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

Amazon Mid-Year Sale PC gaming deals in Australia: save on keyboards, mice, headsets, handheld PCs and much more
By Shaun Prescott last updated
Deals Tracking all the bargains live.

These indie devs are so over algorithms they spent 1,500 hours listening to music on Bandcamp to compile the soundtrack
By Shaun Prescott published
News N Plus Infinity Times Two will keep the niche sonic focus of its predecessor.

N Plus Infinity Times Two is a multiplayer-focused follow-up to one of the best platformers on PC: 'we don't think anyone else on this planet is as crazy about 2D platformers as we are'
By Shaun Prescott published
News Ten years later, the virtually endless N++ gets a multiplayer-centric follow-up.

Valve really isn't budging: Steam Machine and Steam Frame are still 'shipping this summer,' it insists
By Shaun Prescott published
News Despite the dire hardware and component landscape, it's apparently still happening.

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

The best indie games on PC
By Jody Macgregor last updated
Small but mighty These are the best indie games you can play on PC.

Silent Hill: Townfall will release in September alongside a handful of other blockbuster games hellbent on avoiding GTA 6
By Shaun Prescott published
News Five heavyweights are taking shelter earlier in the holiday season.

New Ill trailer sets a new bar for videogame ultraviolence, with at least three skull crushings
By Shaun Prescott published
News I hope there weren't any kids watching.

EOFY sales 2026: Australia's next best opportunity to save on PC gaming gear is here, with Amazon entering the fray
By Shaun Prescott last updated
EOFY 2026 Doing your tax is annoying, but copping a good bargain is not.

Steam Week in Review: 4 Backrooms games released on Steam last week, joining a list of over 500 cash-ins, parodies and legitimate contenders
By Shaun Prescott published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending May 30.

How to buy a Steam Deck in Australia
By Shaun Prescott last updated
on deck After over two years, Australians can now order the Steam Deck direct.

Steam Deck OLED gets hefty price hike in Australia, but there's still one low cost option unavailable in most of the world
By Shaun Prescott published
News Things are bad, but, importantly, ever-so-slightly not as bad as elsewhere.
'I do think Blow misunderstood what the game is about': Derelict Star made Jonathan Blow rage quit, but it's the most fascinating indie platformer I've played for years
By Shaun Prescott published
star jumps Developer responds to Blow's criticism of his "mutant-freak modern reimagining" of Mario's P-Meter.

Steam Week in Review: Steam is flooded with liminal spaces games and I approve, but I think I've found the best to start with
By Shaun Prescott published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending May 24.

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.

One of the hundreds of Warhammer games is currently free to keep forever on Steam
By Shaun Prescott published
News The series' sole 4X outing is worth investigation.

The new Bubsy is better than I expected, but its hackneyed '90s nostalgia is exhausting
By Shaun Prescott published
Fur crazy This cat has too many lives.

Cairn revolutionizes bragging rights, lets you print a shirt showing your playthrough ascent from an in-game menu
By Shaun Prescott published
News You'll be the talk of the town.

Best wireless gaming headsets in 2026: the top cans I'd buy myself
By Dave James last updated
Untethered The best wireless gaming headsets allow you to enjoy your games and music tangle-free.

Steam week in review: metroidvanias are still coming thick and fast, but has the world moved on?
By Shaun Prescott published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending May 17.

Windrose hits 2 million sales milestone, proving yet again that the world really, really wanted a good pirate game
By Shaun Prescott published
News Low-hanging fruit, and someone finally plucked it.

Leaked Xbox Elite 3 controller images show at least one oddball addition, but it'll struggle to compete in a radically changed market
By Shaun Prescott published
News Gamepads are better, and cheaper, than they've ever been.
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