PC Powerplay

PC PowerPlay is Australia's original and best-selling PC games magazine, with 100% Australian content. Its distinctive, informed and amusing style is widely respected. Offering a mix of games and hardware coverage, the magazine gives a complete picture for the PC entertainment enthusiast. Breaking news of new games, detailing reviews of upcoming games, and helping 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.

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“WE DO LIKE THE GREATER FREEDOM TO GO WHERE YOU WANT AND DO THINGS IN THE ORDER YOU PREFER.”

WHAT A SCRUB • Fallout's LUCY is barely tougher than a radroach

A BENCHMARK REBORN

ESCAPING TARKOV

EXPENSIVE VISION

Highs & Lows

The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

WHALE OF A TALE • Inside the 14-year journey to hand-craft HAROLD HALIBUT's big undersea adventure

PUPPET'S JOURNEY • How Slow Bros transformed clay into characters

IN THE SHADOW OF GREATNESS • ELDEN RING: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE is nearly here, and we got our hands on it! With 300+ hours in Elden Ring, Joab Gilroy is more than ready to fight in the shade.

NO REST FOR THE WICKED • One of the smartest Soulslikes I've played in a long time

CROWN WARS: THE BLACK PRINCE • Tactical medieval combat with a gory edge

KVLT • That is not dead which can eternal shoot Nazis in corridors

V RISING • A vampire-themed genre mashup leaves Early Access

BEAUTIFUL LIGHT • This SCP-ish extraction shooter is already terrifying me

JUMP SHIP • Command a spaceship with friends and take on the galaxy

BLOCKBUSTER INC • A lights, camera, action adventure

SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME • AFTER A DIFFICULT YEAR, DESTINY 2: THE FINAL SHAPE HAS A LOT TO PROVE. BUT BUNGIE IS DETERMINED TO END THE SERIES’ FIRST SAGA WITH A BANG

HELL GOES GREEN • How The Nordschleife in ASSETO CORSA COMPETIZIONE was built.

BEHIND THE TRACK • The underlying tech of the Nordschleife

REVIEW

Broken dreams

This month's bonzer reviewers…

THE MORAL COMPASS

LOOSE MORALS • BROKEN ROADS: a cerebral narrative adventure

THE WORST OF TIMES • Four crisis ages that'll spice up your game

MEIER'S BASTARDISATION • MILLENNIA attempts a spirited but messy coup to Civ's throne

SHAMAN YOU • TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU is a solid Metroidvania with a timeless story to tell

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS • Most people have left these lands, but you aren't alone

WHAT A TOOL • Other great drills in PC games

BORING PLATFORMER • In a good way! The superb drilling of PEPPER GRINDER is sublimely chaotic

MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD? • Meet a trio of Inkbound's starter loadouts

ALMOST INKREDIBLE • There's a terrific roguelike idea trapped in INKBOUND's messy turn-based battles

SUNDOWNER • Wipe out a cult with one bullet in CHILDREN OF THE SUN

ROUND ABOUT • A bullet's eye view of the level

LEADING THE PACK • Eiyuden's primary hero characters up close

A HEROIC ENDEAVOUR • The spirit of adventure sings in EIYUDEN CHRONICLE: HUNDRED HEROES

BEASTLY BUDDIES • A spotlight on some of Eiyuden's more animalistic heroes

TANKS FOR NOTHING • SAND LAND's another disappointing case of Licensed Anime: The Game

NO TANKS • Sand Land's got some unusual ways to dish out damage

DARK LOLS • The game is full of gags. Good ones? Well…

CRUST-ACE-EAN • The Soulslike and platformer mix wonderfully in ANOTHER CRAB'S TREASURE

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