Game testing

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Game testing, also called quality assurance (QA) testing within the video game industry, is a software testing process for quality control of video games.^[1][2][3] The primary function of game testing is the discovery and documentation of software defects. Interactive entertainment software testing is a highly technical field requiring computing expertise, analytic competence, critical evaluation skills, and endurance.^[4][5] In recent years the field of game testing has come under fire for being extremely strenuous and unrewarding, both financially and emotionally.^[6]