| PC PowerPlay | |
| Editor: | Ben Mansill |
| Editor Title: | Editor |
| Frequency: | Monthly or bi-monthly |
| Circulation: | 14,527 |
| Category: | PC gaming |
| Finalnumber: | Issue #311 |
| Company: | Future Australia |
| Firstdate: | May 1996 |
| Finaldate: | 8 September 2025 |
| Country: | Australia |
| Based: | Strawberry Hills, New South Wales |
| Website: | Official website (no longer updated as of 2018) |
| Issn: | 1326-5644 |
PC PowerPlay (PCPP) was Australia's only dedicated PC games magazine. PC PowerPlay focused on news and reviews for upcoming and newly released games on the Microsoft Windows platform. The magazine also reviewed computer hardware for use on gaming computers. The magazine was published by Next Publishing Pty Ltd from 1996 to 2018 when it was transferred to Future Australia.
In 2018, Future, owner and publisher of PC Gamer, purchased PC PowerPlay and related computing titles from nextmedia, incorporating PC PowerPlay articles into the online versions of PC Gamer.[1] [2] In September 2025, the magazine released its final issue.[3]
While no physical media was included in the last few years, for most of the life of the magazine it included either a CD or DVD that featured game demos, freeware games, anime shows, film/anime/game teaser trailers, game patches, game mods, game maps, PC utilities and computer wallpapers. These were useful in an era of poor internet connection for most of Australia.
The main sections included in each month's magazine included letters to the editor, previews, reviews, feature articles, artwork, pictures of computers owned by readers, flashbacks to old games, lists of PC builds to help people purchase new products and advertising. There are also various opinion and comedic sections such as "Dr. Claw" and "Yellow Boots".
In early issues, reviews of games and products assigned a score out of ten. PC PowerPlay gave 10/10 scores to a number of games, including:
