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

Ubisoft is 'testing' making its games far less annoying to launch on Steam
By Shaun Prescott Published
News Ubisoft Connect, your time is up.

PlayStation tried to cancel Hideo Kojima's Physint, now Xbox is publishing it
By Shaun Prescott Published
News The console war factions sure know how to fight.

The next game by the creators of Steins;Gate is an entirely vibe-coded FPS slopfest
By Shaun Prescott Published
News At least it's free, mostly.

Steam now requires Australian users to have a credit card to purchase R18+ games, and no, a simple bank debit card won't work
By Shaun Prescott Published
News If you don't have a credit card, you don't play adult games.

Steam may have leaked achievements for countless forthcoming PC games via a third party site, including Persona 6, Ace Combat 8, and even some unannounced games
By Shaun Prescott Last updated
News Also hinted is a new Thief Dark Project campaign.

Corporations want to kill physical media because it suits them, but Big Box PC game packaging just got a second chance
By Shaun Prescott Published
News It's now much easier to take the DIY approach.

Persona 1 and 2 remakes are something Atlus will 'probably eventually do', which is great, but the PS2-era Shin Megami Tensei games are sitting right there
By Shaun Prescott Published
News Prioritize what I in particular want first, please Atlus.

Steam Week in Review: 54 idle games released on Steam last week, and many look eerily similar
By Shaun Prescott Published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending September 6.

The best indie games on PC
By Jody Macgregor Last updated
Small but mighty These are the best indie games you can play on PC.

Corsair HS35 v3 review
By Shaun Prescott Published
Score: 83% A very affordable mid-range headset that pulls off everything with aplomb, offering no surprises whether good or bad.

The studio behind Star Wars Zero Company, which is currently a Steam bestseller, has reportedly furloughed the majority of its staff
By Shaun Prescott Published
News Uncertainty around the TRPG's performance is to blame.

The best free PC games
By Shaun Prescott Last updated
Freebies Forever Our frequently updated selection of the best free games right now.

The Blood of Dawnwalker review: A gorgeous horror RPG with real bite
By Shaun Prescott Published
FANGIN' IT A horror RPG with novel ideas of its own, even if it doesn’t always have the courage to follow them through.

Steam Week in Review: Here are the top 10 most popular genres on Steam
By Shaun Prescott Published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending August 30.

A disturbing '90s point-and-click horror game about waking up in a rundown asylum with no recollection of who you are is getting a glow up in 2026
By Shaun Prescott Published
News Sanitarium probably doesn't need a new version, but it's getting one anyway.

Blood Dungeon review: Another Survivors-like lottery, but with more flair than elsewhere
By Shaun Prescott Published
bone church The creators of Nidhogg and Wheel World tackle the bullet heaven genre, but can't transcend its inherent weaknesses.
Steam Week in Review: A touch of AI is all it takes to trigger backlash, as a promising new indie falls afoul of slop skeptics
By Shaun Prescott Published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending August 23

Best PC controllers in 2026: I've tested lots of gamepads and these get my recommendation
By Dave James Last updated
Total control Grab one of the best PC controllers for when your keyboard and mouse simply won't do.

Steam Week in Review: Here are the 32 Steam games brave enough to release on GTA 6 day
By Shaun Prescott Published
Full of Steam All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending August 16.

Big Walk devs talk the Australian bush and friendslop: 'I'd prefer the second word wasn't slop'
By Shaun Prescott Published
News The open world was based on a real world national park.

This week's most compelling new Steam game is Horse Magnifier, which is about magnifying horses
By Shaun Prescott Published
News It's not just a joke: it's a pretty good puzzle game.

Big Walk has sold 1 million copies, making it a bigger hit than Untitled Goose Game
By Shaun Prescott Published
News The co-op only open world puzzler is a hit.

Halloween: The Game is banned in Australia because incentivized drug use is bad but incentivized ultra-violence isn't
By Shaun Prescott Last updated
News Priorities, priorities.
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