
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

Bluey, the inescapable Australian cartoon dog, is getting official Minecraft DLC
By Shaun Prescott published
News Prepare for hide and seek and unhinged whimsy.

Finally, another Armored Core instalment just surprise dropped on Steam, but you'll need to have the patience of a saint to play it
By Shaun Prescott published
News It's not Armored Core 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, or any of their offshoots, for the record.

Fable reboot devs aren't trying to make a Lionhead game, but one important hallmark will carry over because 'kicking chickens is classic Fable'
By Shaun Prescott published
News Is it right, or is it wrong, to kick a chicken?

As Ubisoft struggles to get games out the door, it's investing even more into generative AI
By Shaun Prescott published
News Amid layoffs and cancellations, the publisher plans to up the ante on AI.

One of the best (and oddest) blockbuster shooters of 2019 is $4 on Steam at the moment
By Shaun Prescott published
News Control is going for next-to-nothing ahead of its sequel.

Mewgenics will have 280 Steam achievements at launch, in case you were wondering how huge the Binding of Isaac successor is going to be
By Shaun Prescott published
News Warning: new time suck incoming.

Marathon's full voice cast includes talent from Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate 3, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Red Dead Redemption and loads more
By Shaun Prescott published
News It's an all-Starr cast.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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.

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.

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.

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.

PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2025
By Phil Savage published
The Gotys Our favourite PC games of the year.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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