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.

JUST HARD • Will Elden Ring get me into Souls games?

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Gaming news

FUNNY MONEY • The whole world has gone mad for NFTs, and it’s only going to get worse...

ONE TRACK MIND • When only a train sim will do.

FAQs facts

MAP QUEST • The diehard GAMEFAQS user who’s drawn over 3,500 maps

MAP EXPANSION • How StarFighters76’s maps have evolved over 20 years

A COLLECTION ASIDE

ELDEN RING • The bell tolls for thee

A GENUINELY OPEN WORLD

MEN OF WAR II • The return of the men who love war, and their tanks

IN THE ZONE • New mutants, a new faction, and new ways to die in STALKER 2: HEART OF CHERNOBYL.

PICKING SIDES • STALKER’s factions have different goals and ideologies. Who will you side with?

CLUB DREAD • Love STALKER’S bleak and hopeless atmosphere? Sure, we all do! Here are other games that capture a similar feeling

WEIRD WEST • An immersive sim that blends chaotic combat and horror

THE BIG 2022 PREVIEW • There’s a packed year for PC gaming ahead of us

GAME OF THE YEAR 2021 • Celebrating the absolute best of the last 12 months of PC gaming

Games • YOUR GUIDE TO THE LATEST PC GAMES.

DUTY STALLS • Despite some impressive moments, CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD struggles to stand out

HAMMERING IT HOME • Sledgehammer’s decade with Call of Duty

ZONES VS BAYOUS VS EASTERN EUROPE • How Hazard Zone’s premise compares to other modes

BIGGER FIELD • BATTLEFIELD 2042 refocuses the series on its founding principle: being huge

OLD-SCHOOL TACTICS • How to play Battlefield like a series veteran

REQUIRED READING • Catch up on your Halo before stepping into Infinite

BRUTE FORCE • HALO INFINITE comes frustratingly close to greatness

CUSTOM HARDWARE • The weapons you know, but different

BRUTAL BALLET • Think with your fists in FIGHTS IN TIGHT SPACES

A FIGHT TO REMEMBER • Other strategy games with memorable fighting mechanics

AFTERPARTY • Forza Horizon 5’s multiplayer explained

CRUISE CONTROL • FORZA HORIZON 5 is more of the same, and that’s OK

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN • The DLC packs people want most, according to a fan poll

ACT YOUR AGE • The unique civilisations are the stars, showing that less is more in AGE OF EMPIRES IV

Tech • YOUR GUIDE TO PC GAMING HARDWARE.

PC CASE Corsair 5000X RGB • A majestic tower of glass opulence.

INTEL CORE i5 12600K • This impressive bit of hardware shows how a little architecture can make a big difference.

CPU AIR COOLERS • Keep your chip cool and quiet with one of PC Gamer’s recommended air coolers.

SIN • Remembering the last shooter of the pre-Half-Life world.

YEAR OF THE GUN • A timeline of shooters from 1998

BRINGING LEXY BACK • What Ms Sinclaire did next

TEARING THINGS DOWN IN TEARDOWN • Smash and grab.

MUST PLAY • A PERSONAL LIST OF THE BEST GAMES YOU CAN PLAY RIGHT NOW