About Us

PowerUp Games™ was conceptually started in 1999 and organized and incorporated by 2006. Our mission is to empower future game testers and publishers with a community to advance their respective needs. We believe that providing more end-user feedback into the development of games will benefit all parties involved. In the past this process was expensive. Through automation, community development, and an understanding of game development, PowerUp Games has significantly reduced the costs associated with incorporating these tools into the development process.

Another mission of PowerUp Games is the educating future game testers and filling the void of game testing information.  Bad or missleading content that is published on the internet abounds on game testing.  People who write articles for a living are creating subscriptions, lists, how to stay at home and be a game tester guides, etc. with either only a superficial understanding of the video games industry, just reading other internet articles and creating their own article, or just creating something to publish and sell to take advantage of the video game enthusiast.

These actions could prevent good candidates from entering the industry and thereby hurt the industry itself.  Without a source for real information presented in a way that is quick to learn and complete, these practices can continue without hinderance. To address this issue, PowerUp Games developed their Certification program.

Verifying the quality of the content is the job of every game tester. 

Since we encourage everyone to verify the source of there information about Video Games, here is our president's linkedin profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/PowerUpGames  We like LinkedIn because references from other industry members make it hard to mislead about game testing experience.  Ask for the LinkedIn profiles of other game testing experts and see how they compare. 

Brad Baker President and CEO Founder and president of PowerUp Games, GameINSTINCT and multiple entrepreneur in the games industry. In his career he has worked with hundreds of clients like Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Activision by helping ship hundreds of applications on-target, on-time and on-budget. Mr. Baker has been testing commercial software since the 1980's and holds a Masters Degree in Software Engineering and a IEEE CDSP (Certified Software Development Professional). Mr. Baker is the initial author of the Windows Gaming Logo used by Microsoft for developers to insure quality Windows video game products .  He and his companies have helped over 1000 people enter the video game industry.

Here is our business registration with the State of Florida.

Here is our product being used at other colleges.

Here is our Yahoo Answers Profile where we help people with their questions on the industry.

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