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
Let's pour one out for these no-shows we were desperate to see during Summer Game Fest
By Kara Phillips published
Maybe next time Maybe in the next life.
Larian already made the Dragon Age 4 I was hoping for
By Lauren Morton published
Age Killer The gameplay reveal for The Veilguard feels like it hardly wants to be a Dragon Age game at all.
Tiny Glade's castle-doodling demo is packed with delightful little reactive surprises
By Lauren Morton last updated
Castle Crafting Each structure has its own secrets to figure out.
Minecraft 1.21: everything we know about the next major Minecraft update
By Lauren Morton last updated
Minecraft 1.21 The 1.21 update is all about new combat challenges so far.
I'm slightly less panicked about Dragon Age: The Veilguard after seeing 24 seconds of gameplay
By Lauren Morton published
News BioWare just dropped a teaser for tomorrow's gameplay reveal and, okay, it looks better than that reveal trailer.
Every game, trailer, and announcement in the 2024 PC Gaming Show
By Lauren Morton published
The Big List Catch up on the 70+ trailers and 15 first reveals from this year's massive PC Gaming Show.
Hotel Galactic is a cozy Ghibli-inspired crafting and management sim where you'll host adorable intergalactic visitors
By Lauren Morton published
PCGS Tidy up and make sure the water is warm for all your extraterrestrial customers.
Captain your own flying island base in wind-powered crafting survival game Aloft's new co-op demo
By Lauren Morton published
PCGS As if picking the perfect place to build wasn't tough enough, now I have to go island hopping.
Slavic witchcrafting game Reka is equal parts cozy and creepy and it's coming to early access in August
By Lauren Morton published
PCGS Become a witch of the woods and make Baba Yaga proud.
Splodey is a platformer that 'does away with the jump button' in favor of magical propulsion platforming
By Lauren Morton published
PCGS I can't even begin to think of platforming backwards.
'Not too cozy' farm sim Everholm has brought back its demo for more mysterious witch simming
By Lauren Morton published
PCGS Everholm's demo is back for you to try its take on a less linear life sim.
Drug Dealer Simulator 2 launches this month with co-op drug empire management and nostalgia for the early 2000s
By Lauren Morton published
PCGS It's dangerous to grow alone.
Unbeatable is an exceedingly cool rhythm RPG 'where music is illegal' coming in 2025
By Lauren Morton published
PCGS The demo is pretty slick and the full game is shaping up for next year.
When to watch the Xbox Games Showcase 2024
By Lauren Morton published
Premiere Here's when and where to catch the latest reveals from Xbox and all its many studios.
The 5 best cozy game demos I tried from the Wholesome Games showcase
By Lauren Morton published
Quick and Cozy I've played 11 demos (so far) so you only need to download the best ones.
When and where to watch the 2024 Future Games Show summer showcase
By Lauren Morton published
Don't miss out on the summer edition of the Future Games Show with dozens of new trailers and reveals.
Palworld's first major update, Sakurajima, lands on June 27 with a new island and new Pals
By Lauren Morton published
News The new update has lots of new tech, pals, and some handy new crafting stations too.
The Stanley Parable developer's next game is a cozy tea shop sim where you have some trauma to process, actually
By Lauren Morton published
News Wanderstop is a cozy tea shop life sim where the main character doesn't actually want to be cozy at all.
How to watch the 2024 PC Gaming Show: our 10th annual summer showcase
By Lauren Morton published
PCGS Our 10th annual showcase with over 70 trailers and reveals will premiere on June 9.
The Sims 4 has just launched a battle pass-like 'events' system to reward players with new items for logging in regularly
By Lauren Morton last updated
News It's yet another feature getting slapped on the main menu, but at least this one's free.
Just 2 weeks before its early access release, Life By You is delayed again, this time without a new date
By Lauren Morton published
News The Sims-style life sim from Paradox Tectonic is no longer launching in June.
Jake Solomon's upcoming life sim will create a cast of characters for you in a way that almost sounds like Dwarf Fortress
By Lauren Morton published
News "We are pre-seeding the town with relationships" each time you start a new game, he says.
NFL team channels the true Sims player experience of stranding its rivals in a pool
By Lauren Morton published
News The LA Chargers made an entire video in The Sims 2 for its schedule announcement video this year.
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