
Shaun Prescott
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

The best gaming laptops in Australia for 2025
By Dave James last updated
Portable powerhouses Don't compromise on power or portability with the best gaming laptops.

Avowed update basically reinvents the fighter and ranger classes, while also adding new weapons and better Steam Deck optimization
By Shaun Prescott published
News There are also new weapons, and baddies can use abilities previously exclusive to the player.

Amazon Prime Day is over in Australia, but there are still some deals left
By Shaun Prescott last updated
Deals Amazon's Prime Day has finished up for the year, but some discounts haven't.

Five new Steam games you probably missed (July 14, 2025)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

The Subnautica 2 saga gets nastier, with ousted leaders confirming they'll sue Krafton: 'It continues to be an explosive and surreal time'
By Shaun Prescott published
News "Suing a multi-billion dollar company in a painful, public and possibly protracted way was certainly not on my bucket list."

My favourite PC gaming headset is going for a record-low price during Prime Day—just AU$82.40 for the HyperX Cloud Alpha
By Shaun Prescott published
Deal This robust 'n' comfy mid-ranger is the best you can get—and its wireless sibling is also going cheap.

Free-to-play mech brawler Mecha Break has attracted 50,000 players within 10 minutes of launching, proving our appetite for giant robots remains insatiable
By Shaun Prescott published
News Armored Core meets Titanfall meets daily log-in bonuses.

A massive free NBN speed boost is coming this September, but one provider has already rolled out a ginormous increase
By Shaun Prescott published
News Exetel is not messing around.

EOFY sales 2025: time is running out to grab some cheap PC gaming gear
By Shaun Prescott last updated
EOFY 2025 Doing your tax is annoying, but copping a good bargain is not.

Five new Steam games you probably missed (June 30, 2025)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

This NBN provider is offering a blisteringly fast NBN 1000 connection for just AU$85 a month, which demolishes the competiton
By Shaun Prescott published
News Superloop is not messing around.

Five new Steam games you probably missed (June 23, 2025)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

Raidou Remastered review: Not the best Atlus RPG on PC, but a fascinating artefact that's mostly fun to play
By Shaun Prescott published
Barmy Army Atlus revamps another of its devilish creature collectors from the PS2 era, but why this one?

The 10 best games of Summer Game Fest 2025
By Robin Valentine published
BEST IN SHOW Our favourite announcements and reveals from another whirlwind weekend.

Finally, a new game about being a deranged cult leader is coming to Steam in July—get ready for Worship
By Shaun Prescott published
PCGS 2025 Worship will let you perform blood rites and boss around hapless subjects, mixing Pikmin with Cult of the Lamb.

The Last Caretaker is an oceanic first-person survival shooter that tasks you with rebuilding humanity in a drowning world
By Shaun Prescott published
PCGS 2025 The new trailer for The Last Caretaker trades in haunted radiophonic vibes.

Pizza Bandit is a third-person shooter about an ex-merc who wants to run a pizza joint, but aliens have different plans
By Shaun Prescott published
PCGS 2025 No thin crusts here.

Untitled Goose Game studio unpacks its new open world co-op game Big Walk, and it looks like nothing else I've played before
By Shaun Prescott published
News Think a whimsical The Witness, with collaborative puzzle-solving, discos and basketball.

Five new Steam games you probably missed (June 2, 2025)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

Five new Steam games you probably missed (May 26, 2025)
By Shaun Prescott last updated
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

Gaming laptops are ridiculously expensive in 2025, but Lenovo AU's EOFY discounts have made some brand new RTX 50-series units more viable
By Shaun Prescott published
News Get an RTX 5060 with a 15-inch OLED display for as little as AU$2,139.

The Drifter is a grimy point 'n' click adventure mixing bleak sci-fi with low-budget Aussie schlock, and there's a demo out now
By Shaun Prescott published
News From the creators of Crawl.

In an uncontroversial move that will bother no one, Lies of P is getting an easy mode
By Shaun Prescott published
News It'll also get other new modes in a free update, when its Overture expansion drops.
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