Latest articles by Lauren Morton
This vampire farm sim has Real Housewives of Stardew energy
Farm Sins Moonlight Peaks is brave enough to ask: What if Stardew Valley were more toxic?
The Sims 3 review: 'a joyful simulation, and celebration, of life and all its dramas'
Life affirming Love, work and kleptomania return in The Sims 3, Electronic Arts' enormous life-controlling sequel to the bestselling PC game of all time.
Discussion time: Are classic tab-target MMOs with loads of keybinds going out of style?
CLOSE THE TAB I can feel my inner old man weeping, but the times, they are a-changing.
Cozy games in May: Our release calendar and staff picks
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.
Full list of The Sims 4 Life & Death cheats for becoming a Reaper or maxing out your Ghost Mastery
Cheating Death Here's your full reference list for cheats in the afterlife expansion with skill cheats, career cheats, and tons of unlockable ghost abilities.
Full list of The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies cheats with skills, perks, and hidden reward traits
Business Hacks Here's your full reference list for cheats in the small businesses expansion to change your renown, alignment, and skill levels.
The best possible fantasy author is writing a dark, tragic prequel novel for our beloved Baldur's Gate 3 boy Astarion
News Wildly prolific fantasy and horror author T. Kingfisher just got announced as the writer of an Astarion backstory novel coming this year.
The 20 best cozy games on PC that aren't farm sims
Cozy Games If you need more chill in your game library, these are the best cozy games you can play on PC.
Everything you need to know about the Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake
Back in Black Ubisoft has rebuilt Black Flag "from the ground up" with a combat overhaul and stealth improvements but the same classic story.
The Sims 4 cheats: Every cheat code and life hack you need
Life hacks All of the Sims 4 cheats for each expansion, all in one convenient place.
Horse game klaxon: Palia is adding breedable, rideable horses and they look way more realistic than most MMO mounts
News Life sim MMO Palia's next free expansion is just three weeks away and it's giving me the ranching update that Red Dead Online refused to.
The best browser games
Browse the best A collection of great games you can play right in your browser.
Our cozy games of April list is looking so chilled out that there isn't even a single farm sim on it
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.
Minecraft guide: Your compendium for crafting
Keep up with the latest guides to playing the new game drops and getting started in Minecraft.
Wait, how many 'horror Stardew' farm sims are in development right now?
News We've officially entered an era of anti-cozy farm sims.
The ethically-sourced wizard school life sim I've been waiting for finally has a playable demo and launches this year
Well-Tuned Seven years in the making, the developers of Eastshade are finally ready for us to play a tiny first taste of their cozy witch school life sim Songs of Glimmerwick.
Oh you think you know hidden object games? Then go find a four-leaf clover in the hardest cozy game I've ever seen
Seeing Green One In A Thousand: Clover Book is a mesmerizing replication of real life's most notorious hidden object challenge.
The best laptop games
Updated Great laptop games can run on low-spec PCs, fit cozily onto smaller screens, and are perfectly playable with a trackpad.
The Witcher 4: What we know about the start of a new trilogy
SOMEDAY The Witcher 4 is definitely happening and will kick off its own new trilogy with Ciri on the front line.
Squadron 42: Everything we know about Star Citizen’s singleplayer campaign
Star-studded Get up to lightspeed on Squadron 42's cast members and story details.
BioShock 4: Everything we know so far about the long-awaited sequel
Bioshook BioShock 4 may be in development, but brace yourself for a shakeup.
I crashed out reading layoff condolence letters in this shop sim about a laid-off adventurer made by a laid-off Xbox developer
Locked Out Being a game dev "is not something a corporation can take from you" says solo developer releasing a game alone after last year's Microsoft layoffs.
An indie asking for $250,000 is 'a drop in the bucket' says Tunic's publisher, but indies are in a 'survival' era because companies think that 'isn't profitable enough' to fund
News Finji CEO Rebekah Saltsman says that indie games are just trying to survive in an era where publishers don't want to invest in a game that was "only ever going to make $500,000."
