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 in 2021, now serving as the self-appointed chief cozy games enjoyer. 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, has strong feelings about farmlife sims, and can't stop playing co-op crafting games.
Latest articles by Lauren Morton
Borderlands 3 Shift codes: Every active Shift code and how to redeem them
By Lauren Morton, Wes Fenlon last updated
Prepare An updated list of the latest Borderlands 3 shift codes for Golden Keys, and how to unlock special loot.
The best deals in the 2024 Steam Spring Sale
By Tyler Wilde published
deals We've combed the first big Steam sale of the year for the best deals on new games and older favorites.
Minecraft 1.21: everything we know about the next major Minecraft update
By Lauren Morton last updated
Minecraft 1.21 The 1.21 update is all about new combat challenges so far.
2024 games: All the PC games scheduled for launch this year
By Lauren Morton last updated
Upcoming 2024 is here, so take a look ahead at what's confirmed for the PC release schedule.
The best Sims 4 mods to expand your life sandbox
By Lauren Morton last updated
Modular The best Sims 4 mods add new features large and small, from personality tweaks to endless cheats.
All Disney Dreamlight Valley codes and how to redeem them
By Lauren Morton last updated
Castle Keys Cash in these Dreamlight Valley codes for free outfits and furniture.
Even 'cozy' gaming's biggest fans can't decide on its definition, but they aren't worried: 'There's a whole lot of grey area, and that's what makes it interesting'
By Lauren Morton published
Cozy Consensus As the cozy game genre grows, it remains one of the most challenging to define.
Creatures of Ava is the cozier version of Palworld: A 'creature saver' co-written by Rhianna Pratchett
By Lauren Morton published
News Creature collecting is cozy again.
The Sims 5—Everything we know about Project Rene so far
By Lauren Morton last updated
Next Generation The Sims 5 is still years away, but Electronic Arts has committed to showing off features as it develops.
Sims 4 players hate its obtrusive new store button so much that a modder has already removed it
By Lauren Morton published
News The DLC purchase tooltips are getting a bit incessant.
The Sims 4's new Crystal Creations DLC basically gave me craftable cheat codes for boosting my mood, love life, and defying death
By Lauren Morton published
Gem Goddess Is this what we mean by toxic positivity?
The Palworld breeding bug that was causing all Cattivas to be born cowards, and other species trait dominance, has been fixed in a new patch
By Lauren Morton published
News Let the coward Pals breed in peace.
Side-scuttling strategy game Crab God will let you amass a crustacean congregation
By Lauren Morton published
News This enormous crab also has aspirations for real world activism.
Finally, a farm sim that will let me date hot demons and also collect capybaras
By Lauren Morton published
News Tales of Seikyu is a yokai shapeshifting farm sim planning to launch this year.
Cozy MMO Palia is threatening players with an increasingly enormous stuffed frog if they keep wishlisting it on Steam
By Lauren Morton published
News To celebrate Palia's launch on Steam next month, Palia is rewarding players with "Giga Frogbert."
6 reveals from the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC trailer that had us shaking in our greaves with excitement
By Harvey Randall published
SHADOWS LIFTED It's finally here, weary tarnished.
Minecraft just launched add-ons, which are mods, not to be confused with the previous add-ons that were also mods, and won't replace mods for Minecraft Java
By Lauren Morton published
News Minecraft Bedrock now has community-made mods to download in the Minecraft Marketplace.
Survival games are having another viral moment, making PC players the tastemakers once again
By Lauren Morton published
Survivor Bias The genre that just can't stop producing hits is still entirely the territory of PC gaming.
Zenless Zone Zero: here's what we know about HoYoverse's next action game
By Lauren Morton last updated
More HoYo HoYoverse is slowly teasing Zenless Zone Zero's characters and factions and we've got them all here.
Palworld breeding guide and the best breeding combos
By Sean Martin last updated
Matchmaking Learn how to combine your most powerful Pals.
Islands of Insight has a great gauntlet of logic puzzles that overshadows its beautiful but aimless world
By Lauren Morton published
This shared world puzzle game is a little too open-ended to feel compelling.