Level-5 CEO Ties Employee Pay Raises to Studio Game Trivia Quizzes

Level-5 employees can now secure direct pay raises simply by passing quizzes about the studio’s own games, the company's CEO announced. It turns out that memorizing the trivia of your own daily grind is no longer just for internet forums; at this studio, it is a line item on your paycheck.

The developer, famous for franchises like Professor Layton and Inazuma Eleven, is treating deep product knowledge as a "genuine skill" that deserves financial compensation, according to the CEO. While standard corporate training usually involves clicked-through slideshows about office safety, this initiative turns game trivia into a professional asset. Knowing the ins and outs of your studio’s catalog is no longer just a hobby; it is now a metric.

The details

• Reward: Direct pay raises for employees
• Requirement: Correctly answering quiz questions about the company's games
• Studio portfolio: Known for franchises including Professor Layton and Inazuma Eleven

Why it matters

Connecting corporate compensation directly to product mastery is an unorthodox twist on employee training. In an industry where developers often move quickly between projects, rewarding a deep understanding of a studio’s historical catalog signals a push to keep institutional knowledge in-house. It changes "knowing the product" from an unspoken expectation into a measurable, compensated asset.