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
Five new Steam games you probably missed (October 14, 2024)
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New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.
The HyperX Cloud Alpha is our favourite wireless gaming headset, and it's currently AU$90 off as part of Amazon Prime Big Deal Days
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Save on DTS surround sound and astronomical battery life.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is trouncing the fighting game competition on Steam, with nearly double Street Fighter 6's all-time players record
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You've Goku be kidding me.
After years of waiting, Steam Deck will be officially available in Australia from November
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News Prices start from AU$649 and you'll no longer need to worry about grey market importers.
Logitech's budget wireless gaming mouse is down to sub AU$50, which kinda makes me want to buy two
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News Under AU$50 for one of the best gaming mice makes it worth having a backup, maybe.
Say goodbye to stick drift with these super-cheap Hall effect gamepad deals for Prime Day
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News Amazon Australia has two great Hall effect PC gaming controllers for under AU$80.
Star Wars Outlaws' hectic speeder wipeouts won't happen as often with its major new update
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News Stealth has also been tweaked, along with many other fixes and changes.
Devolver has a new label dedicated to making games based on comics, films, TV shows and 'cult heroes'
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News Big Fan is currently working on six projects.
Monster Hunter will get its own Fender guitar in 2025, joining the hallowed company of Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix and Yngwie Malmsteen
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News This axe is not the battling kind.
Five new Steam games you probably missed (September 30, 2024)
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New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.
'No one has the full picture': None of the UFO 50 developers have completed all of the UFO 50 games
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News Launching a game that you haven't fully played is presumably not super common.
'There's a lot of psychological hurdles': Why Mossmouth charged $25 for 50 games
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News UFO 50 is an embarrassment of riches, but some would argue it's not priced accordingly.
'How far can you push this one idea?': The UFO 50 team discusses the making of the most bonkers and beautifully weird gaming achievement of 2024
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LX PLAY On the making of 50 games in eight years.
This new NBN provider's offering Aussie Broadband NBN 1000 for just AU$99p/m, with one catch
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News Aussie Broadband's budget carrier Buddy offers NBN 1000 connections for people who know what they're doing.
Don't worry, the Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver remasters are also coming to PC
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News Fancier, sharper, smoother versions of the old action puzzle games are on the way.
Five new Steam games you probably missed (September 23, 2024)
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New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.
Unsurprisingly, UFO 50 seems to have a big secret meta game that I've only just scratched the surface of
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News The mystery of the 51st game.
Just as it looked like Palworld might escape Nintendo's gaze, the lawsuit has been filed: Nintendo is suing Pocketpair for patent infringement
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News The Pokémon-inspired survival game allegedly "infringes multiple patents".
Tiny Glade review
By Shaun Prescott published
good manors A relaxed building game that can often feel restrictive rather than meditative.
Steam will appear at PAX Australia 2024 for the first time ever, pointing to a possible 'official' Steam Deck launch down under
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News If not that, what?
Unknown 9: Awakening feels like a AA videogame from the late 2000s, and so far that isn't a bad thing
By Shaun Prescott published
out of time Linear singleplayer adventures never left us.
Five new Steam games you probably missed (September 16, 2024)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.
Until Dawn system requirements are here, and support for ultrawide and Dualsense haptics are in
By Shaun Prescott published
News The choice-driven horror slasher hits PC in early October.
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