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Cameron Williams, Senior Mission Designer II, Absurd Ventures
Cameron Williams is currently Senior Mission Designer II at Absurd Ventures, a new studio from former Rockstar Co-Founder, Dan Houser. He is a technical designer with a wide net of knowledge regarding open world design, systems and mission design. With this experience he has also taught several courses on Game Design focused on developing technical skills, design sense and career skills. He has worked as a technically-oriented game designer at Rockstar Games and Infinity Ward. He has shipped Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, content for Red Dead Online and worked for several years on the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6. Before AAA, he shipped a VR game called Drums of War and co-founded an indie games company called Dark Road which focused on the development of a title known as Take a Seat. As well as another unique narrative game called Stumberg Cay. He also co-owned and operated a company called AVR Studio that created unique VR experiences using Unreal Engine.