Redmond, WA (March 2, 2010) – VMC Game Labs has assembled a panel of top publishers and console makers to discuss games testing in the new biometric console environment at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2010 in San Francesco, CA on March 11 at 9:00 AM in the Moscone Center, Room 302, South Hall.
With console manufacturers leading the gaming industry into the world of virtual reality with innovations like Microsoft’s NATAL, Nintendo’s Wii MotionPlus and Sony’s PlayStation Motion Controller, the panel will discuss the related challenges, requirements and strategic management of these advances from a testing perspective. These new technologies are rapidly changing the Games QA industry.
Moderated by VMC Game Labs’ Director of Development, Integration and QA, Linda Lemieux, the panel includes Alfonso Lombardi (Senior Program Manager, VMC Game Labs), Jeff Wilkerson (Director, First Party Quality Assurance, Sony Computer Entertainment America), Peter Cardwell (Director of Test, Microsoft), William Rompf (Quality Assurance Manager, Capcom USA), James Cox (Head of Development, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe).
The VMC Game Labs experts will also be on hand throughout the conference, from March 8-13, to provide information on the company’s high quality development, testing, verification, porting, localization, and technical support services across multiple platforms. VMC Game Labs’ will be at Expo Floor Booth #711, and will be giving away secret decoder cards and glasses that will reveal Pixel and Vega and provide details for a free MP3 song download. Pixel and Vega are the characters in VMC’s casual game “Crunch Time,” which is available for free download at vmcgamelabs.com.
The Game Developers Conference® (GDC) is the world’s largest professionals-only game industry event, attracting over 17,000 attendees. Presented every spring in San Francisco, it is the essential forum where programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision-makers and others involved in the development of interactive games gather to exchange ideas for learning, inspiration, and networking for the creators of computer, console, handheld, mobile, and online games. The GDC is produced by the Think Services Game Group, a division of United Business Media, LLC.
About VMC Game Labs
VMC Game Labs (www.vmcgamelabs.com) is the largest independent game testing company worldwide. VMC Game Labs delivers high-quality testing and support for video games, consoles, peripherals, consumer electronics, and personal entertainment devices. VMC offers project-based services in product development, software and hardware testing, technical communications, helpdesk, management consulting, systems implementation, data center services, technical support, and outbound sales. Headquartered in Redmond, WA, VMC has offices across North America, Europe, and Asia and is a Volt Information Sciences company (NYSE: VOL). Contact VMC at info@vmc.com or call, 877-393-8622.