Jerykk wrote on Feb 12, 2011, 23:41:
You don't send DRM master keys and level editors to rating boards. Hell, you usually don't even send them builds. I know that the ESRB just looks at footage of potentially offensive material and makes a judgment based on that alone. Even if it was another ratings board, they wouldn't have been sent an unstable PC build. They would have been sent a relatively stable build from their lead SKU (X360 in this case).

As for a temp QA tester, that's possible, though unlikely. Again, a temp QA tester is unlikely to have access to DRM master keys or the level editor. A QA lead is more likely to have more access to these things but a QA lead is typically a full-time, salaried position and thus feels a greater sense of loyalty to the studio.