Demi Williams

Demi Williams

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Demi is a freelance games journalist who helps cover gaming news at TechRadar. She's been a games writer for five years and has written for outlets such as GameSpot, NME, and GamesRadar, covering news, features, and reviews. Outside of writing, she plays a lot of RPGs and talks far too much about Star Wars on X.

Articles by: Demi Williams

Jesse and Dylan in Control Resonant.
Exclusive: Listen to Control Resonant's 'Sibling Theme', a track that its composer says 'soothes and comforts' Dylan and Jesse's 'dented childhood memories'

By Demi Williams Published

Exclusive Control Resonant has launched on PC and console, and to mark the game's release, we've got a track from its official soundtrack to debut exclusively for fans.

Evercade Nexus
'We've been here for six years. We're aiming to be here for at least another six more' — Blaze Entertainment says it has a four-year-long roadmap for Evercade, and wants 'to do more work with Rare,' and has spoken with Sega, Bandai Namco, and EA

By Demi Williams Published

Blaze has revealed that it has a four-year-long roadmap prepared for the Evercade and has even spoken to several industry giants about collaborating.

Rainbow Six Tactics
Rainbow Six Tactics game director says the game's 15 Operators have 'unique' loadouts so they didn't 'overlap' with each other — but there was still room for 'community favorites' and 'operators that were impossible to not include'

By Demi Williams Published

Rainbow Six Tactics game director Martial Potron has said it was important that the game's Operators have unique loadouts and progression to avoid overlap.

The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Remastered
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered adds a neat Bard's Ballad preset designed to 'streamline gameplay' by offering a ton of custom options you would normally need mods for, and I'm eager to try it out

By Demi Williams Published

CD Projekt Red has released a long list of improvements that promise an entirely new experience for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered.

Golden Joystick Awards 2026
Featuring a host of our favorite games from this year and 2 of our favorite gaming devices, you can now place your votes for the best in gaming in the Golden Joystick Awards 2026

By Demi Williams Published

The nominees for the 44th annual Golden Joystick Awards have been officially announced across 21 categories.

Neil Druckmann confirms Naughty Dog is working on 'a couple' of new The Last of Us projects that will 'expand the canon' of the first two games — 'We believe these stories are worth telling'

By Demi Williams Published

Naughty Dog co-president Neil Druckmann has confirmed the studio is working on more games to expand the world of The Last of Us.

a screenshot from Fable
'We've steered away from anything that's too crude' — Fable associate game director says the series' staple British humour was 'crucial' and 'the real test for Fable when it comes to the tone is that it does just have to be funny'

By Demi Williams Published

Playground Games has said its Fable reboot will feature the series' iconic British humour across all systems, but it avoided anything overly "crude."

Rainbow Six Tactics
Rainbow Six Tactics game director says Ubisoft moved away from the 'smoke and mirrors' experience and Mario + Rabbids helped it understand 'the metrics of tactics'

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Ubisoft borrowed the "DNA" of the turn-based Mario + Rabbids series for tactical level design ideas while developing Rainbow Six Tactics.

Total War: Warhammer 40,000
Total War: Warhammer 40,000's diplomacy will exist 'in a different form,' and players will need to manage relationships with local forces and planetary governors, says Creative Assembly — 'How you manage them is kind of down to you'

By Demi Williams Published

Total War: Warhammer 40,000's diplomacy system will affect players' standing with planetary governors and local forces, forcing them to manage relationships.

Fable
Fable associate game director confirms 'you won't need to do 'thousands' of playthroughs' to achieve 100% completion or the Platinum trophy — 'We have the list, but we're not going to spoil the surprise'

By Demi Williams Published

Playground Games has confirmed it has locked down Fable's trophy list, but swears players won't have to do several playthroughs to achieve 100% completion.

Alien Deathstorm
Rebellion confirms Alien Deathstorm uses the same engine as Atomfall, but it's 'a more advanced version' that offers a new lighting system, 'which for an action horror game is actually a must'

By Demi Williams Published

Rebellion has confirmed that Alien Deathstorm was built on a new version of the Atomfall engine, which also let the team bring the horror aspect to life.

The PlayStation Portal handheld games console being held in the hands of a model
A new PS Portal software update is here to 'support the long-term battery health of your device' by introducing a charging cap — here's how to make yours last longer

By Demi Williams Published

Sony has rolled out a new PlayStation Portal software update to improve stability and support the device's long-term battery health.

Rainbow Six Tactics
Rainbow Six Tactics game director says players can't repeatedly play their favorite Operators because of the game's fatigue and injury system — 'It's a way to push players to use their tools and shuffle their roster'

By Demi Williams Published

Rainbow Six Tactics won't let fans repeatedly play the same Operator as in Rainbow Six Siege, but will encourage players to experiment with the entire roster.

