Game QA Specialist
Hi! I'm Nazareno Rivero (He/Him).
🎮 Head of QA
📚 Academic Coordinator
🍙 Japanese student / Japan enthusiast
🤖 Figure and Consoles Collector
📍 Currently based in Spain
ABOUT ME
CAREER TIMELINE
2023 - 2024
VP OF QA
QA CROSS LEAD
2022 - 2023
2020 - 2023
QA SME
QA MANAGER
2020 - 2022
2017 - 2020
QA LEAD
SENIOR QA
2016 - 2017
QA ANALYST
2013 - 2016
QA MANAGER
2024 - CURRENT
Credited Game Projects and Roles
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VP of QA
2023 - 2024
Unannounced Title
PC, PS5, XBOXSX -
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QA Lead Cross Area / QA SME
2019 - 2023
FIFA / NHL / MADDEN / UFC / WB Games Series
PC,PS4,PS5,XBOX,XBOXSX -
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QA Cross Leader / SME
2022 - 2023
Fortnite (Credited)
PC, PS4,PS5,XBOX,XBOXSX, Mobile -
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QA Manager
2020 - 2023
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League (Credited)
PC,PS5,XBOXSX -
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QA Manager
2020 - 2023
Hogwarts Legacy (Credited)
PC,PS4,PS5,XBOX,XBOXSX,SWITCH -
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QA Manager (Credited)
2020 - 2023
Back 4 Blood
PC,PS4,PS5,XBOXONE,XBSX -
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QA Lead
2018 - 2020
UFC X (Credited)
PS4,XBOX -
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QA Lead
2017-2018
UFC 3 (Credited)
PS4,XBOX -
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QA Analyst
2016-2017
NHL 17 (Credited)
PS4,XBOX
Teaching & Coordination
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Game QA Specialization Course Creation & Teaching
Created and delivered a 26-week Game QA course to 60+ students annually. Additionally, I teach advanced Game QA concepts, focusing on technical and soft skills, since 2021.
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Game QA Academic Coordinator
I develop and maintain the Game QA program at Image Campus, creating content, integrating industry trends, and managing cross-discipline collaboration.
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Corporate Training
As an instructor, I deliver recurring Game QA workshops for companies, focusing on fundamentals, project-specific QA strategies, and management/leadership best practices.
Achievements
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Game QA Role & Career Path Creation
Created the Game Quality Analyst/Engineer role, developed skill matrices, documentation, workshops, mentorship programs, and standardized career paths for 300+ QAs.
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Tools Design
Passionate about identifying improvement opportunities and designing innovative QA tools. Designed a testing tool that analyzed code impact, achieving a 20% reduction in knock-on defects and improving bug detection rates.
Talks
LQA Toolkit: Use Cases in Video Games
Quality Strategies for FPS and Open World Video Games
Quality in Game Jams : A team commitment
Game Feel : Virtual Sensation in QA strategies
Fundamentals and Careers in Video Game Quality
How QA Saved the Video Game Industry
Game QA : Fundamentals and Careers in Video Game Quality
Much more than finding a bug
Testing Games is Not a Game : Game Testing Careers
Game Testing Strategy : Look & Feel vs Technical Stability
Education
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Associate Degree in 3D Animation for Video Games
2023 - On Going
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Image Campus - Professional 3D Animation
Apr 2022 - Dec 2022
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Animation Mentor - 3D Character Animation 01
Jun 2022 - Sep 2022
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UTN - Certificate of Advanced study in Game development (UE)
Apr 2022 - Jul 2022
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ISTQB - Foundation Level Prep Course
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
