The competition gets epic in Week 5 as the gamers go Greek for a God of War-inspired challenge to win what may be the most important prize yet - a behind the scenes tour of Santa Monica Studio with Creative Director, Todd Papy to meet his team of award winning game designers.

Blindfold Battle

Meredith Molinari

Tower Power

Creative Crossover

The third season kicks off when 12 new cast members arrive at the PlayStation Loft ready to begin the competition for a once in a lifetime gamer prize: a job as a Production Associate at Santa Monica Studio! But first, they'll try to keep their cool during the ultimate grace under pressure job interview - while covered with Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches!

Bug Out

David Jaffe is this week's guest panelist on hand to critique a Twisted Metal inspired teamwork challenge involving mini ice cream trucks, air rifles, and clown costumes.  But, first Krystipryde and RealityPalez face off in a preliminary gameplay competition in the new Twisted Metal for  the PS3 system (It's the first boss battle in the new game!). The stakes are high - the better gamer wins an advantage in the team challenge!

Twisted Teamwork

The testers catch Uncharted fever when they must conquer a tricky obstacle course for the chance to meet Nathan Drake himself, Nolan North! John Garvin, the director for the upcoming Uncharted: Golden Abyss for PlayStation Vita is on hand to judge the challenge, and a surprising elimination twist proves that no one is safe.

Make like Drake

The gamers square off in a preliminary challenge in the all new Street Fighter X Tekken to gain an advantage for their team, but events escalate into a full on throwdown when renowned Street Fighter legend Seth Killian tags in to evaluate the gamers on their creativity: whoever creates the coolest character and fighting style is safe from elimination, while everyone else gets a target on their back.

No more teams in week 6. It's every gamer for themselves in a suspenseful tower building challenge. The tallest tower wins. But, what's the best strategy? Slow and steady could come up short. Fast and furious risks losing it all. With Starhawk's Dylan Jobe on hand to evaluate their build and battle skills, we find out just what the remaining five contenders think of each other and, in the end, who's standing tall with immunity.

In the last challenge before the season finale, the gamers battle each other in an intense knowledge and strategy challenge to determine who is the ultimate PlayStation trivia master. Wrong answers could get them sent to a dunk tank as IGN's Greg Miller presides as this week's guest panelist.

PlayStation Trivia Trial

Take a deeper look into The Tester 3 as eliminated cast members like Egoraptor, Skyd1ddy, Ninjanomyx, and more return to tell their side of the story, share their predictions about the Finale, and share new scenes from the show!

Cast-Offs Return!

The final 3 gamers face off for the last time in an intense multi-part challenge that will put their focus, intelligence, and gaming skills to the test as they solve puzzles, overcome obstacles, and put everything on the line in an epic Starhawk firefight! Find out who has what it takes to work at PlayStation, and who is going home empty handed.

Season Finale

The Tester is a serialized reality program featuring eleven or twelve contestants, selected from thousands of applicants, competing in a variety of challenges to win a job at Sony Computer Entertainment in quality assurance as a game tester with a $5,000 signing bonus and a PlayStation 3 video game console.

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