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
Modern Warfare 3 launch time on PC
By Lauren Morton last updated
CoD Time Set your schedule for Call of Duty's launch time on the night of November 9.
When to watch the BlizzCon 2023 opening ceremony
By Lauren Morton published
Blizz Is On Here's when and where to catch the keynote for BlizzCon 2023 and what we're expecting to hear about.
The next Sims 4 expansion finally adds functional apartments but also eviction anxiety and malicious mold
By Lauren Morton published
News The next Sims expansion delivers another long-requested feature wrapped in the dire realities of renting.
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.
Disney Dreamlight Valley finally announces 'ValleyVerse' multiplayer coming in December
By Lauren Morton published
News You can start inviting friends to your island to chill and trade together.
The new demo for this cozy vampire farm sim gives you one week to decorate your spooky property
By Lauren Morton published
News The first demo for cute and spooky Moonlight Peaks launched today.
Minecraft mob vote 2023: when and where to vote
By Lauren Morton last updated
Mob Vote All three of this year's mobs have been announced, so don't miss your chance to cast a vote.
House Flipper 2's sandbox mode basically looks like The Sims build mode in first person
By Lauren Morton published
News The much-requested Sandbox Mode lets you build houses from scratch and then un-flip them.
PC Gamer Chat Log Episode 33: Debriefing this year's Top 100 list
By Lauren Morton published
Podcast Mollie and Lauren hash out the successes and grudges of this year's PC Gamer Top 100 list.
Modern Warfare 3 beta weekend times and how to redeem a beta code
By Lauren Morton published
CoD Time Here's when and how to get in on the Modern Warfare 3 beta weekend.
The cozy MMO I've waited 4 years to play on PC finally has a Steam demo
By Lauren Morton published
News Thatgamecompany's Journey-like live service game can finally be played on PC.
The top 100 PC games
By Phil Savage published
Class of 2023 PC Gamer's annual list of the best games you can play on PC.
Minecraft's first mob vote candidate for this year is a handy little crab
By Lauren Morton published
News We'll be voting for our next Minecraft creature again this year and the first contender is a crab.
The best Minecraft seeds for 1.20
By Lauren Morton last updated
Updated! The best Minecraft seeds for survival islands, villages, and cool new biomes at spawn.
Watch out, Dark and Darker: Suddenly there's another dungeon extraction game hitting PC, Project Crawl
By Lauren Morton published
News Another PvP fantasy extraction game is about to start alpha playtesting.
Former BioWare manager wishes Dragon Age had kept a 'PC-centric' and 'modding-driven' identity like Neverwinter Nights
By Lauren Morton published
News Aaryn Flynn wishes that BioWare had stuck to shipping modding tools with Dragon Age games.
Starfield guide: everything you need to succeed in space
By Lauren Morton last updated
Star Chart We'll walk you through everything from your first character creation selections to your eventual journey into New Game+.
A surprise sequel to my favorite co-op game just launched and you have a month to claim it for free
By Lauren Morton published
News The We Were Here series has a new bite-size offshoot called Expeditions for series newcomers.
Fae Farm magically solved all my little gripes with cozy farm sims
By Lauren Morton published
Fresh Farming This super cute farm sim really nails how to do the crucial first hours right.
Following Skyrim tradition, Starfield already has an alternate start mod that lets you skip the intro and begin in cooler parts of space
By Lauren Morton published
News There are already two mods for giving you a different entry point to Starfield's world.
The next Sims game will be free to play without a subscription or energy mechanics, EA confirms
By Lauren Morton published
News After rumors this summer, we officially know the next major Sims game is going to be free to download.
Bethesda commissioned the internet's rotoscope jokester to get goofy with Starfield
By Lauren Morton published
News The mind behind all those weird RPG skits has a succulent take on Starfield.
Haunted Chocolatier: everything we know about the followup to Stardew Valley
By Lauren Morton last updated
Sweets Science Stardew Valley's creator is working on another life sim, and it looks just as sweet as his first.