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

"EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON ITS STORY"

The PC PowerPlay team

THE OLD ULTRAVIOLENCE • Fallout’s co-creator says only we can stop videogame bloodshed

BLACKWELL IS HERE

MINECRAFT SUCCESSOR?

OBLIVION WE DESERVED

Highs & Lows

The Spy • BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

ENIX EXPECTATIONS • The success of rival JRPG series highlights FINAL FANTASY’s struggles

GRAPHICAL SHOWCASE • Final Fantasy historically pushes the hardware it’s on

VIRTUA FIGHTER 5 REVO • Sega’s iconic versus fighter arrives on PC after 20 years

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH • Square-Enix speeds up its departure from PS5 exclusives

TALES OF GRACES F REMASTERED • The Wii’s best-selling JRPG arrives on PC

SUPER RAPID FIRE 68K • A shmup classic gets updated

Incoming • THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY

2025 AUSTRALIAN PC AWARDS FINALISTS • PCPP decides what the best gear around is.

WITCHFIRE • A potent cocktail of inspirations by and for Destiny sickos

MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN 2 • Is there anything better than a Spidey sequel to start 2025?

MONSTER HUNTER WILDS • With Wilds, Monster Hunter flaunts new storytelling chops

CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR • ‘On the run’ makes for bitten nails

THE END OF THE SUN • Magical time-travel fantasy adventures

THIS DEAD WINTER • Foxy feats in frosty forests

YIELD! FALL OF ROME • Veni, videogame, vici

ASTROBOTANICA • More chill than an ice age

TWO POINT MUSEUM • Make an exhibition of yourself

BLOOD MAGIC • Rebel Wolves has legendary RPGs in its veins, and the studio’s debut game, THE BLOOD OF DAWNWALKER, looks set to take the genre to new heights

SNUG LIFE • Cosy games have escaped the farm to become a huge-selling genre of their own

ANATOMY OF A COSY GAME • Essential ingredients

COSINESS INTENSIFIES • Games to watch in 2025

REVIEW

Make-up time

This month's tormented reviewers…

CHEW THIS • CAVES OF QUD is an epic science-fantasy RPG

QUICK PICKS • Some examples of Qud player-characters

HILARIUS STUFF TO TRY • Qud gets real funny, real fast sometimes

GOLDEN BALLS • Pachinko deckbuilder BALLIONAIRE has a joyous spring in its step

NEW BALLS PLEASE • Common drops that are well worth taking

MINTY FRESH • MOUTHWASHING is my new feel-bad favourite horror game

MEET THE CREW • The stranded employees of Pony Express

REEL GOOD • WEBFISHING is a fantastic throwback to old-school chatroom games

MULTI-HOBBYIST • Beyond the rod in Webfishing

FELINE FINE • Sekiro gets flattened, but no less brilliant, in the sublime NINE SOLS

WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE • The brilliant companions you’ll meet…

RIVALS ASSEMBLE • MARVEL RIVALS’ chaotic fun may be short-lived

KILLER INSTINCTS • Inside the mind of Jeff the Land Shark

BROKEN HEROES • These characters won't stay strong for long

A LOVEABLE ROGUELIKE • SHIREN THE WANDERER: THE MYSTERY DUNGEON OF SERPENTCOIL ISLAND has it all

STAYIN'...