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
Lucky Pals: how 'shiny pals' work in Palworld
By Lauren Morton published
Lucky Buddies The rare Lucky Pals are a little harder to catch, but they come with stat buffs.
How to find Palworld kindling and other work suitabilities
By Lauren Morton published
Work Bestie Here's what "needs kindling" means and all the other work suitabilities that your pals need to help around the base.
I hope Palworld inspires a vibrant new survival crafting subgenre: Little base buddies management
By Lauren Morton published
Creature Crafting Kelvin walked so that Palworld could jog so that all little crafting game helpers can run.
Palworld players discovered an exploit for capturing bosses and turning them into party members
By Lauren Morton published
New Management With a bit of cheesing the boss fight, you too can add the big bads to your party.
Palworld multiplayer: how to join your friends online
By Lauren Morton published
Online Pals Join your pals in Palworld multiplayer to build bases and catch critters together.
Townscaper's developer on how its 'radically casual' design is inspiring a new wave of low-stress builders to adapt the blueprint
By Lauren Morton published
New landscape Oskar Stålberg contemplates Townscaper's surprise success and the proliferation of other low stress building games.
How to watch the Xbox Direct livestream for January 2024
By Lauren Morton published
Direct X The first Xbox showcase of the year is set to share gameplay for Indiana Jones, Avowed, and Hellblade 2.
The best Minecraft mods for glorious new worlds
By Lauren Morton, Philip Palmer last updated
Updated! Searching for the best Minecraft mods in 2024? This guide has you covered.
The Sims 4 is granting my castle build wishes, and goths to live in them, with 2 new DLC kits this week
By Lauren Morton published
news The castles are rad but goths may be going home sad.
Every Altar of Lilith location in Diablo 4
By Lauren Morton last updated
Looking for Lilith There are 160 statues to collect across Diablo 4's map, so here's where to find them.
Unhinged Sims 4 player keeps building hidden village bunkers 'for capturing and storing men'
By Lauren Morton published
News Live Mode players scare me.
Former Stardew Valley contributor is making a new life sim set in a city, and it's already packed with little features new to the genre
By Lauren Morton published
News Any life sim where sleeping and recycling are levelable skills has my attention.
11 upcoming RPGs that might finally pull me away from Baldur's Gate 3
By Tyler Wilde published
New Rolls There are tons of exciting, ambitious RPGs in development, and lots of them are releasing this year.
Thanks to this Tamagotchi-like critter care game I now believe that bugs can be cute too
By Lauren Morton published
Bug features All it took was bug fashion, den decor, and minigames to win my heart.
One of my most anticipated games of 2024 is the one where mechs do farming
By Lauren Morton published
Crop Bots I'm a sucker for farming and crafting, especially if I get to be an interstellar mech pilot.
All Baldur's Gate 3 romance options: who you can pursue
By Lauren Morton last updated
Baldur's Date Unlock a romance with any of the main origin characters and some of your other party members, too.
The 10 cozy games I'm most excited for in 2024
By Lauren Morton published
Getting Cozy Cuddle up with this list of the coziest games scheduled to launch this year.
Playing Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth feels like walking into a restaurant where the staff already knows my order
By Lauren Morton published
New View After spending just a couple hours in Honolulu City, I already feel at home in the series again.
What are your 2024 gaming resolutions?
By Robin Valentine published
HI RES Maybe this is the year you clear that backlog...
What games did everyone play over the holidays?
By Mollie Taylor published
happy new year 'Tis the season to be gaming.
Our boldest predictions for PC gaming in 2024
By Jody Macgregor published
Divination We're pondering our orbs again.
Hang on, because the cozy games trend hasn't even peaked yet
By Lauren Morton published
Cozy overload It felt like cozy games exploded in 2023, but next year is definitely going to be bigger.
6 game genre trends that we think are going to define 2024
By Lauren Morton published
Genre Defining The landscapes of FPSes and RPGs and city builders are all right at the edge of some big changes.