Global Game Industry Trend, September/October 2025 (KOCCA)

Summary

• Wemade Play applied an OpenAI-based model to payment testing and cut a test that took 300 minutes a day down to 5 minutes.p.13
• A community bug hunter event found more than 1,000 bugs before launch.p.13
• PC QA must cover resolutions of 1080p, 1440p and 4K and refresh rates from 60Hz to 240Hz.p.11
• One overseas example splits QA spending 10% on test automation tools, 25% on community incentives, 40% on professional testers and 25% on an emergency reserve.p.16
• Self-publishing teams should plan milestones 6-12 months before the target launch date.p.16
• CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions and Jenkins cost a medium level of $10-50 per month.p.15

Key insights

1. AI-based QA reduced a daily 300-minute payment test to 5 minutes.p.13
2. Community bug hunter events can find more than 1,000 bugs before release.p.13
3. PC optimisation has to account for a wide hardware spread, from high-end GPUs to integrated graphics.p.11
4. Suggested QA budget allocation puts 40% on professional testers.p.16
5. Automated smoke and soak tests help find memory leaks and performance bottlenecks early.p.15
6. Self-publishing indie developers need milestone planning 6-12 months before launch.p.16