Andrea Shearon

Andrea Shearon

Evergreen Writer

Andrea has been covering games for nearly a decade, picking up bylines at IGN, USA Today, Fanbyte, and Destructoid before joining the PC Gamer team in 2025. She's got a soft spot for older RPGs and is willing to try just about anything with a lovey-dovey "I can fix them" romance element. Her weekly to-do always includes a bit of MMO time, endlessly achievement hunting and raiding in Final Fantasy 14. Outside of those staples, she's often got a few survival-crafting games on rotation and loves a good scare in co-op horror games.

Latest articles by Andrea Shearon

A van full of players in Outbound
How does co-op work in Outbound?

By Andrea Shearon Published

Shotgun You'll have to unlock multiplayer before a friend can join the ride.

Shotgun
The Sims 4 - A young woman with brown hair gives a slight smirk to the camera
Are you a real Sims series scholar? Put those decades of playing The Sims to the test with a quick round of trivia made for lifelong simmers

By Andrea Shearon Published

Sul Sul No cheating, or I'm taking the ladder out of your pool.

Sul Sul
Chort, the Clyteum dungeon boss. He's a tall, round purple and red creature with red eyes.
This is Chort, a Final Fantasy 14 dungeon boss of absolutely no real significance, but a hero to us all

By Andrea Shearon Published

News You can find Chort in the Clyteum.

News
The Blood Moon in Phasmophobia, it's bright red with a summoning circle underneath
Phasmophobia events and updates for 2026: Easter, Halloween, and holiday haunts

By Andrea Shearon Last updated

Haunted Holiday A handy calendar for visits from the Jackalope, Blood Moon cult, and Krampus.

Haunted Holiday
Paralives
Cozy games in May: Our release calendar and staff picks

By Lauren Morton Published

Cozy calendar From Paralives to Thrifty Business, this month is going to be all about life sims and shop sims in the cozy game corner.

Cozy calendar
Neverness to Everness - a girl with pink hair carrying a box of books and paper.
Here's the Neverness to Everness release date and time for your region

By Andrea Shearon Published

News Keep track of when you can start playing with an NTE countdown timer.

News
A Final Fantasy 14 Miqo'te jumping and smiling while she's standing in Radz-at-han.
Before doing anything else introduced in FF14 patch 7.5, I beelined it to the Calamity Salvager to free up inventory space with the new dye system

By Andrea Shearon Published

News I'm dyeing for extra storage.

News
Meteor Survivor from Final Fantasy 14 leaps through a portal during Evercold's new expansion trailer.
Star Wars Galaxies' tragic fate caused FF14's devs to keep the old job designs available for Evercold's overhaul: 'Players did not take that very well'

By Harvey Randall Published

News "I didn't want to just suddenly remove what we've been used to."

News
Three NPC neighbors from Petit Planet. There's a pink bunny on the left, shaggy-looking dog in the middle, and little orange fox on the right.
Petit Planet: All the key details on HoYo's Animal Crossing-like life sim

By Andrea Shearon Last updated

Cosmic Life More importantly, will I be in debt to a raccoon?

Cosmic Life
A chemist in a hazmat suit near a workbench
Best Schedule 1 mixing station recipes to grow your criminal empire

By Diego Perez Last updated

Cooking Learn all the most profitable recipes in this drug-dealing simulation videogame.

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Cooking
The Sims 4 - A sim smiles while looking at her phone
The Sims 4 cheats: Every cheat code and life hack you need

By Lauren Morton Last updated

Life hacks All of the Sims 4 cheats for each expansion, all in one convenient place.

Life hacks
Windrose - Pirate player character standing in front of their fleet of ships
I bought every ship in Windrose – here's what you should spend your pirate gold on first

By Andrea Shearon Published

Seaworthy Recommendations for the best Windrose ships to build and materials you'll need.

Seaworthy
An Average Day At The Cat Cafe
The best browser games

By Jupiter Hadley Last updated

Browse the best A collection of great games you can play right in your browser.

Browse the best
Windrose - A pirate player character standing beside the smuggler leader
Windrose factions: Recommendations for improving your reputation with the Smugglers, Buccaneers, Brethren, and People of Tortuga

By Andrea Shearon Published

Popularity Contest What're ya buyin'? What're ya sellin'?

Popularity Contest
A pirate standing in front of a Fast Travel bell and Ship Wharf in Windrose
Windrose Discoveries: Every item you're missing from the Coastal Jungle, Foothills, and Cursed Swamps

By Andrea Shearon Published

🔍 Missing one last Discovery? Allow me to fill in the blanks.

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The Sims 4 horse expansion - A brown and white paint horse standing beside its disappointed owner.
How many of these videogame horses can you name? (Or tell us what game they're from because they're just named 'Horse')

By Andrea Shearon Published

Giddy Up Sorry, I'm off to see a man about a horse.

Giddy Up
Phasmophobia - A dark figure stands in a room with neon purple lighting and Alan Wake iconography
Alan Wake heads to Phasmophobia next month in a new limited-time event, because we all know writers love a deadline

By Andrea Shearon Published

News Kidding, they hate them. But I do love this.

News
Windrose pirate holding a long gun
How to make gunpowder in Windrose

By Andrea Shearon Published

Ashes First, ye'll need t' make yourself an Iron Pickaxe.

Ashes
Moomintroll Winter's Warmth - Moomintroll wears a red scarf in a dark, snowwy forest
Our cozy games of April list is looking so chilled out that there isn't even a single farm sim on it

By Lauren Morton Last updated

Cozy calendar Don't get a spring in your step just yet because this month's cozy game launches are all so cozy you might want to stay bundled up.

Cozy calendar
A pirate in Windrose standing on the beach and holding a pickaxe.
How to get clay in Windrose

By Andrea Shearon Published

Building Blocks You'll need plenty of it for making Clay Bottles.

Building Blocks
Windrose
How to get lamp oil in Windrose

By Andrea Shearon Published

It's Lit Get to farmin' boar.

It's Lit
Clint from Stardew Valley with the smithy behind him
All about Clint: Stardew Valley gift guide, schedule, and events

By Andrea Shearon Published

🤍 Win the blacksmith's heart.

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Wendy and Wilson running with a spider egg in Don't Starve Elsewhere
Hope you're hungry 'cause Don't Starve is back with a new co-op survival crafting adventure for Wilson and the gang

By Andrea Shearon Published

News Did I spot an owlbear?

News
Gale wearing a hat in Baldur's Gate 3
Do you know this mage? Test your knowledge of the gaming arcane with our quiz on magical allies and villains

By Andrea Shearon Published

Hocus Pocus Get familiar with the ancient texts.

Hocus Pocus
The Seven Deadly Sins - Tioreh during the draw screen, after you pull for more gacha rewards.
All Seven Deadly Sins: Origin codes in April 2026 for extra draw tickets, cube keys, and more

By Andrea Shearon Last updated

Gluttony Plus the questing requirements to unlock and redeem codes.

Gluttony
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