Game Quality Membership

Qualicon 2025
2025-05-21 15:00 - 2025-05-22 21:00 UTC
Qualicon is the annual conference for professionals working in the quality discipline within the global games industry. The event is hosted online across two days, making it truly accessible to an international audience. Together, with the support of our member studios, Qualicon is the global forum for collaboration, knowledge-sharing, identifying challenges, celebrating successes, and plotting a path for the future of game quality.
How to register
This is a member-exclusive event, members will receive an RSVP invitation direct to their inbox!

Member Series Event | What is Quality in games?
2025-01-28 14:00 - 23:00 UTC
Join us for an interactive workshop led by Chelsea from the Game Quality team, where we’ll explore the concept of “quality” in games.
Using Liberating Structures and small group discussions, we will dive deep into the topic, sharing ideas and perspectives to enrich future conversations and sessions.
How to register
This is a member-exclusive event which will be hosted on Zoom. Members will receive an RSVP invitation direct to their inbox!
If you’d have not received your invitation, please contact us.

Member Series Event | Your Skill Stack DNA
2024-11-13 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
Come and hear Craig Marshall from Xbox Studios talk about Your Skill Stack DNA:
It can be exhausting feeling like you don’t belong in the highly demanding and technical discipline of game quality.  There are, however, simple ways you can reframe your existing skills to both identify the unique value you bring to your company and highlight areas you can readily improve to create your skill stack “DNA” to enhance your impact and career opportunities.
Craig Marshall will recount the path he took to finding his place within Xbox Studios Quality after 20+ years with the organization.  As if you need any extra incentive, he’ll also be sharing his recipe for Pimento Loaf…
How to register
This is a member-exclusive event which will be hosted on Zoom. Members will receive an RSVP invitation direct to their inbox!
If you’d have not received your invitation, please contact us.

Discord Community QA with Nate Stoddard, QA Leader & Advocate
2024-06-18 19:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Paris)
Following his hit talk at Qualicon 2024, we’re inviting QA Leader and Advocate Nate Stoddard back to take to the Discord stage for a community Q&A.
How to register
To register, simply head to the Game Quality Discord server and RSVP to the event listing!

Qualicon 2024
2024-05-15 15:00 - 2024-05-16 21:00 UTC
Qualicon is the annual conference for professionals working in the quality discipline within the global games industry. The event is hosted online across two days, making it truly accessible to an international audience. Together, with the support of our member studios, Qualicon is the global forum for collaboration, knowledge-sharing, identifying challenges, celebrating successes, and plotting a path for the future of game quality.
How to register
This is a member-exclusive event, members will receive an RSVP invitation direct to their inbox! If you’d like to find out more about becoming a member, please see our membership offers here.

Discord Roundtable: Qualicon 2024 Warm-up
2024-05-08 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris)
Join us in the community Discord server for this member-exclusive roundtable ahead of Qualicon 2024!
How to register
This is a member-exclusive event. To register, simply head to the Game Quality Discord server and RSVP to the event listing! If you’d like to find out more about becoming a member, please see our membership offers here.

Discord Roundtable: International Women's Day
2024-03-12 20:00 - 21:00 UTC
In celebration of International Women’s Day 2024, join inspiring women across the quality discipline come together for an energising roundtable discussion.
Start time:
12:00 PT | 14:00 CT | 15:00 ET | 20:00 GMT | 21:00 CEST | 22:30 IST
How to register
This is a member-exclusive event. To register, simply head to the Game Quality Discord server and RSVP to the event listing! If you’d like to find out more about becoming a member, please see our membership offers here.

