DAQA

09/05/2023

Looking forward to the XDS summit this week, catching up with old friends and colleagues.

Innovative services and technologies are furthering the external services discipline. DAQA is proud to be a part of the evolution!

08/16/2023

Congratulations to Andre Reis (He/Him), who has joined our leadership team as Associate Program Manager. With extensive experience in games, Andre brings skills in leadership and ISTQB training to bear, leading some of our largest project teams.

We're proud to welcome Andre to the team!

05/05/2023

Super proud to be leading this important panel on how studios can get the best from their external partnerships.

Having been on both sides of the equation (in studio and as a service provider), we are looking forward to sharing our knowledge and experiences.

04/07/2023

Video games, as with all media and entertainment industries, have evolved, with digital distribution creating a shift to direct-to-player relationships. This underscores the critical importance of smooth, successful game launches with the right expert resources in place to curate the live game over a long life span.

Many studios are launching their first live games and experience within this new model is limited.

DAQA has a unique and proven set of skills and experience, with expert knowledge in curating live game quality within some industry’s leading live game companies. DAQA wields that expertise, providing guidance in establishing sound live quality operations within game studios.

03/08/2023

March 8th is International Women's Day!

At DAQA, we are incredibly proud of the rich diversity within our team and our player community.

Please join us in celebrating the many accomplishments of women in games (and throughout the professional world).

02/14/2023

02/06/2023

At DAQA, we do not employ a big sales team and we don't set sales quotas to be met at any cost. We don't foist services on our clients they don't need.

When game studios work with us, they work with industry veterans with a sincere desire to address the challenges faced in developing, delivering, and maintaining great games.

You won't find our booth in any conference and you won't find DAQA advertisements online.

Our business is built solely on our white glove customer service, our reputation, and word of mouth.

01/17/2023

DAQA specializes in "player-centric" QA services.

We provide the voice of the player in all facets of our business: from player insights at game concept to play testing during development to curating player communities during live game operations.

DAQA is the Concierge of Quality.

12/19/2022

As this year winds down, we want to take a moment's pause from our busy schedules and thank our amazing staff and tester community for their hard work. We couldn't have done it without you!

Happy Holidays to our past, present and future clients. Thank you for making 2022 a record year. We look forward to serving you in 2023!

10/26/2022

AI in games testing is an emergent concept.

While it is unlikely AI could ever fully replace human intelligence in game testing, it's important not to overlook new technologies in the discipline.

Once upon a time, game testing was performed in black box fashion, identifying defects along the way. Some of us even recorded our test sessions on VCR's! Once all parts of the game were tested, it was ready to ship.

Today's games, with nearly endless permutations and open worlds, simply cannot be tested completely and yet black box testing is still the primary method of performing QA.

Outsourced QA is a multi-billion dollar annual business, but its effectiveness tends to be limited by the sheer number of bums in seats a studio is willing to afford.

Use of technology needs to become a cornerstone of game testing. Games QA organizations need to innovate at pace with the speed of game technology, and QA service providers need to step up to fulfil that need.

The future of QA isn't in replacing humans with technology, but instead using technology to make humans more efficient and effective...

09/20/2022

DAQA takes a white glove approach with all clients. Project teams, data capture/visualization and summary reports are all tailor made to our clients unique needs.

09/14/2022

DAQA is data driven. We use a broad array of sources to compile comprehensive data from our tests and interpret those into actionable conclusions that are valuable to our clients.