Immediate and long-term tactics to create the time for proper playtesting, research, UX design and iteration.

No experience holding you back? Learn how to get games experience before you get your first job in games UX research.

Ugo Bui-Xuan is a worldwide user research manager at Gameloft. Read his advice on how to build a career in games user research.

Techniques for avoiding leaks, and keeping games secret when running playtests and UX research.

Rich Ridlen is a recognised games user research expert, who started the first user research orgs at EA and Meta Quest.

In this interview, we explore Rich’s journey through the games industry, the skills needed to excel at starting and growing teams, and how to make connections as a new user researcher.

Learn how and where to find good quality playtesters for games user research

How to use playtests and UX research studies to find usability issues in games. Plus an exclusive playtest of Pokemon Unite to practice on.

This month I’ve been talking to Jess Tompkins, Senior Researcher at EA about her experience working in games user research, and top tips for people looking to join the industry.

Discover whether a portfolio is required for games user research, and how to make one.

This month I’ve been talking to Lanie Dixon, Director of Insights at Ubisoft Montréal about her experience working in games user research, and top tips for people looking to join the industry.

Ask unbiased questions. Practice and develop your playtest moderation and run excellent qualitative research.

Move from ‘reading about’ to ‘doing’ Games UX and user research. This series of real-world Games User Research tasks will allow you to create portfolio-worthy examples of doing real games user research.

In this edition, we’re looking at how to pick the right research method.