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.

PC Powerplay

THIS TIME... • For sure!

NEWS

BLOOD OCEAN • In the not-too-distant future, Australia will rule the waves...

STUFF AND NONSENSE • Not mods, though. Only official stuff and nonsense.

HOE TO HOE • How STARDEW VALLEY went from cosy to competitive.

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE • The Cup featured several strange secret challenges

A COLLECTION ASIDE

SIFU • How to win fights and intimidate people

SAINTS ROW • The ultimate crime fantasy is getting a reboot next year.

ALTER EGO • How tackling the Marvel universe revealed an unexpected new side of the XCOM team.

A NEW LENS

UNSUNG HEROES

STARK DIFFERENCE

ASSEMBLY LINE

THE DUNGEON MASTERS • How D&D shaped every corner of PC gaming.

TOP OF THE TABLE • PC gaming’s favourite pen and paper worlds

DUNGEONS & JARGON • A handy glossary of weird tabletop terminology

GRATEFUL TO GYGAX • The PC games that pay their respects

Full Steam Ahead • Hands-on with the STEAM DECK, Valve’s attempt to make your Steam library portable.

TEST DRIVE • What we played on the Steam Deck

STEAM POWERED • Where Valve may take the Steam Deck next

Tech specs • Let’s break down the Steam Deck and see exactly what makes it tick.

Steam Deck vs Nintendo Switch • The new kid on the block taking on the undisputed monarch of the gaming handhelds.

Are we buying a Deck? • The positivity, perils and pitfalls of the Valve’s great hope for handheld PC gaming.

Emulate everything • Can one handheld play them all?

Games • YOUR GUIDE TO THE LATEST PC GAMES.

SLAB CITY • Your guide to Deathloop’s powers

TIME OF YOUR LIFE • With DEATHLOOP, Arkane is rewriting what an immersive sim can be.

BAY AREA • Welcome to Karl’s Bay

CLASS DISMISSED • The official, objective, 100% correct ranking of the Diablo II classes

HELL AND BACK • DIABLO II: RESURRECTED is a proud love letter to one of the greatest RPGs of all time.

HOG WILD • The anatomy of a

RESISTANCE IS FEUDAL • MEDIEVAL DYNASTY makes doing chores for everyone else fun.

PATHS TO ADVENTURE • Other Pathfinder campaigns that could make fun videogames

HIT AND MYTH • PATHFINDER: WRATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS is so dense it’s got its own gravity.

EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE • Discover a new kind of emotional intelligence in LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS.

POWER TRIP • Alex can use her psychic abilities in a number of ways

GAME OVER • GAMEDEC is a cybersleuth RPG that wastes its great premise.

PROFESSIONAL HELP • The professions you can pick straight away

Tech • YOUR GUIDE TO PC GAMING HARDWARE.

Corsair Virtuoso RGB Wireless XT • The Swiss army knife of gaming headsets.

BUDGET MICROPHONES • You don’t need to spend a lot to whisper sweet nothings over the world wide web.

WHAT IS A POLAR PATTERN AND WHICH ONE DO I NEED?

PC WEBCAMS • Take a peek into the wonderful world of webcams.

LIGHTING TIPS TO IMPROVE ANY WEBCAM...