Latest articles by Shaun Prescott
Five new Steam games you probably missed (August 18, 2025)
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
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
News Blippo Plus makes the jump to color next month.
The best gaming headsets in Australia for 2025
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
dungeon brawl You can't win 'em all.
Five new Steam games you probably missed (August 11, 2025)
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
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
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
on deck After over two years, Australians can now order the Steam Deck direct.
Peak dev would rather you pirate Peak than play a 'microtransaction Roblox slop ripoff'
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
News It hits Bangkok in October.
Five new Steam games you probably missed (August 4, 2025)
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
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'
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
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
News Distance is a quiet classic with an endless amount of stuff to do in 2025.
Mavrix is a promising sim about riding pushbikes down dangerously steep hills, but it shows the limits of open world design
Enter the Mavrix Mavrix by Matt Jones is coming for Riders Republic and Descenders' lunch money, but it needs some finetuning.
Some lucky souls will get hands-on with Silksong within weeks, with the Hollow Knight sequel confirmed to be playable at Gamescom 2025
News The fandom is taking it well.
Five new Steam games you probably missed (July 28, 2025)
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.
Another NBN provider is offering a huge speed increase ahead of September's big NBN 500 roll out, and it's the cheapest yet
News Spintel has joined Exetel in jumping the gun on NBN's speed upgrades.
Primal Planet is my favorite new metroidvania because it has friendly dinosaurs, gorgeous pixel art, and you can hug your wife
Dinosawww It also has alien robots.
Brütal Legend is free in honor of Ozzy Osbourne, but only for 666 minutes
News Double Fine's 2009 adventure is a fun way to celebrate heavy metal.
Descenders Next just shadowdropped into early access, and it's Steam Deck verified as well
News The sequel to 2018's best cycling game is here, with snowboarding and mountainboarding.
