Shaun Prescott

Shaun Prescott

Australian Editor

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

Kiryu absolutely punts a dude.
PSA - If you want a copy of the original Yakuza 3 PC remaster without also paying for 6 other games, you'd better snap it up soon

By Shaun Prescott Published

News It'll only be available as a bundle once Yakuza 3 Kiwami releases on February 12.

News
A screenshot from Confidential Killings showing a corpse in an upmarket bar
Five new Steam games you probably missed (January 19, 2026)

By Shaun Prescott Published

New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

New on Steam
Resident Evil Requiem - Leon with a another sweet jacket in the rain at night
Resident Evil Requiem was originally a tense, stealth-oriented horror starring only Leon, before the team went back to the drawing board: 'People wouldn't want to see a timid Leon'

By Shaun Prescott Published

Capcom is combining all the different intensities of Resi into one game.

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A screenshot from Lovish showing a castle room full of spikes and enemies
The studio behind the best metroidvania of 2021 has a new game coming out next month—and I'm dropping everything to play it

By Shaun Prescott Published

News Sorry everything else.

News
A still from a teaser trailer for the new Compile Hearts JRPG
The JRPG veteran responsible for Persona and Megami Tensei is working on a 'school life RPG' with the Neptunia series studio

By Shaun Prescott Published

News Kouji Okada is joined by two other Atlus veterans.

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Ecco the Dolphin key art from the original Sega game
With only 2,300 hours to go until a full Ecco the Dolphin reveal, new details emerge about the forthcoming reboot

By Shaun Prescott Published

news The iconic New Age mammal is coming back.

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Sonic Racing CrossWorlds, showing various racing competitors hurtling through the air
If you want a full year's worth of NBN 500 for as little cash and fuss as possible, Dodo is the clear winner at the moment

By Shaun Prescott Last updated

News Not inclined to provider-hop? Give the bird brand a whiz.

News
An EB Games outlet covered in sale signs
All EB Games outlets in New Zealand will close by the end of the month following 'multi-million dollar' losses

By Shaun Prescott Published

News Videogame retail takes another hit.

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AI generated image of the AI generated four piece rock band The Velvet Sundown
Music marketplace Bandcamp bypasses AI disclosures and obtuse policies to announce a wholesale ban on AI slop

By Shaun Prescott Published

News More of this, please.

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A screenshot from Oddcore showing eyes floating in a cloudy sky
Five new Steam games you probably missed (January 12, 2026)

By Shaun Prescott Published

New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

New on Steam
TF2
Boxing Day PC gaming deals in Australia for 2025: Deals on headsets, keyboards, monitors and much more

By Shaun Prescott Last updated

Deals Boxing Day sales in Australia are now officially live, and we've found some of the best discounts across a range of gaming products

Deals
A German Shepherd sits in the passenger seat of a car
Five new Steam games you probably missed (December 22, 2025)

By Shaun Prescott Published

New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

New on Steam
A screenshot from Öoo showing the protagonist in a cave-like environment
Öoo is a 4 hour platformer about solving problems with bombs, and it's the cleverest puzzle game I played in 2025

By Shaun Prescott Published

🏆 The metroidbrainia renaissance continues.

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A mobile phone showing social media apps in front of a screen stipulating Australia's social media age restrictions
From today, Australian teens and children under 16 can't sign-up to Twitch and 9 other social media platforms, as world-first ban takes effect

By Shaun Prescott Published

News TikTok, Kick and X are also among those banned, and the rest of the world is taking notice.

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Joana Dark close up with sky in background
Microsoft killed the promising Perfect Dark reboot, but Take-Two has snapped up its leads for a new 2K studio

By Shaun Prescott Published

News Darrell Gallagher and Brian Horton will work together on a new, yet-to-be-announced project.

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Key art for Kingdom of Knight showing six characters from the game
Five new Steam games you probably missed (December 8, 2025)

By Shaun Prescott Published

New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

New on Steam
A screenshot from Splatterhouse: World showing three characters in the interior of a house
A weird, never-released NES horror JRPG no one knew about 2 years ago is now translated and fully playable

By Shaun Prescott Published

News Namco almost released a Splatterhouse RPG.

News
A monument in California designed to promote a videogame
Latest viral Game Awards tease could be teasing any videogame with hellish imagery from the last 70 years of the medium, but it's probably Elder Scrolls Online

By Shaun Prescott Published

News It's definitely not God of War.

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Attendees gather in front of an Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) logo displayed on a screen during the company's EA Play event ahead of the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Saturday, June 10, 2017. EA revealed two new titles along with the annual iterations of the company's sports games, as well as unveiling the highly anticipated "Star Wars: Battlefront II" open-world multiplayer gameplay. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images
It turns out Saudi Arabia will own 93.4 percent of EA if the buyout goes through, which is effectively all of it

By Shaun Prescott Published

News The other investors have tiny stakes, and the PIF has stakes in them.

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Majima in a pirate outfit with a shark in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.
Like a Dragon creators won't buckle to mainstream western tastes: 'people start making strange things when they misunderstand what their business is supposed to be'

By Shaun Prescott Published

News Ryu Ga Gotoku won't create a foreign protagonist whose story is set overseas.

News
PC Gamer Black Friday logos featuring a Steelseries headset and Acer gaming laptop
Best Black Friday PC gaming deals on Amazon AU

By Shaun Prescott Last updated

Deals All the best PC gear from the global behemoth's 2025 sale, including keyboards, mice, headsets, monitors, components and much more.

Deals
A composite image showing a handful of products selected by the Australian PC Gamer team
These are the 10 Cyber Monday PC gaming deals I'd actually buy, and they're still available until the end of today

By Shaun Prescott, Ben Mansill Last updated

Deal with it Sorting the wheat from the slightly less appealing wheat.

Deal with it
Screenshot from Hail to the Rainbow showing a robot with glowing red eyes
Five new Steam games you probably missed (December 1, 2025)

By Shaun Prescott Published

New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.

New on Steam
Black Friday listing image with Secretlab chair featured
Black Friday gaming chair deals 2025

By Jacob Ridley, Shaun Prescott Last updated

Deals Be seated in comfort.

Deals
Stealth-XP-Conqueror product image
A gaming headset for AU$5 is the most bonkers Black Friday bargain I've seen this year

By Shaun Prescott Published

Deal Not sure if it's a good headset, but it's a headset nonetheless.

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