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

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.

Dark Souls 2 path tracing mod is now available for all, and yes, it inevitably makes the game harder
By Shaun Prescott published
News Finally, a reason to use Prism Stones.

After his shock retirement last year, legendary former Tekken boss has landed at one of Japan's biggest fighting game publishers
By Shaun Prescott published
News Katsuhiro Harada is now the CEO of VS Studio.

NBN price hikes are coming on July 1, but you can delay them by a year if you act fast
By Shaun Prescott published
News Introductory offers are still your friend.

Steam week in review: Forza Horizon is the last truly mainstream multiplatform racing series
By Shaun Prescott published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending May 10.

Here's when the Steam Controller will be available again in Australia, and I hope you like being awake at 3am
By Shaun Prescott published
News It's time to start feeling anxious.

The producer of the new Mortal Kombat film is annoyed that film reviewers are appraising it as a film
By Shaun Prescott published
News This is not a game.

Atari just bought the rights to the big daddy of PC RPGs, and a reissue campaign is afoot
By Shaun Prescott last updated
News The first five Wizardry games have been rescued from obscurity.

My most-anticipated but frequently delayed Zelda-like is finally releasing later this month after 6 years in development
By Shaun Prescott published
News It's not 2023, but it's still releasing before the apocalypse.

Best PC controllers in 2026: the pads I recommend for PC gamers
By Dave James last updated
Total control Grab one of the best PC controllers for when your keyboard and mouse simply won't do.

This month's Humble Choice is offering one of the best turnbased sicko RPGs of the century for an all time low $15—plus you get 7 other games including Diablo 4
By Shaun Prescott published
News There's never been a better time to add hundreds of hours to your shame pile.

Steam Deck verification criteria continues to confuse as Masters of Albion is marked Unsupported, despite devs considering it 'fully optimised for handheld'
By Shaun Prescott published
News Where is the threshold for adequate Steam Deck performance? No one seems to know.

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.

Steam Controller is sold out in most regions, but Australia—you still have a chance (Update: Too late it's gone)
By Shaun Prescott last updated
News How long will it last? Probably not long.

Steam week in review: Another online shooter winds down weeks after launch, as robot cowboys take over
By Shaun Prescott published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending May 3.

Subnautica 2 is the latest behemoth to mess with other games' launch plans at the last minute: 'we need to dodge the Leviathan'
By Shaun Prescott published
News Outbound will release three days earlier to avoid decimation.

Subnautica 2 now has a firm early access launch date, and it's really soon
By Shaun Prescott published
News After months of turmoil, the aquatic survival sim is almost upon us.

The next Tales Of remaster has leaked, and it's probably not what you're expecting
By Shaun Prescott published
News Bandai Namco's remaster mission continues apace, this time with a deep cut.

Thanks to Musk v. Altman lawsuit, it's now public record that Gabe Newell emailed Elon Musk to get his pal Hideo Kojima a tour of SpaceX and OpenAI
By Shaun Prescott published
News The man really wants to go to space.
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