
Lauren Morton
Lauren has been writing for PC Gamer since she went hunting for the cryptid Dark Souls fashion police in 2017. She joined the PCG staff in 2021, now serving as self-appointed chief cozy games and farmlife sim enjoyer. Her career originally began in game development and she remains fascinated by how games tick in the modding and speedrunning scenes. She likes long fantasy books, longer RPGs, can't stop playing co-op survival crafting games, and has spent a number of hours she refuses to count building houses in The Sims games for over 20 years.
Latest articles by Lauren Morton

The life sim revolution was supposed to happen this year but it completely evaporated
By Lauren Morton last updated
Life Ruined The great renaissance of the genre has been postponed—maybe indefinitely.

Anno 117: Pax Romana launch times and release date
By Lauren Morton published
Empire State Here's when you can take charge of your own Roman province to carve your place into the empire.

Liam Hemsworth is so cautiously not awful as Geralt of Rivia that he's basically invisible in The Witcher season 4
By Lauren Morton published
Witcher Where? Someone forgot to CG the Witcher into his scenes in post.

The Witcher books reading order: where to start with the short stories and novels
By Rob Dwiar last updated
Wiedźmin Reading order recs for starting your Witcher novels journey.

The Witcher season 4: Everything we know about Hemsworth's debut on The Continent
By Lauren Morton last updated
Season 4 Season 4 of The Witcher will pick up with the third Witcher novel, Baptism of Fire.

The Witcher season 4 is upon us—here's when and where to catch the premiere
By Lauren Morton published
Watcher Here's when and where you can watch the premiere of the newest season of The Witcher TV show.

The Outer Worlds 2 guide: all the best traits, weapons, and choices you can make in Arcadia
By Lauren Morton last updated
Moon shots Knowledge, such a fickle concept.

All of The Outer Worlds 2 companions and how to recruit each
By Sean Martin last updated
Spacers of Choice Collect your crew of reprobates from across Arcadia.

Escape From Duckov is the latest breakout Steam hit to owe its success to China
By Lauren Morton published
News Escape From Duckov is a rare small singleplayer game slugging it out in Steam's top five most played games this week.

How to fish in Escape From Duckov and where to cast your line out in Ground Zero
By Lauren Morton published
Duck Bobbing Here's how to get yourself geared up with a fishing rod in the duckpocalypse.

Where to find Rampaging Scavengers in Escape From Duckov to complete the Hunter's Path quest
By Lauren Morton published
Duck Hunt Infiltrate the camp of angry cleaver-wielders.

It's way easier to extract in Escape From Duckov than your map would have you believe
By Lauren Morton published
Turn Tail Unlike most extraction games, turning tail is a valid option.

The top 100 PC games
By Phil Savage published
Class of 2025 Welcome to the 2025 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games you can play.

Battlefield 6 guide: gear up with all our tips and tricks
By Lauren Morton last updated
SITREP Everything you need to know about the return of classes, 64-player lobbies, and the Battlefield Portal.

All the playable clans in Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 and their clan abilities
By Lauren Morton published
Dark Arts Here's how to choose which vamps you want to call family in Bloodlines 2.

Active Infinity Nikki codes for October 2025
By Lauren Morton last updated
Dress Code Here are all the active and expired codes available for Infinity Nikki.

Buckle up, five of the most wishlisted games on Steam are all coming out this month
By Lauren Morton published
Infinite Wishes October is completely stacked with highly-anticipated launches.

The best deals in the 2025 Steam Autumn Sale
By Tyler Wilde published
deals New games on sale, hidden gems, and cheap classics.

This year's biggest surprise co-op hit is 30% off in the Steam Autumn Sale
By Lauren Morton published
News Schedule 1 is on sale (again) for $14.

The more book tracking apps I try, the more I think we as gamers don't realize just how good we've got it with Steam
By Lauren Morton published
Ideal library Steam should be the blueprint for the reading apps boom.

Squadron 42: Everything we know about Star Citizen’s singleplayer campaign
By Lauren Morton last updated
Star-studded Get up to lightspeed on Squadron 42's cast members and story details.

Project Rene—Everything we know about the next major Sims game
By Lauren Morton last updated
Next Generation Project Rene is still years away, but Electronic Arts has committed to showing off features as it develops.

Now that I'm done mourning BioWare, these are the RPG developers I'm expecting to carry the torch for the next decade
By Lauren Morton published
BioWhere? The baton isn't being passed as much as looted off a collapsed old hero.
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