Member Series Event | How to Give a Lightning Talk | SESSION 2
2024-02-06 20:00 - 21:00 UTC
Land Your Message, Ignite Your Impact
With the introduction of this exciting new format at Qualicon 2024, join Laura Thomson-Staveley in this hour-long session to get you prepared to present confidently and succinctly to the Game Quality community. Rather than cramming it with info, the aim is to articulate your chosen topic in a quick, insightful, and clear manner.
Whether standalone, or part of a lightning talk series, we look at tips for gaining the attention of your audience, communicating key information, and landing your message with insightful impact. Our ‘easy steps prep’ format will set you up for onward success, and/or mentor someone else to give a great talk too.
We will explore:

Land your message: Timings, structure, purpose and flow
Ignite your impact: Telling the story, bringing data to life, creating inclusive rapport
Rehearse: Sketch your next lightning talk using the ‘easy steps’ prep format, option for private practice in pairs in breakout rooms

How to register
This is a member-exclusive event, members will receive an RSVP invitation direct to their inbox! If you’d like to find out more about becoming a member, please see our membership offers here.

Member Series Event | How to Give a Lightning Talk | SESSION 1
2024-02-06 12:00 - 13:00 UTC

Member Series Event | Test Automation 101- How to test deeper, earlier, all the time
2024-01-23 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
This talk will go over processes used to help development teams integrate test automation in their development cycles by leveraging embedded QA teams, with the goal of turning testing into a on-demand service available for anyone who needs it.
Come and hear from Michel Topuzoglu, Senior QA – Test Automation Specialist as he presents his talk followed by Q&A.
How to register
This is a member-exclusive event, members will receive an RSVP invitation direct to their inbox! If you’d like to find out more about becoming a member, please see our membership offers here.

Discord Roundtable: 2024 Trends & Predictions for Game Quality
2024-01-16 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris)
Join Will Freeman as he hosts an insightful and engaging one-hour virtual roundtable event in our community Discord server. We will explore some of themes discussed in our 2024 trends blog earlier this month with contributors Ben Wibberley, Vice President of Games Operations, Jagex and Pierre Jouen, Worldwide Quality Control Director at Ubisoft.
How to register
This is a member-exclusive event. To register, simply head to the Game Quality Discord server and RSVP to the event listing! If you’d like to find out more about becoming a member, please see our membership offers here.

Discord Event: Ask Me Anything with Jimmy Bischoff
2023-11-16 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris)
Prepare to have your questions answered in this exclusive AMA session with Jimmy Bischoff, Head of Quality at XBOX Game Studios!
Jimmy has 25 years of experience in the gaming industry and has become a respected leader and pioneer in ensuring quality gaming experiences for players around the world. Jimmy worked his way up the ranks by contributing to the successful launches of every Xbox console and over 80 games.
So be sure to join the Game Quality community Discord today if you haven’t already!

Discord Panel: World Mental Health Day
2023-10-10 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Paris)
October 10th is World Mental Health Day and we’re delighted to be joined by some fantastic guests to discuss mental health in the workplace and the theme of this year’s WMHD; Mental health is a universal human right.
Guest speakers:

Michael Boggs, QA Manager, Epic Games
Jennifer Monaco, Senior Quality Lead, Xbox Game Studios
Marcin Pieprzowski, Software Test Project Manger at Ubisoft

DE&I: The Challenges of Socioeconomic Diversity
2023-09-19 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Paris)
Led by Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Specialist, Dee Kerai, this 90-minute session is about discovering our own privileges, how we can support others using them, and how it skews perceptions. We will also explore why it is difficult to measure socioeconomic diversity but why it shouldn’t stop us taking action when creating pathways into the industry.
Meet Dee: Dee has a wide range of industry experience of forging EDI best practice and creating authentic editorial storytelling, having worked in production and in EDI-focused roles within UKTV, BBCS, Sky and Warner Bros and the London Film School. They also supported gaming companies like Rocksteady, A44, Shapefarm, and Kepler Interactive.
Their direct approach has developed and been integral to changing industry attitudes, culture, and practice. Working with individuals and teams to navigate the changes that will ensure a representative culture and psychologically safe environment; They specialise in making the uncomfortable comfortable.
