Lauren Morton
Lauren has been writing for PC Gamer since she went hunting for the cryptid Dark Souls fashion police in 2017. She accepted her role as Associate Editor in 2021, now serving as self-appointed chief cozy games and farmlife sim enjoyer. Her career originally began in game development and she remains fascinated by how games tick in the modding and speedrunning scenes. She likes long fantasy books, longer RPGs, can't stop playing co-op survival crafting games, and has spent a number of hours she refuses to count building houses in The Sims games for over 20 years.
Latest articles by Lauren Morton
Black Myth: Wukong release time and release date
By Lauren Morton published
Unlocked Here's when the Chinese mythology action RPG launches in your time zone.
The best Sims 4 mods to expand your life sandbox
By Lauren Morton last updated
Modular The best Sims 4 mods add new features large and small, from personality tweaks to endless cheats.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard—Everything we know about the next RPG in Thedas
By Lauren Morton last updated
Dragon 4ge Here's everything we've collected about The Veilguard since its big reveal.
The most wishlisted cozy game on Steam is launching in September
By Lauren Morton published
News Tiny Glade just shared a new trailer and a release date that's not too far away.
Unbelievably beautiful life sim Inzoi is doing a limited time demo of its character creator next week
By Lauren Morton published
News Krafton's life sim has at least one thing inarguably going for it: very pretty characters.
With Life By You canceled and Paralives not out until 2025, this lo-fi life sim is the best game like The Sims to play right now
By Lauren Morton published
Sim Snack This lo-fi life sim is the only game like The Sims worth playing while we wait for the other big competitors.
The best games like Pokémon on PC
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Catch 'em all The best games like Pokémon games on PC that will let you collect creatures to your heart's content.
My biggest question about Dragon Age: The Veilguard is actually 'Which of these mages is going to lie right to my face and stab me in the back after 80 hours?'
By Lauren Morton published
Disappearing Act Fool me four times? Shame on, well, everyone.
Everything you need to know about Black Myth: Wukong
By Lauren Morton published
Destined One All the trailers, gameplay, and release date info for upcoming Soulslike action game Black Myth: Wukong.
Here's the official Stormgate launch time for early access
By Lauren Morton published
Let me in After a couple weeks of "early access" prior to Early Access, Stormgate is indeed launching on August 13.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard's combat is 'more technically demanding on the player' BioWare says, which is why we'll only be controlling one character
By Lauren Morton published
News Full party control was detracting from the experience of its more action-focused combat, BioWare says.
Oh no, I can't possibly decide who to date in anime-inspired farm sim Fields of Mistria when I'm already in love with all of them
By Lauren Morton published
Charmed I can't wait to keep getting to know this crop of characters.
Once Human is revealing the inner Sims player that even my loud FPS friends have inside them
By Lauren Morton published
News I think I screwed up by skipping over the third-person shooter that's secretly a Sims player's dream.
Somehow the worst part of crafting games is the crafting
By Lauren Morton published
Lack of Craft Minecraft is the first and last survival crafting game where the crafting is actually fun.
How to start a Stardew Valley co-op farm with multiplayer
By Lauren Morton last updated
It's official Here's how to set up a Stardew Valley co-op farm for online play with your friends or local multiplayer.
The best Stardew Valley mods
By Lauren Morton last updated
Updated! All the best Stardew Valley mods, from flowery retextures to easier fishing.
The latest Sims 4 bug fix stops Sims from committing autonomous incest
By Lauren Morton published
News Your Sims should no longer become the main character of a very cursed confessions post.
The Sims 4 cheats: Every cheat code and life hack you need
By Lauren Morton last updated
Updated! All of the Sims 4 cheats for each expansion, all in one convenient place.
The greatest betrayal in The Sims 4 is when none of the color swatches match
By Lauren Morton published
Counterargument The curse of custom cabinetry has struck me again.
How to find the Beso Rápido Motel in The Sims 4 Lovestruck expansion
By Lauren Morton published
Room Key This love motel is so discreet you may not even know how to get there.
We made 5 types of polyamorous families with The Sims 4's new romantic boundaries system and most of them actually work
By Lauren Morton, Sarah Richter published
Poly-bilities Relationships come in all shapes and sizes in The Sims 4 now, and these are just some of the options.
In The Sims 4 Lovestruck expansion I can make 'you up?' texts and coffee dates equally valid ways of pursuing relationships
By Lauren Morton published
Rate My Date In Lovestruck, you are the architect of your dates and relationship fate.
The 18 best cozy games on PC that aren't farm sims
By Lauren Morton last updated
Cozy Games If you need more chill in your game library, these are the best cozy games you can play on PC.
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