
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

I wish I'd known this one stupidly simple trick when I started Baby Steps—it makes some of the harder early climbs much easier
By Shaun Prescott published
News One thing after another.

Physint, Kojima's forthcoming 'tactical espionage action game', gets a poster and an early cast list
By Shaun Prescott published
News

Death Stranding Mosquito is the inevitable Death Stranding anime
By Shaun Prescott published
News Announced during the Kojima Productions 10th-anniversary livestream.

Kojima's OD just got 3 minutes worth of in-engine footage, and it's definitely following in the footsteps of P.T.
By Shaun Prescott published
News It's not just about lighting candles.

Five new Steam games you probably missed (September 22, 2025)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

This metroidvania based on an old Atari 2600 classic had the audacity to release on the same day as Silksong, but it's a nice break from Hornet's hell
By Shaun Prescott published
Solarvania Adventure of Samsara is a solid 7/10 metroidvania for days when you need one of those.

How to unlock Steel Soul Mode in Silksong
By Shaun Prescott published
Permasilk There are two ways to unlock a permadeath mode in Hollow Knight: Silksong—here are both.

The next Silksong update helps the bosses but does little to allay our own, interminable suffering
By Shaun Prescott published
News And I'm happy about that.

If you're looking to upgrade to one of the new high-speed NBN services, there's one tier you should skip
By Shaun Prescott published
News NBN 750 is overall a middling offer compared to NBN 500 and NBN 1000.

Australia's fastest internet speeds just doubled with new NBN 2000 plans, but it’s probably not worth it right now
By Shaun Prescott published
News NBN 500 plans are so affordable at the moment that it's arguably worth a more iterative upgrade. Plus, it won't affect ping.

Five new Steam games you probably missed (September 15, 2025)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

If you're desperate for Rosaries in Act 1 of Silksong, there's a place where you can rack up 300 per five minutes
By Shaun Prescott published
News This is what gaming is all about.

9 metroidvanias to play if you've realized Hollow Knight: Silksong just isn't for you
By Shaun Prescott published
Same 'vainia If fleas, beetles and needles aren't your thing, there's a world of possibilities out there.

Tee Lopes has turned Silksong's Sherma and Shakra into vocalists for unbearably cute club bangers
By Shaun Prescott published
News I know someone out there will want this. Surely.

I spent all weekend playing Hollow Knight Silksong and I'm totally enthralled, but nothing could completely live up to the hype after so many years
By Shaun Prescott published
mite-y good Silksong is a stunningly ornate game, and it doesn't go in for novelty for novelty's sake.

Five new Steam games you probably missed (September 8, 2025)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

Silksong newcomers, I can't stress to you enough that you should buy all of Shakra's map items ASAP
By Shaun Prescott published
News Hollow Knight veterans will know, but don't leave Shakra without buying him out.

On the eve of Silksong, ultrawide monitor support is confirmed, and the soundtrack looks to be double the size of the original
By Shaun Prescott published
News Scale is important for some people.

GameSir G7 Pro Tri-Mode review
By Shaun Prescott published
Score: 92% Only slightly pricer than an Xbox controller, but packing almost every pro feature you could want.

Team Cherry confirms Silksong price and launch times—it's definitely $20, and it won't be releasing at the stroke of midnight on Thursday
By Shaun Prescott published
News The next Hollow Knight is a matter of days away now.

Five new Steam games you probably missed (September 1, 2025)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

Haunted Chocolatier has fishing, books, and a new screenshot so pretty I want to live in it
By Shaun Prescott published
News Now that Silksong is almost out, we'll move to obsessing over minor Haunted Chocolatier updates.

You can grab an RTX 5070 for less than AU$800 in this banging Amazon deal, which is an all-time low for Australia
By Shaun Prescott published
News If you're working on a new build, wake up.
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