Editing PC PowerPlay (section)

{{Short description|Australian magazine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox magazine
|logo                = PC Powerplay logo.jpg
|logo_size           = 225px
|         image_file = PC PowerPlay issue 303 cover.jpg
|         image_size = 
|      image_caption = Cover of issue 303
|             editor = Ben Mansill
|       editor_title = Editor
|          frequency = Monthly or bi-monthly
|        circulation = 14,527
|           category = [[Personal computer game|PC gaming]]
|            company = [[Future plc|Future Australia]]
|          publisher = 
|          firstdate = May 1996
|            country = Australia
|             based  = [[Strawberry Hills, New South Wales]]
|            website = [https://www.pcgamer.com/pc-powerplay/ Official website (no longer updated as of 2018)]
|               issn = 1326-5644
}}

'''''PC PowerPlay''''' ('''''PCPP''''') is Australia's only dedicated PC games magazine. ''PC PowerPlay'' focuses on news and reviews for upcoming and newly released games on the [[Microsoft Windows]] platform. The magazine also reviews computer hardware for use on gaming computers. The magazine is published by [[Future plc|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''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediamergers.co.uk/future-acquires-nextmedia-brands-including-pc-powerplay/|title=Future acquires nextmedia brands including PC PowerPlay {{!}} Media Mergers|date=14 September 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/australia-pc-powerplay-is-now-part-of-the-pc-gamer-family/#comment-jump|title=Australia, PC PowerPlay is now part of the PC Gamer family|work=pcgamer|access-date=26 November 2018|language=en}}</ref>

While no physical media is included now, for most of the life of the magazine it included either a [[Cdrom|CD]] or [[DVD ROM|DVD]], that would be filled with [[game demo]]s, [[freeware]] games, anime shows, film/anime/game [[teaser trailer]]s, [[Patch (computing)|game patches]], [[Mod (computer gaming)|game mods]], [[Level (computer and video games)|game maps]], PC utilities and [[computer wallpaper]]s.