PC Powerplay

PC PowerPlay is Australia's original and best-selling PC games magazine. Offering a mix of games and hardware coverage, the magazine gives a complete picture for the PC entertainment enthusiast. Inside is breaking news of new games, detailed previews of upcoming games, and advice to help readers make sense of the array of hardware and tech products that hit the market each month. PC Powerplay doesn’t just promote tech, it benchmarks and analyses it to help gamers make the most intelligent purchasing decision they can.

PC Powerplay

“PAINKILLER HAS GOT ME AND A LOT OF THE PC GAMER TEAM EXCITED”

The PC PowerPlay team

PC STAYS WINNING • NINTENDO can brick your Switch; I’ve never been happier to be a PC gamer

CURSED TO CORRECT

NO MORE WEAKAURAS

SADDLE UP, PARTNER

Highs & Lows

The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

BLUE SHIFT • How BLUE’S NEWS stayed alive and evaded ‘enshittification’ for 30 years

LOGOMOTIVE • The shifting aesthetics of a ’90s PC gaming news site

ANNO 117: PAX ROMANA • An epic strategy game and city builder with a big toga to fill

BLACKSMITH MASTER • Who knew working hammer and tongs could feel so relaxing?

ERIKSHOLM: THE STOLEN DREAM • Entry-level stealth paired with high-end period drama

OUTWORLD STATION • This sim is threatening to devour hours of my time

EUROPA UNIVERSALIS 5 • This grand strategy game is going to take hours to unpack

OFFSCREEN • The perils of not getting enough screen time, exposed

CAST N CHILL • Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream

OFF-WORLD PROSPECTING • Dig to discover in the sands of an alien world

HALF SWORD • Rip and tear and fall over in an amusing fashion

PROHIBEAST • A faithful hound has beef with Al Capone

LANAESTHETIO • PAINKILLER returns, and this time it’s brought friends

GUN SHOW • Exploring Painkiller’s rejigged arsenal

RAT’S ENTERTAINMENT • A pneumatic drill and ripped up concrete

PAIN CHART • Plotting my real-time reaction to the new Painkiller

CONTROL ALT = DELETE • Painkiller’s alt-fires can change how weapons handle

ALONG FOR THE RIDE • Does a lack of choice make CYBERPUNK 2077 a bad RPG?

LIMITED AGENT MAN • Am I playing this, or is it playing me?

HEART OF… NEVER MIND • You don’t have to go on that rampage

REVIEW

Bullet heaven

This month’s uncivilised reviewers…

SLAYER CHIC • A positively medieval new look

UNCIVILISED • DOOM: THE DARK AGES is indulgent and deliciously violent, but surprisingly safe

A HISTORY OF ULTRA-VIOLENCE • Bethesda’s Doom trilogy is now complete

HOT DROP • Key points of interest

NIGHT SHIFT • ELDEN RING: NIGHTREIGN is a flawed, but strangely compelling experiment

THE HOLY TRINITY • The power of teamwork in Nightreign

NOUGHTIES BUT NICE • Four cars that evoke classic NFS

TOUGE PARTY • JDM: JAPANESE DRIFT MASTER has grand ambitions, but the execution drifts off course

GETTING TO KNOW YOU • I mean me. Us. Them. You know?

ALL BY MYSELVES • Fraught and flexible, THE ALTERS expertly blends storytelling with survival

WHEELS LIKE HOME • Jan’s base combines fun with function

BURROWING IN • SKIN DEEP, Blendo’s first game in seven years, is a small triumph

TOOLS OF THE TRADE • The unlikely utility belt of Skin Deep’s world

DEAD GOOD • The vitality-challenged can be a friendly bunch

ROUGH GEM • BLADES OF FIRE doesn’t quite manage to bring the heat

ALL FIRED UP • How to get properly hammered

RECORD SCRATCH • LOST RECORDS:...