Lauren Morton
Lauren has been writing for PC Gamer since she went hunting for the cryptid Dark Souls fashion police in 2017. She accepted her role as Associate Editor 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 best co-op games for PC
By Lauren Morton last updated
Updated! The best co-op PC games around whether you want a co-op campaign or a hang space for your group chat.
This incredible Stardew Valley Lego build won an award and got a surprise visit from ConcernedApe
By Lauren Morton published
News It took two years to build this giant Pelican Town for BrickCon 2024.
Fields of Mistria marriage candidates and gift guide
By Lauren Morton published
Quick gifts Get our recommendations on the easiest gifts for wooing all the Fields of Mistria marriage candidates.
The Elder Scrolls 6: everything we know about the next return to Tamriel
By Omri Petitte last updated
scroll locked The Elder Scrolls 6 is still very far away, but we've collected all the news and rumors while we wait.
Minecraft is ditching yearly summer updates in favor of smaller, more frequent ones: 'We know that you want new Minecraft content more often'
By Lauren Morton published
News Mojang is changing up the Minecraft release schedule to focus on more frequent updates.
The best Minecraft seeds for 1.21
By Lauren Morton last updated
Updated! The best Minecraft seeds for survival islands, villages, and cool new biomes at spawn.
Every Sims 3 cheat for making money, building better, and the 'needs cheat'
By Lauren Morton published
Life hacks Press reset on life with these Sims 3 cheats.
The best Sims 4 custom content for gorgeous Sims and homes
By Lauren Morton last updated
CC Spree The best free Sims 4 CC you can install to turn your Sims into style icons and homes into catalog shots.
The Sims 4's next season of content is business as usual with two kits, a death-themed expansion, and another log-in rewards event
By Lauren Morton published
News The Sims 4 has rolled out a deadly serious list of upcoming DLCs for autumn.
Disney Dreamlight multiplayer: how to unlock valley visits
By Lauren Morton last updated
Valley Visits Here's how to get started visiting friends in Dreamlight Valley and what you can (and can't) do together.
The best browser games
By Jupiter Hadley last updated
Browse the best A collection of great games you can play right in your browser.
The best Sims 4 DLCs for expanding your life sim
By Lauren Morton last updated
Updated! The best Sims 4 expansions, game packs, and stuff packs of the bunch.
10 major Sims 4 features I totally forgot it didn't have at launch 10 years ago
By Lauren Morton published
Life Milestones It turns out I've taken a lot of Sims 4 features for granted.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard romance options and what we know about them so far
By Lauren Morton last updated
Dragon Dates Time to count your crushes.
Star Wars Outlaws release time and release date
By Lauren Morton published
Start Your Speeders Get your intel on when the global launch time for Star Wars Outlaws is happening.
The gacha Eye of Sauron has suddenly turned its gaze upon cozy gaming
By Lauren Morton published
Got ya Your wallet is The One Ring.
An aerospace engineer quit her job to make this cozy city builder full of adorable gourd people
By Lauren Morton published
News Gourdlets is another win for the lovers of chill building games.
Inzoi Character Studio is almost obsessively beautiful, giving everyone a perfectly pouty lip and everything
By Lauren Morton published
GRWM Inzoi's character creation is gorgeous but not quite as in-depth as I'd assumed.
Thousands of Sims fans are flocking to the limited time demo for Inzoi Character Studio to make effortlessly gorgeous Zois
By Lauren Morton published
News Inzoi's character creator is like having tons of Sims 4 custom content pre-installed.
9 things we know about Inzoi from its new gameplay reveals
By Lauren Morton published
News Content creators have gone hands-on with life sim Inzoi and uncovered lots of new details.
Infinity Nikki looks like a fever dream of open world dress-up and I can't wait to come down with a case of it
By Lauren Morton published
News The Nikki series is coming to PC and it looks purpose-made to snare me.
How to watch Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024
By Lauren Morton published
Premiere Here's when to catch the ONL premiere for this year.
Black Myth: Wukong release time and release date
By Lauren Morton published
Unlocked Here's when the Chinese mythology action RPG launches in your time zone.
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