A split image, showing a figurine, cap and box from the GTA 6 Vice City Collection box set
GTA 6 gets a 'Vice City Collection' box set for super-fans — but it's $399 and doesn't even come with the game

By Demi Williams Published

Rockstar Games has announced the Grand Theft Auto 6: The Goodtime State – Vice City Collection, a collector's box featuring exclusive merchandise and no game.

Rainbow Six Tactics
Rainbow Six Tactics game director says the XCOM-style turn-based genre felt like a 'natural fit' for the spin-off — 'When you look at Rainbow Six, its DNA is tactical, it's just that it's first-person'

By Demi Williams Published

Rainbow Six Tactics game director Martial Potron has explained why Ubisoft chose to make the upcoming spin-off a turn-based tactics game.

Diablo 4 painting pastiche of the old masters in the style of Rembrandt
Diablo 4 game director says ‘it’s about damn time’ it came to Nintendo Switch 2 — and the ‘concessions we had to make are barely noticeable’

By Demi Williams Published

Diablo 4 game director Brent Gibson has said "it's about damn time" the game comes to Nintendo Switch 2 and is quite pleased with its performance.

Alien: Isolation 2
Alien: Isolation 2's Xenomorph has animations initially designed for the first game, but the team 'didn't have the technology at the time' to use them — but now the Alien is even more 'responsive' and 'reactive'

By Demi Williams Published

Alien: Isolation 2 uses Xenomorph legacy animations the studio designed for the first game but didn't have the technology to implement at the time.

Alien: Isolation 2
Creative Assembly says Alien: Isolation 2's protagonist is a Yutani employee, which offers 'a new perspective to the franchise' — 'Weyland-Yutani is an English-Japanese speaking company, and the Japanese side doesn't really get explored that much'

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Creative Assembly thinks Alien: Isolation 2 players will fall in love with protagonist Blake, a Yutani employee, as she offers "a new perspective to the franchise."

Diablo 5
Blizzard confirms Diablo 5 won't gloss over Diablo's takeover of Sanctuary — 'It's not going to take place entirely off-screen'

By Demi Williams Published

Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that Diablo 5 players will get to see how Diablo conquered Sanctuary, despite how the game starts.

A Rayman Legends Retold screenshot.
'We believe that this IP has a future' — Rayman Legends Retold brand producer wants to continue the series after the 3D remake 'if everything goes according to plan'

By Demi Williams Published

Rayman Legends Retold brand producer Loïc Gounon believes the series has a future and said he's interested in making new games using Ubisoft's latest tech.

Atmospheric screenshots of the sci-fi environments in Alien: Isolation 2
Alien: Isolation 2 artist says Creative Assembly has to 'recontextualize' things from the film that would 'be believable' in the game's outdoor setting, and it makes sense 'through the lens of someone from the 1970s'

By Demi Williams Published

Alien: Isolation 2 is still inspired by the Alien movie, but Creative Assembly had to make sure the game's environment fit its retro-futuristic aesthetic.

Alien: Isolation 2
Creative Assembly says Alien: Isolation 2's custom tech enabled a 'realistic' atmosphere Unreal Engine 5 couldn't — 'We felt that a custom solution would give us that perfect frame response that you want in that kind of really, really dark environment'

By Demi Williams Published

Alien: Isolation 2's custom audio and lighting tech has enabled Creative Assembly to create a more authentic atmosphere that Unreal Engine 5 couldn't achieve.

A close up of a Xenomorph in Alien: Isolation 2 ready to attack.
Players will need to 'think on their feet' in Alien: Isolation 2's new  exterior environments, while the 'perfect hunter' xenomorph will also learn and 'adapt' how to track you down in the outdoors

By Demi Williams Published

Alien: Isolation 2's exterior setting will increase both tension and danger, and players will need to adapt to the new environment, as the Xenomorph does.

Diablo 4
Diablo 4 game director confirms 'the end is not nigh' despite Diablo 5's announcement and says players shouldn't worry, as 'we're going to be making content for a long time' — 'The train is not stopping'

By Demi Williams Published

Not to worry, Diablo 4 fans! Despite the announcement of Diablo 5, Blizzard swears it will continue supporting the popular action-RPG "for a long time."

Diablo 4
Diablo 4 game director says it's 'liberating' to be done with expansions as Blizzard can continue the narrative through seasons instead — 'We completed the story, but the butterfly effect can take us anywhere'

By Demi Williams Published

Blizzard has confirmed that Diablo 4 won't receive any more expansions, as it will continue the game's story through seasons, something the team is glad about.

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