Latest articles by Lauren Morton
Minecraft guide: Your compendium for crafting
Keep up with the latest guides to playing the new game drops and getting started in Minecraft.
Borderlands 3 Shift codes: Every active Shift code and how to redeem them
Free keys An updated list of the latest Borderlands 3 shift codes for Golden Keys, and how to unlock special loot.
All Disney Dreamlight Valley codes and how to redeem them
Castle Keys Cash in these Dreamlight Valley codes for free outfits and furniture.
Wait, how many 'horror Stardew' farm sims are in development right now?
News We've officially entered an era of anti-cozy farm sims.
What's free on the Epic Games Store right now?
FREE STUFF Stay up to date on what games Epic is giving away each week this year.
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 Elder Scrolls 6: All the key details about Bethesda's return to Tamriel
scroll locked The Elder Scrolls 6 is still very far away, but we've collected all the news and rumors while we wait.
Everything we know about Fable, the reboot on the twisted heroes RPG series
Fable the 4th Fable is heading back to Albion with with a revamped morality system in tow.
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.
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.
Witchbrook: Everything we know so far about the witchy life sim
Spelled out Chucklefish's cozy magical college sim is coming next year.
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.
Haunted Chocolatier: all the key details on the followup to Stardew Valley
Sweets Science Stardew Valley's creator is working on another life sim, and it looks just as sweet as his first.
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.
Steam sale dates: When is the next Steam sale?
Bargain Dates, biggest discounts, tips, annual Steam sale dates, and more.
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."
'You would not believe the number of AI games in our inbox' says Tunic's publisher 'I am tired of seeing it'
News CEO Rebekah Saltsman is tired of seeing AI pitches for AI games and she'd rather see developers pitch a publisher like Finji with "programmer art" than generative AI.
'Sims don't plan anything' says former Sims 4 developer, though he always wanted to program them to: 'it's always shot down, rightfully so'
News The Sims 4's original AI programmer always wanted to give sims the ability to plan their actions but it never stuck.
'I took those files and deleted them': Former Sims 4 developer says he totally rewrote the sims' AI in the middle of development and 'that was a scary thing to do'
News The Sims 4's original lead AI programmer says he pitched the entire AI system not long before alpha and rewrote it from scratch.
GTA 6: What we know about Rockstar's return to Vice City
Crime Time Grand Theft Auto 6's delay gives more time to pick apart trailers, characters, and locations.
