and supports all features of the project.
• You’ll be one step ahead in looking at ways to make improvements, take ownership for additional activities and create efficiencies in the way you work.

• Quality, velocity and precision of bug reports
• On time delivery
• Team working and communication
• Continuous improvement and knowledge of QA workflow and techniques

Requirements

• Have strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Are passionate about video games
• Are quick learning and adaptable
• Have a focus on quality and a keen eye for detail
• Have an inquisitive mind
• Are a team player, with the ability to work under pressure within tight deadlines
• Are pro-active, tenacious, and enthusiastic
• Are good with computers – word processing, database handling, record keeping, good working knowledge of MS Office Suit
• Are familiar with varied systems and hardware, from PC to console to mobiles
• Are happy to work in our offices in Central Liverpool
• Are reliable and consistent
• Have the Right to Work in the UK

• Management and execution of automated tests
• Used version control software, issue task tracking or project management tools
• Been part of games development projects or jams in the past and know something about development engines
• Experience in using Jira

Benefits

• Training

• Lunch and Learns
• Management Development

• Wellbeing Portal including Live Chat and Support

• Mini Health checks

• Access to Counselling and structured therapy

• Online CBT

• Perks and Discounts

• Qualified nurses on hand to offer support on a range of medical or health-related issues offering practical information and advice

• Social events and celebrations

After paid training, candidates will be placed in a pool and called to come into the office as project work becomes available. Due to changing client demands and seasonal load continuous paid work is not guaranteed.

Owing to security requirements, all work must be performed on-site in Universally Speaking offices.
No remote or hybrid option is available.

A London-based investment firmis expanding its focus on the dynamic and fast-evolving video gaming sector. Backed by a team with deep experience in global investments, the firm partners with founders and leadership teams to drive growth across high-potential digital entertainment companies.

We are looking for an Associate to join the investment team, specifically focusing on the gaming vertical. This role is ideal for someone who lives and breathes gaming — either as a lifelong passion or through hands-on experience in the industry — and is excited by the chance to shape the future of gaming companies through investment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct in-depth market analysis and sector mapping within the gaming and interactive entertainment ecosystem
• Evaluate potential investments through financial modeling, commercial diligence, and company benchmarking
• Work closely with senior team members on deal origination, structuring, and execution
• Support value creation across portfolio companies, including strategic planning and performance tracking
• Prepare investment memos, market insights, and updates for internal decision-making and external communication
• Engage with founders, industry experts, and operators to build insight and relationships within the gaming community

Candidate Profile:

• 2–4 years of experience in strategy consulting, investment banking or within the gaming industry (corporate or studio side)
• Deep interest in — or personal history with — gaming, game development, esports, or gaming media
• Solid financial and analytical skill set, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint capability
• Proven ability to think strategically and communicate clearly
• Strong interpersonal skills and comfort working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Self-driven and adaptable, with a genuine enthusiasm for early-stage and growth investing

What You’ll Gain:

• Exposure to a high-conviction investment approach focused on gaming and emerging tech
• The chance to work alongside experienced investors and operators across cutting-edge businesses
• A platform that encourages independent thinking, ownership, and long-term value creation
• Competitive compensation and a clear path for growth

A London-based investment firmis expanding its focus on the dynamic and fast-evolving video gaming sector. Backed by a team with deep experience in global investments, the firm partners with founders and leadership teams to drive growth across high-potential digital entertainment companies.

We are looking for an Associate to join the investment team, specifically focusing on the gaming vertical. This role is ideal for someone who lives and breathes gaming — either as a lifelong passion or through hands-on experience in the industry — and is excited by the chance to shape the future of gaming companies through investment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct in-depth market analysis and sector mapping within the gaming and interactive entertainment ecosystem
• Evaluate potential investments through financial modeling, commercial diligence, and company benchmarking
• Work closely with senior team members on deal origination, structuring, and execution
• Support value creation across portfolio companies, including strategic planning and performance tracking
• Prepare investment memos, market insights, and updates for internal decision-making and external communication
• Engage with founders, industry experts, and operators to build insight and relationships within the gaming community

Candidate Profile:

• 2–4 years of experience in strategy consulting, investment banking or within the gaming industry (corporate or studio side)
• Deep interest in — or personal history with — gaming, game development, esports, or gaming media
• Solid financial and analytical skill set, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint capability
• Proven ability to think strategically and communicate clearly
• Strong interpersonal skills and comfort working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Self-driven and adaptable, with a genuine enthusiasm for early-stage and growth investing

What You’ll Gain:

• Exposure to a high-conviction investment approach focused on gaming and emerging tech
• The chance to work alongside experienced investors and operators across cutting-edge businesses
• A platform that encourages independent thinking, ownership, and long-term value creation
• Competitive compensation and a clear path for growth