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

Steam Week in Review: 54 idle games released on Steam last week, and many look eerily similar
By Shaun Prescott Published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending September 6.

Corsair HS35 v3 review
By Shaun Prescott Published
Score: 83% A very affordable mid-range headset that pulls off everything with aplomb, offering no surprises whether good or bad.

The studio behind Star Wars Zero Company, which is currently a Steam bestseller, has reportedly furloughed the majority of its staff
By Shaun Prescott Published
News Uncertainty around the TTRPG's performance is to blame.

The best free PC games
By Shaun Prescott Last updated
Freebies Forever Our frequently updated selection of the best free games right now.

The Blood of Dawnwalker review: A gorgeous horror RPG with real bite
By Shaun Prescott Published
FANGIN' IT A horror RPG with novel ideas of its own, even if it doesn’t always have the courage to follow them through.

Steam Week in Review: Here are the top 10 most popular genres on Steam
By Shaun Prescott Published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending August 30.

Amid a dire bargain drought, the best PC gaming headset is currently cheaper than I've ever seen it in Australia
By Shaun Prescott Published
News If you're in the market for a new headset, you can't go wrong with this one.

A disturbing '90s point-and-click horror game about waking up in a rundown asylum with no recollection of who you are is getting a glow up in 2026
By Shaun Prescott Published
News Sanitarium probably doesn't need a new version, but it's getting one anyway.

Blood Dungeon review: Another Survivors-like lottery, but with more flair than elsewhere
By Shaun Prescott Published
bone church The creators of Nidhogg and Wheel World tackle the bullet heaven genre, but can't transcend its inherent weaknesses.
Steam Week in Review: A touch of AI is all it takes to trigger backlash, as a promising new indie falls afoul of slop skeptics
By Shaun Prescott Published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending August 23

Steam Week in Review: Here are the 32 Steam games brave enough to release on GTA 6 day
By Shaun Prescott Published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending August 16.

Big Walk devs talk the Australian bush and friendslop: 'I'd prefer the second word wasn't slop'
By Shaun Prescott Published
News The open world was based on a real world national park.

The best NBN plans for gaming in 2026
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.

This week's most compelling new Steam game is Horse Magnifier, which is about magnifying horses
By Shaun Prescott Published
News It's not just a joke: it's a pretty good puzzle game.

Big Walk has sold 1 million copies, making it a bigger hit than Untitled Goose Game
By Shaun Prescott Published
News The co-op only open world puzzler is a hit.

Halloween: The Game is banned in Australia because incentivized drug use is bad but incentivized ultra-violence isn't
By Shaun Prescott Last updated
News Priorities, priorities.

Australians must now prove their age to buy R18+ games on the Xbox store
By Shaun Prescott Published
News Microsoft is the first among major games platforms to implement stricter age verification.

Steam Week in Review: Games about sorting 1000s of mundane objects onto shelves are the new craze sweeping PC gaming
By Shaun Prescott Published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending August 9.

Sam Neill will reportedly star in the forthcoming The Legend of Zelda film
By Shaun Prescott Published
News It'll be among the late actor's final screen performances.

Trent Reznor on Doom: 'In some ways I felt a parallel with what I was trying to do with music'
By Shaun Prescott Published
News A new range of Nine Inch Nails Quake merch is out.

Can you play Big Walk alone or with randoms?
By Shaun Prescott Published
FYI The most widely adored co-op game of 2026 is a bit tough on loners.

What happens after GTA 6?
By Shaun Prescott Published
crashing out With the industry in flux, will Rockstar's big one create more chaos or calm things down? Probably neither.
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