Latest articles by Lauren Morton
XCOM designer Jake Solomon is done with turn-based strategy and is now making a life sim inspired by small town dramas like Gilmore Girls
Small Town Sims Midsummer Studios CEO Jake Solomon lays out plans for a Sims-style life sim that pats you on the back for engineering drama.
Gorgeous cozy castle doodling game Tiny Glade is launching a demo this month
News We're finally getting our hands on Tiny Glade, at least for a tiny while.
Sandbox farm sim Mirthwood will let you bring your pets into battle with you
News Mirthwood revealed more of its sandbox-y features in a new trailer this week.
Beautiful upcoming Sims competitor Inzoi reveals tons of weird features like sleepwalking, custom crime rates, and relationship hard mode
News Inzoi's developers have shared another deep dive video on features in the upcoming life sim.
'Cozy game with consequences' Echoes of the Plum Grove is constantly threatening me with death, taxes, and mean neighbors
Death and Taxes This farm sim is cozy, right up until you catch consumption.
Palworld reveals 4 of the 'many more' new Pals coming in its summer update
News Palworld's summer update is bringing new Pals and technology.
Manor Lords release date and launch times: here's when the medieval city building gates open
News Here's when the highly anticipated medieval city strategy game launches.
Surprise! Minecraft's brand new mob has rolled out months before the update we expected it would be in
News Minecraft update 1.20.8 just arrived with extra armadillo.
How to unlock your framerate in Fallout 76
Free Frames You'll need to manually change this important setting to get a better Fallout 76 experience.
Of course Fallout fans are thirsty for The Ghoul—this isn't the first time everyone's fallen for an irradiated guy
Rad Lad If you've accepted yourself as a ghoul lover, let me introduce you to John Hancock.
What we want to see in Fallout season 2: Deathclaw fights, aliens and a lot more Norm
Back to the Wasteland Our hopes and dreams for the second season.
Life By You director says modders are welcome to monetize creations however they want: 'Go for it—you don't need our permission'
News Rod Humble describes Life By You not just as a game but as a toolset for creators.
The Fallout show's loser Squire Thaddeus is the most quintessential game sidequest character
World on Squire The Brotherhood of Steel is a total joke and Thaddeus is the punchline.
MMOs still have so much room to grow
Massive Opportunities Thatgamecompany's unlikely social MMO shows just how much space there still is to experiment.
The coziest MMO feature is coming to Sky: Children of the Light next week: player housing
News At last, Sky players will have their own homes to claim.
How to add a friend in Sky: Children of the Light and unlock text chat
Fast friends Here's how to add your friends and unlock social features for co-op in Sky: Children of the Light.
Palword's PvP arena is coming this year with 3v3 action Pal battles
News Pocketpair teased the upcoming feature with 10 seconds of arena footage.
The Elder Scrolls Online has made nearly $2 billion in its lifetime, 9 years after the big comeback that doubled its player count overnight
News After 10 years, TESO is an even bigger financial success than I realized.
How to collect ascended candles in Sky: Children of the Light
Waxing Endgame Here's how to collect Sky's endgame currency.
How to earn seasonal candles in Sky: Children of the Light
Light Sight Here's where to find and spend orange seasonal candles in Thatgamecompany's MMO.
Somehow Dark Souls was the inspiration for player messages in the kindest MMO around
News Sky: Children of the Light's creative director says that its minimal text chat was inspired by Dark Souls.
Former Dragon Age creative director says 'I just desperately don't want to overhype anything' in his new studio's first game
News At GDC, Mike Laidlaw talked around the imminent Eternal Strands announcement and plans for Yellow Brick Games' future.
Stardew Valley modder challenges players with an 'everything bagel' recipe that requires 134 ingredients
News It does actually take everything.
