Games User Research

land my first position as a games user researcher!

Steve’s book ‘How to be a Games User Researcher’ was an extremely valuable resource when I was navigating my way into games user research from academia, as it teaches the […]

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Steve’s book ‘How to be a Games User Researcher’ was an extremely valuable resource when I was navigating my way into games user research from academia, as it teaches the core principles and contains a lot of practical advice.

I used what I learnt from this to design and carry out my own usability test, which helped me to land my first position as a games user researcher!

I’m very grateful to Steve and highly recommend his resources to anyone wanting to begin a career in games user research.’

Lucy Penney
User Research Assistant at Warner Brothers Games
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Steve Bromley is an expert user researcher, who works with studios of all sizes to run playtests, and integrate user research into the game development process.

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