
Shaun Prescott
Shaun Prescott is the Australian editor of PC Gamer. With over ten years experience covering the games industry, his work has appeared on GamesRadar+, TechRadar, The Guardian, PLAY Magazine, the Sydney Morning Herald, and more. Specific interests include indie games, obscure Metroidvanias, speedrunning, experimental games and FPSs. He thinks Lulu by Metallica and Lou Reed is an all-time classic that will receive its due critical reappraisal one day.
Latest articles by Shaun Prescott

The ROG Xbox Ally borrows a heck of a lot from the Steam Deck, proving that the old gated console concept is a thing of the past
By Shaun Prescott published
News It's not just the Xbox UI on a handheld.

The roguelike Prince of Persia platformer is now out of early access and feature complete, though it may get more content if it 'gets popular'
By Shaun Prescott published
News It's basically Dead Cells with the Hades art style, and it looks fun.

Over a decade later, a beloved, lost instalment in the Tales Of JRPG series is coming to PC
By Shaun Prescott published
News Take of Xillia escapes PS3 exclusivity this October.

Outlaws is a quirky '90s wild west FPS you probably never played, so naturally it's getting the Nightdive remaster treatment later this year
By Shaun Prescott published
News With the benefit of 120fps and crisper graphics, maybe it'll feel better in 2025.

Ghostrunner creators are back with a horror-infused alternate history of the Napoleonic wars—and the studio says it plays like a first-person soulslike
By Shaun Prescott published
News Valor Mortis is coming to PC in 2026.

Not content with making three WW1 first-person shooters already, the creators of Verdun and Isonzo are now making a Gallipoli FPS
By Shaun Prescott published
News BlackMill Games' latest will hit PC next year.

Five new Steam games you probably missed (August 18, 2025)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

Subscription services like Xbox Game Pass turn developers into 'wage slaves', says former PlayStation boss
By Shaun Prescott published
News Not only is its profitability uncertain, but it's bad for creativity, says Shawn Layden.

This game about channel surfing surreal alien broadcasts used to be exclusive to a 1-bit console with a crank—but now it's coming to Steam
By Shaun Prescott published
News Blippo Plus makes the jump to color next month.

The best gaming headsets in Australia for 2025
By Dave James last updated
Quality cans Treat your ears to some treacle with the best gaming headsets.

After all these years, Heretic plays better than it ever has—and thanks to Nightdive, even Hexen sucks far less
By Shaun Prescott published
dungeon brawl You can't win 'em all.

Five new Steam games you probably missed (August 11, 2025)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

The NBN 500 arms race steps up a notch with a new early contender—and it's less than AU$70 a month
By Shaun Prescott published
News Tangerine is here, and it's not messing around.

PSA: Persona 5 Royal is cheaper than it's ever been on PC right now, and you get 7 other games thrown in
By Shaun Prescott published
News This month's Humble Choice is great if, like me, you've had Persona 5 Royal wishlisted for years.

How to buy a Steam Deck in Australia: Valve's handheld is finally shipping down under
By Shaun Prescott last updated
on deck After over two years, Australians can now order the Steam Deck direct.

The best NBN plans for gaming in 2025
By Shaun Prescott last updated
need for speed The fastest download speeds, the most generous data caps: these are the best on offer in Australia.

Peak dev would rather you pirate Peak than play a 'microtransaction Roblox slop ripoff'
By Shaun Prescott published
News Cliff, a Roblox clone of Peak, is unashamed.

Gamescom Asia is joining with the Thailand Game Show this year, and Dead Space creator Glen Schofield will keynote
By Shaun Prescott published
News It hits Bangkok in October.

Five new Steam games you probably missed (August 4, 2025)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

A trio of Alienware gaming monitors are going for all-time low Aussie prices right now, including a new QD-OLED model for under AU$900
By Shaun Prescott published
News It's like Christmas, except you have to pay for the gifts, and the gifts are gaming monitors, and it's winter instead of summer. Actually, it's not like Christmas. But it's good.

Free adult NSFW content returns to itch.io, as one of the platform's major payment processors expresses hope to 'support adult content in the future'
By Shaun Prescott published
News The small indie platform is slowly rebuilding what it needed to abruptly dismantle.

Battlefield 6 system requirements are in, and you probably won't need to upgrade your PC to run it
By Shaun Prescott published
News A six-year-old GPU will do the trick.

This sci-fi horror racer is one of my favorite PC games, and it's currently going for less than a fiver during the Steam racing fest
By Shaun Prescott published
News Distance is a quiet classic with an endless amount of stuff to do in 2025.
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