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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PC Powerplay

Pope Simulator promises a ‘realistic’ depiction of life as the Supreme Pontiff • Put on your robe and wizard hat.

Crysis Remastered is coming to PC with ray tracing, higher resolution textures • Crytek’s PC-humbling shooter returns.

The new MSI RTX 2080 Ti gets 16Gbps memory and a shot at Nvidia’s Titan RTX • But will it run Crysis Remastered?

F1 2020 WILL BE RELEASING THIS JULY WITH A NEW TEAM MANAGEMENT MODE • New circuits, split-screen, and a Schumacher special edition.

The Destructor Cometh • The software our civilisation depends on is beginning to break under its own weight...

The 2020 Australian PC Awards • Celebrating the very best in PCs and PC gear.

EXCELLENCE AWARD • For the person, product or technology that advanced the PC more than any other in 2019.

GOLD AWARD

USEFUL FEEDBACK

Council Culture • How Hi-Rez is tapping into its community for game insights.

COMMUNITY MAGIC • How other games benefit from players getting involved with development.

Home Schooling. • Minimalism is more important than knowledge.

A collection aside • It has been a month of surprises for MEGHANN O’NEILL, who generally prides herself on knowing more indies than the average gamer. First, a RimWorld expansion suddenly appeared. Then she kept finding newly released games from studios with extensive and interesting back catalogues. There’s a pleasant mix of artistic experiences, stories and more complex gameplay in this collection, too. Mojiken Studio, in particular, is experimenting within a range of genres. At the time of writing, Australia is battening down its hatches, due to COVID-19, so it might be a good time to play something new. We hope that all of our readers are able to stay safe and well, during this unusual time.

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands • WoW’s game director reveals what awaits us in the afterlife.

GET THE PARTY STARTED • Our first look at BALDUR’S GATE III’s opening act.

GATED COMMUNITY • A timeline of Baldur’s Gate games and expansions

STARSTRUCK • The D&D cameos we’d like to see

Maneater • A shark RPG that aims at more than just novelty.

REMASTER CHIEF • Behind the scenes of HALO: THE MASTER CHIEF COLLECTION.

MAPS OF MY YOUTH • These two maps dominated Halo: Custom Edition community servers. Will they make a comeback in 2020?

CONTROLLED CROUCH • How do you ensure Halostill feels like Halo, no matter the controls?

THE RETRO SPECIAL • Looking back on some of our favourite classics – and the ways their influence is still felt today.

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE • The story of DOOM and how it changed everything – as told by co-creator John Romero.

MARS ATTACKS • The mainline Doomseries so far

CONSOLE COMMAND • Romero on Doom64, which you can now play on PC

UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES • 22 years later, HALF-LIFE ’s influence is still being felt.

INTERVIEW

DECLARATION OF WAR • How SHOGUN: TOTAL WAR started a 20-year legacy… but almost didn’t.

GO FOURTH AND MULTIPLY • FLIGHT SIMULATOR 4.0, the sim that started a...