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

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director explains how King Art balances RTS factions 'organically' so 'players who do not know the faction still intuitively play them the right way' — 'This is also an ongoing process'

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director Jan Theysen has explained how King Art Games balanced the four playable factions.

A close-up of the PlayStation 5 Pro
'The next generation won’t replace this one so much as sit on top of it' — Industry analysts say Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo's 'relentless push for higher-end performance will need to be moderated' to avoid $1000 launch consoles

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Industry analysts have suggested console manufacturers will need to temper their ambitions for next-gen to avoid breaching the $1000 console launch mark.

Hitman World of Assassination
Hitman World of Assassination devs say Elusive Targets are captured from studying talent over many hours and 'bespoke craftsmanship' rather than scans — 'You can have the 3d mesh completely right and still not feel like it looks like the person'

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IO Interactive has revealed that it hand-crafts all of its Hitman World of Assassination Elusive Targets rather than relying on traditional scanning.

A screenshot of an Adeptus Mechanicus Knight Castellan unit from Dawn of War 4
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director says King Art considered adding other factions to the game like Death Guard, but decided on Adeptus Mechanicus because 'lore-wise' it's the most 'interesting in terms of gameplay'

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director Jan Theysen has revealed that King Art considered adding other playable factions besides Adeptus Mechanicus.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 composer says multiplayer music requires a 'flexible framework' compared to the campaign with 'dramatic moments' as 'you have no idea how any given match is going to unfold' — 'Multiplayer is completely unpredictable'

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 composer Jason Graves has explained the biggest differences between scoring a multiplayer mode and a campaign.

A screenshot showing armor-clad soldiers in Modern Warfare 4.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 composer reveals the secret tech behind his work — 'I have an aluminum garbage can lid that I save for special occasions'

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 composer Jason Graves has revealed the unusual, secret tool he used for creating the game's soundtrack.

A screenshot from Warhammer 40000 Dawn of War 4
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director explains how core 40K tabletop features like ‘Armor of Contempt’ were adapted to the RTS — ‘It’s not the same mechanic, but it does kind of the same thing’

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director Jan Theysen has explained how King Art infused ideas from the 40K TTRPG to make sense for fans and newcomers.

Hitman World of Assassination
How does IOI come up with Hitman World of Assassination's creative murder methods? Its senior level designer says it's a 'combination' of serving 'poetic justice' to the target, 'intriguing toy box mechanics,' and a 'juicy payoff presentation'

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IO Interactive has shared its recipe for constructing the most creative Elusive Target eliminations in Hitman World of Assassination.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4
Could Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 come to console? Its creative director says RTS games on console are 'always a big challenge,' but 'I think we could do it on a technical level'

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director Jan Theysen has suggested the upcoming real-time strategy (RTS) game could eventually come to consoles.

A Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 screenshot captured on PC.
'Nothing will ever replace the emotional depth and creative inspiration of human beings as artists and creators' — Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 composer speaks out against AI in video games, says 'music is not just a bunch of notes strung together'

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 composer Jason Graves has spoken out against AI taking over human creativity in video games.

A Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 composer says multiplayer music is usually 'an afterthought' and 'cobbled together' from existing campaign music — 'This is the first time we've specifically composed a score of this scale for multiplayer'

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According to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 composer Jason Graves, this is the first time a Modern Warfare multiplayer mode has received a full score.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director says the game's advanced animation system is an 'evolution' of the melee system that initially 'sounded pretty much impossible' — 'Our big concern was: is this not responsive enough?'

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director Jan Theysen has revealed that the game's advanced animation system initially sounded impossible.

Hitman World of Assassination
IOI says talent for Hitman World of Assassination Elusive Targets like JackSepticEye are found first, before a location is decided that 'thematically suits the talent' and with a story that 'synergizes with the talent in tone and genre'

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IOI has revealed the behind-the-scenes process for selecting Hitman World of Assassination's Elusive Targets and how it designs their special missions.

A Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 composer says to capture the tone of multiplayer maps, 'you have to play a lot of multiplayer' as 'it's a completely different vibe from the campaign' — 'I was trying to capture forward momentum and pure adrenaline'

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 composer Jason Graves has shared his process for designing the game's multiplayer music.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director says making a new entry for a series with so much lore was 'a huge challenge,' but Games Workshop stepped in to help — 'There are too many cool things in the universe'

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director Jan Theysen has explained the difficult task the studio faced in building a new Dawn of War entry.

A promotional Modern Warfare 4 screenshot showing soldiers in combat in a dark server room.
'I have no lack of inspiration from the amazing gameplay itself' — Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 composer says Infinity Ward's sound team were a 'huge creative influence' on the soundtrack and 'integral in shaping the overall vibe'

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 composer Jason Graves has attributed the gameplay and the Infinity Ward sound team for helping to inspire the multiplayer score.

The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel
The Elder Scrolls 6 gets a new teaser confirming 'Sentinel' as the long-speculated name for the next entry, but a release date is still nowhere to be seen

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Bethesda Game Studios has finally announced the name of the next game in its long-running Elder Scrolls series: The Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel.

GTA 6
GTA 6 digital pre-loads for PS5 and Xbox will begin 9 days early and require a whopping 212GB of free space

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Rockstar Games has announced the file size for Grand Theft Auto 6 and the dates for when players can pre-load their game depending on their edition.

Razer Raiju V3 Pro Signature Edition
The Raiju V3 Pro Signature Edition is Razer's 'most ambitious' PS5 controller to date, featuring materials 'chosen for strength, durability, and finish' — here's where you can get the limited release gamepad

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Razer has announced the Raiju V3 Pro Signature Edition, a new version of its officially licensed PS5 controller built on a decade of experience.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director says King Art borrowed elements from Dawn of War 2 and 3 for heroes, 'upgrade mechanics,' and UI aspects, because while it loves the first game, 'it's also over 20 years old'

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director Jan Theysen has confirmed that the upcoming RTS game drew inspiration from Dawn of War 2 and 3's mechanics.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4
'We ended up with four really big campaigns and 70 missions. It's insane' — Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director says King Art's ideas 'snowballed' after deciding on four faction campaigns with branching stories

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 is a huge RTS game featuring four campaigns, because King Art was admittedly really enthusiastic about centering the factions.

Stranger Than Heaven
'At some point we did have a small rhythm game, but it didn't exactly match the feeling that you're promoting a show' — Stranger Than Heaven director says the showbiz system was 'a real challenge' and inspired by musicians with an 'antenna' for music

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Stranger Than Heaven director Mikinobu Abe has revealed how RGG Studio designed the game's Showbiz narrative system and how difficult it was to get right.

Stranger Than Heaven
'Historical accuracy wasn't the goal from the very beginning' — Stranger Than Heaven director says while research for its era-spanning game was 'really difficult,' the cities will still have 'a lot of fiction'

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RGG did plenty of research for its multi-era action RPG, Stranger Than Heaven, but director Mikinobu Abe has said historical accuracy wasn't the end goal.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4
'Maybe you win the battle but lose the war because you put all your resources into one battle' — Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director says King Art Games 'wanted battles to take a while' so borrowed from the original strategy game's systems

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 creative director Jan Theysen has described how the game manifests the classic RTS experience of the original Dawn of War.

World of Warcraft: Forever
WoW: Forever senior game designer says there is 'really well-buried stuff' in the game 'that's going to take people a long time to find' that was 'turned off' for the beta — 'There's going to be things to discover that we didn't surface'

By Demi Williams Published

Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that World of Warcraft: Forever features thousands of secrets, like items, that were turned off in the beta.

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