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Video Game Jobs – Companies Hiring Workers Now For Video Game Jobs
By Jonathon Halston
One of the key steps step towards getting hired for video game jobs involves determining who it is
you would like to work for. A big factor in determining this choice will be your own preference of gaming
platform, as well as gaming experience. Are you more into online role-playing games, or are you a big
Xbox fan? Strategy games, or sports games? Narrowing down what you are most familiar with and
enjoy playing will help immensely in determining who you would enjoy working for.
The four biggest employers in the video game industry are of course Microsoft (Xbox), Sony
(Playstation), and Nintendo (Wii), and for the PC, Electronic Arts. Yet it would be a mistake to only
consider these four companies as your only options. There are numerous small and medium-sized
companies that create numerous video game jobs, both temporary and permanent. Preparing to apply
to the dozens of other game development companies for video game jobs will enable you to expand
and diversify your list of possible employers, and your chances of getting hired will increase
tremendously.
For this reason, it is also very important to acquire knowledge and experience on multiple gaming
hardware platforms. While to be sure, there are numerous video game jobs available for specific
platforms (Xbox, Wii, Playstation, PC), at the very least, in addition to one or more of those platforms,
one should have experience using the PC as a gaming platform. Furthermore, o