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: Steam just got its first 'dopamine site', so you can fatten a fake backlog without spending a cent
By Shaun Prescott Published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending July 5.

The best gaming laptops in Australia for 2026: We've reviewed the best gaming laptops of this generation and these are our favourites
By Dave James Last updated
Portable powerhouses Don't compromise on power or portability with the best gaming laptops.

The best gaming headsets in Australia for 2026: I'd bet my ears on these headphones
By Dave James Last updated
Quality cans Treat your ears to some treacle with the best gaming headsets.

Onimusha: Way of the Sword is releasing 21 days earlier than expected, possibly cramping The Blood of Dawnwalker's style
By Shaun Prescott Published
News Also: it's a little bit further away from GTA 6 splash damage.

Valheim will get a 50% price hike when it hits 1.0, and no changes to the ocean biome
By Shaun Prescott Published
News Snap it up now while it's $10, in other words.

EOFY sales 2026: The event is officially over, but there are still a handful of bargains to grab
By Shaun Prescott Last updated
EOFY 2026 Doing your tax is annoying, but copping a good bargain is not.

Turtle Beach Command Series KB7 TKL gaming keyboard review
By Shaun Prescott Published
Score: 85% Turtle Beach puts a screen on another screenless PC mainstay.

Dragon Age: Origins is 'Unsupported' on Steam Deck, but it runs incredibly and it's currently only $3
By Shaun Prescott Published
News After some easy setting up, BioWare's fantasy classic sings on Deck.

Persona could be getting the Netflix live action treatment, which means, oh no, Americans will be making it
By Shaun Prescott Published
News Talent behind Stranger Things, Sonic The Hedgehog and Star Trek: Picard are reportedly involved.

Steam Week in Review: Steam sales are the best time to hoard dozens of forgotten '90s PC gaming oddities
By Shaun Prescott Published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending June 28.

Amid mass layoffs at Bungie, the official White House X account issues sociopathic Destiny 2 meme
By Shaun Prescott Published
News B2 bombers, a Rolls Royce, and a 4700 power level.

Big companies told Hideo Kojima he's 'crazy' for making OD: 'It's something that no one has ever seen before'
By Shaun Prescott Published
News But Xbox saved the day.

Steam Week in Review: spammy, AI-generated capsule art is a pox, and it makes browsing Steam less fun
By Shaun Prescott Published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending June 22.

Steam Controller demand is so high that new reservations won't be fulfilled until 2027
By Shaun Prescott Published
News The queue system has been tweaked to give more useful shipping estimations, but they're not encouraging.

Steam Next Fest's top played games include only 1 of over 500 demos with an AI disclosure
By Shaun Prescott Published
News Anime, friendslop and relaxed offroading are the highlights, but seriously Valve: give us an AI filter.

Xbox's latest tactics display 'a basic misunderstanding of how the interactive entertainment world moves', says former PlayStation exec
By Shaun Prescott Published
News The console war also unfolds on LinkedIn.

I need you to play this unbelievably tense 2 hour horror about descending into hell with a grappling hook
By Shaun Prescott Published
Fall guy Idols of Ash is $3, has over 2,000 Overwhelmingly Positive reviews on Steam, and is one of my favourites so far of 2026.

A lost Dragon Ball Z fan RPG has resurfaced after mystery user drops it in a seven-year-old forum thread
By Shaun Prescott Published
News The internet is still good sometimes.

Steam Week in Review: More than 300 games released on Steam last week, and 120 of them had AI disclosures
By Shaun Prescott Published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending June 14.

Legendary JRPG studio's 23-year shun of the PC has ended: the next Vanillaware game will come to Steam
By Shaun Prescott Published
News Vanillaware is getting with the times.

Derelict Star review: The best feeling platformer of the decade so far
By Shaun Prescott Published
Ship shape Chunky pixels, a 1:1 aspect ratio, and the best feeling platforming around.

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.
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