Lauren Morton

Lauren Morton

Lauren started writing for PC Gamer as a freelancer in 2017 while chasing the Dark Souls fashion police and accepted her role as Associate Editor and Chief Minecraft Liker in 2021. She originally started her career in game development and is still fascinated by how games tick in the modding and speedrunning scenes. She likes long books, longer RPGs, multiplayer cryptids, and can't stop playing co-op crafting games.

Articles by: Lauren Morton

Yakuza 0

Yakuza 0's hostess club made me a manager with a heart

By Lauren Morton published

24-hour sunshine Cabaret Club Czar could be a whole standalone game.

Tower of Fantasy's two main character options flee a giant monstrous dog, leaping through the air.

Tower of Fantasy apologizes for long launch day server queues with freebies for all

By Lauren Morton published

News The newest Genshin-like is drawing plenty of day one interest from PC and mobile players.

Sunday Gold - Frank Barber lights a cigarette with a metal lighter in the rain.

Stylish crime RPG Sunday Gold drops a free prologue and release date

By Lauren Morton published

News Get the crew together for a turn-based heist in 2070s London.

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Gamescom 2022 schedule: all the shows and reveals you can watch this year

By Lauren Morton published

Schedule Gamescom is back on in Cologne this year, but you can still catch a lot of reveals from home if you follow along with our watch schedule.

Minecraft ancient city build - a render of a fully lit ancient city covered in grass and restored structures

These Minecraft ancient city redesigns are gloriously green

By Lauren Morton published

Undercity Planning Minecraft builders are renovating the 1.19 update's ancient cities as if they never got ruined.

Zenless Zone Zero - Soldier 11, a woman with white hair pulled up, wearing orange goggles and an orange outfit.

Zenless Zone Zero: here's what we know about HoYoverse's next action game

By Lauren Morton published

More HoYo HoYoverse is slowly teasing Zenless Zone Zero's characters and factions and we've got them all here.

Minecraft - A player holds a modded Sheikah Slate while looking at a blue Bokoblin from Zelda, with a Sheikah tower in the background.

This Zelda: Breath of the Wild mod for Minecraft totally Hyrules

By Lauren Morton published

News Two modders made a functional Sheikah Slate, towers, and tons more for Minecraft 1.19.

Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League - Harley Quinn

Everything we know about Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League

By Lauren Morton published

Squad Up Warner Bros has yet another open world DC game headed our way, this one with a team of four villains.

2023 games - Street Fighter 6 artwork of Ryu with a beard and red headband

All the 2023 games already confirmed for next year

By Lauren Morton published

Upcoming Games Until the delays start to hit, that is.

Minecraft texture packs - LBPR Reloaded texture pack showing a realistic white and block spotted cow standing in front of a cobblestone village house

The best Minecraft texture packs in 2022

By Lauren Morton published

Updated! We've rounded up a new list of the best Minecraft texture packs for both Java and Bedrock in 2022.

Hogwarts Legacy - A Gryffindor student holds his wand up while standing in Hogsmeade.

Hogwarts Legacy: Everything we know about the next Harry Potter game

By Lauren Morton published

Revelio! The latest details about Hogwarts Legacy's open-world wizarding RPG.

Games like Stardew Valley

Games like Stardew Valley on PC with farms to save and villages to revitalize

By Lauren Morton published

Farm Life Longing for more games like Stardew Valley? Good news: casual farming sims have taken root on PC.

Bugs Bunny holds a carrot in MultiVersus trailer

MultiVersus unlock time: when does it actually release?

By Lauren Morton published

Gloves Off Don't get confused. Here's when the MultiVersus open beta officially unlocks.

Minecraft

Minecraft shouldn't ever feel clingy, Mojang says

By Lauren Morton published

Diamond Standard Mojang is still paying attention to what other survival games are getting right.

2022 games - A screenshot from Saints Row, with one Saint crouching on the hood of a car and firing an assault rifle as another delivers a haymaker to an enemy nearby.

2022 games: all the new and upcoming games this year

By Lauren Morton published

What's new? The calendar of new games coming to PC in 2022, broken down month-by-month.

Gotham Knights - Nightwing

Gotham Knights: Everything we know about the co-op Bat Family game

By Lauren Morton published

Knight Watch From the heroes to the story, here's what we know about Gotham Knights.

Hunt: Showdown

5 PC games that should be way more popular than they are

By Tyler Colp, Lauren Morton, Morgan Park published

Under the radar These games deserve more.

Skyblivion - A player in gold armor stands on a ledge overlooking the imperial city's circular walls and central tower.

The 8 most ambitious Skyrim mods in development in 2022

By Lauren Morton published

Quest Log Here are the biggest fan-made Tamriel adventures to look forward to while we wait for the next major Elder Scrolls game.

Skyrim Together

Co-op Skyrim is finally real and works almost exactly how I hoped

By Lauren Morton published

Dual Wielders There are some AI antics and oddities, but Skyrim Together isn't hardly more janky than other mods.

Dinkum - Characters fish and mine in an Australian brush environment surrounded by crops, giant wombats, and a general store.

The hot new co-op farming game is called Dinkum

By Lauren Morton published

News This Animal Crossing-like life sim is based on cute and toothy Australian wildlife.

Minecraft - an Allay, small blue with wings, holds a cookie and flies through the air

Minecraft Allay: how to find and befriend these cute new creatures

By Lauren Morton published

Cookie clicker You'll have to go on a bit of a journey to find an Allay, but they're handy to have around.

Mass Effect Legendary Edition key art.

Grab these 34 games free through Wednesday if you've got Amazon Prime

By Lauren Morton published

News Prime Day has a special treat for Prime Gaming subscribers, headlined by Mass Effect Legendary Edition.

Borderlands 3 - Shift codes loot

Borderlands 3 Shift codes: Every active Shift code and how to redeem them

By Wes Fenlon, Lauren Morton published

Prepare An updated list of the latest Borderlands 3 shift codes for Golden Keys, and how to unlock special loot.

Minecraft - A narrow but very tall pillar-like island with a village climbing its sides.

The best Minecraft seeds for 1.19

By Lauren Morton, PC Gamer published

Updated! The best Minecraft seeds for survival islands, villages, and cool new biomes at spawn.

Phasmophobia - A player holds up a voodoo doll

These Phasmophobia speedrunners are scarier than the ghosts they're hunting

By Lauren Morton published

News This four-person Games Done Quick speedrun is frighteningly efficient.

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