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From our humble beginnings in Japan in 1994, to 40+ studios across 4 continents... we’re proud of the hard work our teams have accomplished for our partners, players, and the games industry over the past 30 years, providing industry-leading services to every part of the globe. Join us as we look back on the last three decades of the PTW family. 🎮✨ Thanks as always to our teams and partners, without whom we could never have made it this far. Here's to many more years of bringing your story to the world! #PTW30Years #PTWFamilyofBrands #SIDE #1518Studios #Ghostpunch #BringingYourStoryToTheWorld #OurStory

Closing out #WorldQualityWeek with more insights from our team: 💡 As part of our #PTWWritersProgram, we asked our employees worldwide to share unique perspectives on their work at PTW. Today we’re excited to feature Jaime Alejandro González Rodríguez, one of our Localization Quality Assurance Testers from #PTWMontreal. In his article “𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗽 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗤𝗔 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴,” Jaime draws on his chemical engineering background and QA experience in manufacturing to highlight cross-industry quality lessons for game QA. Check out his thoughtful take on the universal value of quality below: 👉 https://bit.ly/3O98SSn #QualityAssurance #GameQA #FQA #LQA

Take a virtual tour of our #SIDETokyo studio, which today celebrates its one-year anniversary!   Leveraging the 30+ years of experience of PTW in Japan, the portfolio of our SIDE Global audio team in Tokyo has been growing at an impressive rate. The team is thrilled to have worked on Japanese voice production for many acclaimed titles already, including this year's #SpaceMarine2 and #StarWarsOutlaws, from our cutting-edge facilities. 🎙   #Tokyo #GameAudio #VoiceProduction #AudioLocalization

Join us in celebrating #WorldQualityWeek! 🏅   Everyone who plays games understands the importance of quality in the final product—whether we're talking indie or AAA, PC or mobile. But #QualityAssurance is still commonly thought of as a "one-and-done" solution. Rather than waiting until the last minute to test your game, QA teams can provide much more value when embedded into earlier into the development process.   To demonstrate, we're resharing some of the benefits of embedded QA teams and best practices as outlined by one of our QA Managers, Deanne Curtis.   Read the full article on our website for more: 👉 bit.ly/3iP6152   #QA #GameQA #GameDev #BestPractices

🌟 Our team at PTW Montréal is hiring! 🌟   Come and join our award-winning Localization team! 🌏 If you have an eye for details, a passion for games, and a love of languages (native speaker of #Italian or #German), come be a part of some of our exciting ongoing and upcoming projects in the video game industry.   Ready to help us bring stories to the world? Apply now via the links below: 👇   🔹German - Localization Video Game QA Tester: https://lnkd.in/ev8z9w4i 🔹Italian - Localization Video Game QA Tester: https://lnkd.in/eXX6xWvH   #Localization #LQA #L10N #QualityAssurance #Montreal #PTW #PTWMontreal #Hiring #Job #Opening #VideoGames #GamingJobs

Delivering #PlayerSupport on a global scale is now more accessible than ever with the right tools. 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗧, our business process automation solution, empowers game support teams by handling repetitive tasks through a suite of technologies including intelligent workflows and chatbots—allowing agents to focus on more complex, creative tasks. Other key benefits include: 🌍 24/7 coverage ⏱️ Faster response times 😊 Higher player satisfaction We sat down with our Senior Director of Player Support, Neil Alex Long, to discuss what REACT brings to the table, how it works, and the results it has achieved for our partners since launch: 👉 https://bit.ly/3C9yOdR #REACT #PTWPlayerSupport #AI #Automation

Our Recruiter at PTW and Ghostpunch Games, Christina-Marie Drake, will be speaking this Friday at #MDEV: The Midwest Game Industry Conference! 🎮 Christina is a highly experienced recruiter with many years in the games industry and beyond. She'll be sharing her wisdom about how to progress a career in #GameDev along with Shawn Guiney (Lead Recruiter, Zenimax) and Willem Delventhal (Founder, Indie Game Academy). For those looking to break into the industry, this will be an invaluable session with tips for mastering interviews, building standout resumes, effective networking strategies and more. If you'll be at MDEV in Madison, Wisconsin, this week, be sure to get in touch! Find out more about the event here: 👉 https://bit.ly/4fcjdcj #MDEV2024 | Wisconsin Games Alliance

Another MIGS in the books! ☑️🚀 Our #PTWMontreal and #SIDEMontreal teams had a blast this past week at MIGS, the longest-running B2B conference in the Canadian game industry. It was great to catch up with local and international game studios, exchanging about exciting projects and opportunities on the horizon for 2025. Not to mention the fun we had getting into the festive spirit for Halloween! 🎃 Thanks to all who stopped by our booth and took the time to chat with us. Until next year! #MIGS24 | PTW Montréal | SIDE Global | 1518 Studios, Inc. | Ghostpunch Games

🚨 Exciting news 🚨: our 1518 Studios website just got a refresh! 🔥 Hop right in and take a look at our latest projects, our game art portfolios, and our growing team. As part of the PTW family of brands, we've been thrilled to provide art services to the global game and entertainment industry for over a decade. From 2D and 3D art, to concept art, tech art, VFX, 3D modeling, animation, rigging, and more, we're here to help bring your story to the world! Check it out now, including our brand-new portfolio section: https://1518studios.com/ #GameArt #ArtPortfolio #ArtProjects #1518Studios #PTWFamily

This month in our #BehindTheScreens series, we’re thrilled to highlight Vijay Kumar, Senior Account Manager on our #PlayerSupport team based in Bangalore, India. We’ve been lucky to call Vijay one of our own for 10 years now!   Working his way up from Tier 1 Support Representative, to Team Lead, to his current role managing key client relationships and projects, Vijay has shown continuous growth and enthusiasm since day one and has been a huge asset to the team.   Swipe to get to know him better below, including some of his hobbies, what he’s loved most about working at PTW over the years, and some advice he would give to those just starting out in Player Support. 💡   #PTWPlayerSupport #PTWBangalore #MeetTheTeam #CX