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
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.
Inspired by Starfield food physics, I have run my own tests to determine that cuboid foods rule
By Lauren Morton published
News Heard you all like watching food move.
AITA: My Starfield wife wants a divorce and all I did was chuck one grenade into a crowd of bystanders
By Lauren Morton published
News And telling her to "calm down" didn't help, somehow.
Starfield speedrunner engages ludicrous speed, completes New Game+ in under an hour
By Lauren Morton published
News And he thinks he can still shave almost 20 minutes off that time.
Starfield factions: all the galactic allegiances you'll deal with
By Funké Joseph last updated
Join Up Good news: you can become a space pirate or a space cowboy.
Starfield player stuffs thousands of potatoes into a room to marvel at how much better Bethesda's physics have gotten
By Lauren Morton published
News This will surely be the first of many item spill space simulations.
Starfield release time: when it unlocked in your time zone
By Lauren Morton last updated
Launch Time Your Starfield launch time depends on the version you purchased and your time zone.
Surprising no one, Starfield players are already filling their ships with junk
By Lauren Morton published
News When you've absolutely got to grab every space wrench, your ship fills up fast.
Starfield cities: all the major hub locations in the galaxy
By Funké Joseph last updated
Far Afield Settled Space is a pretty big place.
We scientifically ranked Baldur's Gate 3's party members on hotness, toughness, and meme-ability
By Lauren Morton published
RANKED An objectively correct PC Gamer team ranking of all 10 Baldur's Gate 3 companions.
Palia's first seasonal event adds exactly the kind of communal minigame I was hoping for
By Lauren Morton published
News The nightly Maji Market is a good initial take on a typical MMO season event.
Dark and Darker wiped player progress today due to an influx of cheaters
By Lauren Morton published
News The PvP dungeon crawl wiped progress today but also brought back voice chat.
This Wordle-like game makes you catch and guess Stardew Valley's fish
By Lauren Morton published
News This is not the Wordle-like game I was expecting next.
You can launch Starfield as early as August 31, its global release times confirm
By Lauren Morton published
News Bethesda has shared the global launch timing for Starfield beginning with the early access for Premium Edition buyers.
The Lord of the Rings game we're actually excited to play is coming in October
By Lauren Morton published
News The more I hear about Return to Moria, the more I'm digging it.
Beware the corpse nuke that can end your Baldur's Gate 3 playthrough with a bang
By Lauren Morton published
News The party wipe is coming from inside the house.
Medieval skydiving is not even the weirdest thing Crimson Desert crammed into this exhaustive new trailer
By Lauren Morton published
News The weirdest thing was playing the pipes for that crowd of little blobs.
Gamescom Opening Night Live roundup: every PC game trailer and announcement
By Lauren Morton published
Roundup Here's every game trailer and announcement for games and updates coming to PC.
How to watch Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023
By Lauren Morton published
News Catch the next big livestream of gaming announcements and trailers this week.
Baldur's Gate 3's lead writer on romances: 'sex is not the goal, it's just sex'
By Lauren Morton published
News "I know we made them too thirsty," he jokes. (But I disagree.)
Baldur's Gate 3: release date, classes, and everything else we know
By Jody Macgregor last updated
It's Back Baldur's Gate is back, in turn-based form.
Baldur's Gate 3's chaotic Dark Urge origin is 'potentially the most heroic playthrough,' says lead writer
By Lauren Morton published
News I'm just going to have to trust him on this one.