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.

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“I’M A HUGE DOOM FAN, AND THE DARK AGES IS EXCITING ME GREATLY”

The PC PowerPlay team

GRABBING CASH • Former PlayStation exec says putting its games on PC is like ‘printing money’

PLAYER HATERS

CHASING THAT F1 DREAM

BACK FROM THE DEAD

Highs & Lows

The Spy BUT WHO WATCHES THE SPY?

ONE MORE ROUND • VIRTUA FIGHTER 5 REVO resurrects a fighting game legend

READY? GO! • Understanding the storied history of Virtua Fighter 5

Incoming • THE BIGGEST GAMES ON THE WAY

BLADES OF FIRE • Mettle meets metal in this action-adventure romp

JUMP SHIP • Blast off in this four-player mission-based co-op

FELLOWSHIP • This dungeon-only MODA feels like a breezy version of WoW

OVERWATCH 2 STADIUM • Stadium mode breaks every rule in the book

SOLASTA 2 • The homebrew Dungeons & Dragons RPG alternative returns

PAX AUGUSTA • The exciting new Roman city-builder that wasn’t built in a day

OLD SKIES • A time-travel adventure spanning 200 years

CAPTAIN BLOOD • Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of ten-year-old rum

THE HORROR AT HIGHROOK • That is not dead which can eternal draw new cards

EMPYREAL • Beware of sci-fi monoliths bearing gifts

WHEEL WORLD • Life on the open road

POSITIVELY MEDIEVAL • DOOM: THE DARK AGES is going back in time

SHIELD WALL • A less elegant weapon of an uncivilised age

THE GUYS OF DOOM • A lineage of beast-slaying beefcakes

ARSENAL GEAR • What is Doom without guns?

REBEL REBEL • ATOMFALL is a British STALKER that only Rebellion could make

TOP GEAR • Surviving Britain means weapons. In the game, too

TOMMY, INNIT? • It takes special character to join Her Maj’s armed forces

REVIEW

Dead good

This month’s mentally broken reviewers…

ORLAN NOTHING • Though humble and a little old-fashioned, AVOWED is classic Obsidian

THE FIRST TEN HOURS IN AVOWED • Charting my mood in the Living Lands

THE LIVING LANDS • Exploring the four regions

COMPANION QUEST • The company you’ll keep in The Living Lands

YARRKUZA • There’s fun to be had with LIKE A DRAGON: PIRATE YAKUZA IN HAWAII

FRIEND AND ENEMIES • You might bump into these guys

GUILD CERTIFIED • MONSTER HUNTER WILDS is raw dragonslaying delight – crashes notwithstanding

HUNTING PARTY • Your friendly faces in the Forbidden Lands

ANATOMIA MONSTRI • Rey Dau’s danger zones

ROOT CAUSE • Solving a genealogical mystery in THE ROOTTREES ARE DEAD

BODY OF EVIDENCE • Getting to the root of the problem

SUPERFLUOUS • MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2’s PC port is a flawed version of a flawed sequel

YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOUR • Character DNA

BUILDING BLOCKS • Is horde mode citybuilder CATACLISMO a towering achievement?

SHOULDERS OF GIANTS • Which genres is Cataclismo building on?

THUMBS UP • The road trip vibes are impeccable in turn-based RPG KEEP DRIVING

USED CARS • Here are our favourite used vehicles in games

FAINT ECHO • SYNDUALITY ECHO OF ADA aims...