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
![Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 key art (no logo) - seated black ops soldier with guns in his hands facing the camera, redaction line over his eyes](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xryxJ9taKuUs8gnKqTwDb-320-80.jpg)
PC Game Pass is getting a $2 price hike this September, but consoles will be hit harder
By Shaun Prescott published
News The long-awaited changes to Microsoft's subscription services have arrived, but PC is mostly safe.
![Pomberito](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wC8vxGhNJcmhnhdCAG4Sch-320-80.jpg)
Five new Steam games you probably missed (July 8, 2024)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.
![Exorcist: Reviewer of Minds](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HwgeG8SdEH3XSLoubrmirA-320-80.png)
Five new Steam games you probably missed (July 1, 2024)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.
![Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree dragon boss named Bayle the Dread summoning lightning from the sky in a red and black arena](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Eu65TmVGjqo7TYb8LQsaqW-320-80.jpg)
Shadow of the Erdtree shows that modern FromSoft's concept of 'a challenge' relies too heavily on boss fights
By Shaun Prescott published
boss rush Meanwhile, the danger in exploration is basically null.
![Murky Divers](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5FwunR6F5kbdtxAThwVBdV-320-80.jpg)
Five new Steam games you probably missed (June 24, 2024)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.
![Troma Presents Poultrygeist](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WaTxYqe9XTtkFsUD44xDNK-320-80.jpg)
Five new Steam games you probably missed (June 17, 2024)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.
![Turtle Beach Atlas Air](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/njeXy7vRUn5YTEpdteSudS-320-80.jpg)
Turtle Beach Atlas Air gaming headset review
By Shaun Prescott published
Open air Open-back audiophilia meets wireless feather-like comfort.
![Gunboat God](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zyH9eP8YBZbuM3mmHmUoHi-320-80.jpg)
Gunboat God is a hectic seafaring shoot 'em up with Cuphead and Luftrausers vibes
By Shaun Prescott published
PCGS This boat can jump.
![Key art for Still Wakes the Deep, showing the game's doomed oil rig setting enclosed within a human silhouette.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cfwWoQSg8U2u7MCmsRcCq5-320-80.jpg)
Still Wakes the Deep launch trailer sets the scene for a grizzly ship-bound cosmic horror
By Shaun Prescott published
PCGS A new glimpse via the PC Gaming Show, ahead of its release this month.
![Space Station 14](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YvikgwCd7EJDCmmQ8PZ6W6-320-80.jpg)
Space Station 14 is a modern reimagining of a cultish and richly complex online RPG
By Shaun Prescott published
PCGS Mix Dwarf Fortress, Among Us, and RimWorld and you're getting close.
![Elden Ring living jar](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rBMTJmkwN89bDDj9aEsiD9-320-80.jpg)
Elden Ring's lovable living pots are pure body horror in Shadow of the Erdtree
By Shaun Prescott published
News Living Jars are basically just big urns of gore.
![Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f8QK3Qx9a6Hgsk3Nbzzn5M-320-80.png)
After 3 hours with Shadow of the Erdtree, I can already tell it's going to deliver on my favorite thing about FromSoftware's games: Exploration
By Shaun Prescott published
Secrets await Elden Ring's DLC adopts the sense of scale and discovery so important to the base game.
![Flathead](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2pcRKuN9ZEYoNxvsuAh7bE-320-80.jpg)
Five new Steam games you probably missed (June 3, 2024)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.
![helldivers 2 polar patriots warbond](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A2jfpdMWB5t4hZwocfUujP-320-80.jpg)
Why was Helldivers 2 a smash hit? Not the price, says Pilestedt
By Shaun Prescott published
News Also, live service games shouldn't nickel and dime the player.
![Sora in Kingdom Hearts 3](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CvjiuiMhASUqvr5bt2knaW-320-80.jpg)
After 3 years on the Epic Games Store, the Kingdom Hearts series is finally releasing on Steam
By Shaun Prescott published
News Fire up your Steam Decks.
![Mullet Madjack](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xmce9yYDGkQY7tjF7bvMy8-320-80.jpg)
Five new Steam games you probably missed (May 20, 2024)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.
![GTA 5 characters](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J7LxZS7aBeLbNPBBNjnB5X-320-80.jpg)
As GTA 6 draws closer, GTA 5 is still making bank
By Shaun Prescott published
News Take-Two reports "approximately" 200 million copies of the crime caper have sold.
![John Marston wields a revolver.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7XHoJTJjmGhQho76KSZoYa-320-80.png)
Red Dead Redemption may actually be coming to PC after 14 years
By Shaun Prescott published
News Newly datamined evidence comes straight from the horse's mouth.
![Heading Out](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YUNwRpmTTtLdwUSXTuBJWn-320-80.jpg)
Five new Steam games you probably missed (May 13, 2024)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.
![Large room with Cheshire Cat face in Animal Well](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bXP6CBaBGgu53Wqd5w4nFc-320-80.jpg)
10 things I wish I knew before playing Animal Well
By Shaun Prescott published
animinimal This adventure is light on direction, so here are some early pointers.
![Animal Well](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XxKTxrU65FzyyGSVK5cHxX-320-80.jpg)
Animal Well review: The most engrossing exploration platformer I've played in years
By Shaun Prescott published
Zoo-logical A sprawling puzzle metroidvania with a bottomless well of mystery.
![Tales from Candleforth](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DTG2J2A8pqLMNQVLvW3Eca-320-80.jpg)
Five new Steam games you probably missed (May 6, 2024)
By Shaun Prescott published
New on Steam Sorting through every new game on Steam so you don't have to.
![Indika](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4AhkgJwi3BUSdxVC2FRU96-320-80.jpg)
Indika review: A bizarre, confronting and darkly funny descent into hell
By Shaun Prescott published
Nunbelievable This adventure-horror starring a Russian Orthodox nun takes a lot of risks, and mostly sticks the landing.
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