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The inaugural Game Quality Awards will take place at Qualicon May 15-16, the annual online conference for game quality professionals<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On February 5th, we proudly announced the inaugural Game Quality Awards<\/a>; an initiative aiming to celebrate and recognize excellence across the game quality discipline. With a focus on acknowledging outstanding achievements across various categories, the Game Quality Awards seek to honor individuals and teams who have made significant contributions to the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We want to say a big thank you to everyone who put forward their nominations, and to our industry judges Michelle Mangio (Epic Games), Pierre Jouen (Ubisoft) and Shelby Hall (EA), who volunteered their time to help narrow down all of the fantastic submissions into an official shortlist which we’re excited to reveal today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shortlist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rising Star<\/strong>
Someone relatively new to our industry who has the potential to do our profession proud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfc6Cameron Yates, Gram Games (Zynga)
\ud83c\udfc6Miruna Bercaru, Funcom
\ud83c\udfc6Michael Wirth Bergeron, xtensionQA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Future Leader<\/strong>
Leadership can come from the most unexpected places. Here is where the game quality community recognizes where it\u2019s coming from next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfc6Lauren Walton, Modern Wolf
\ud83c\udfc6Adam Cohen, Riot Games
\ud83c\udfc6Sarah Pavlich, Independent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DE&I Champion<\/strong>
Celebrating someone who has made exceptional contributions, influenced or sparked cultural change to support diversity, equity and inclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfc6Joe Kemp, Player XP
\ud83c\udfc6Chloe Mills, Media Molecule
\ud83c\udfc6David J, Roll7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Award<\/strong>
We are nothing without our peers. From small groups working on a key feature to an entire quality department getting a title to launch, teamwork is in our DNA. We celebrate it here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udfc6Behaviour Interactive
\ud83c\udfc6PTW Montreal
\ud83c\udfc6Media Molecule
\ud83c\udfc6Roll7
\ud83c\udfc6Secret Mode<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A huge congratulations to everyone shortlisted, we’re excited to reveal the winners at Qualicon 2024, May 15-16. Follow us on LinkedIn<\/a> for more updates and announcements regarding the Game Quality Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For enquiries please contact hello@gamequality.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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