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
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Star Wars Outlaws release time and release date
By Lauren Morton published
Start Your Speeders Get your intel on when the global launch time for Star Wars Outlaws is happening.
![Infinity Nikki - Stylis NIkki with pink braids and a lacy shirt holds up spooky hands while sheet ghosts float in the background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vyViRTPdeCz9vz8aFoandg-320-80.jpg)
The gacha Eye of Sauron has suddenly turned its gaze upon cozy gaming
By Lauren Morton published
Got ya Your wallet is The One Ring.
![Gourdlets - a small pastel world with cottage houses where little gourd citizens walk on paths](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E9zC5oWR3PPwJEjriyX2nk-320-80.jpg)
An aerospace engineer quit her job to make this cozy city builder full of adorable gourd people
By Lauren Morton published
News Gourdlets is another win for the lovers of chill building games.
![Inzoi - A Zoi with blonde hair and blue eyes wears a cardigan and smiles in a gaming room](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h8K7SzkbJfrayrDZhRdS9a-320-80.jpg)
Inzoi Character Studio is almost obsessively beautiful, giving everyone a perfectly pouty lip and everything
By Lauren Morton published
GRWM Inzoi's character creation is gorgeous but not quite as in-depth as I'd assumed.
![Inzoi character studio - A Zoi designed to look like Billie Eilish](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N2uAF4sWYQWXptXZNg8tnJ-320-80.jpg)
Thousands of Sims fans are flocking to the limited time demo for Inzoi Character Studio to make effortlessly gorgeous Zois
By Lauren Morton published
News Inzoi's character creator is like having tons of Sims 4 custom content pre-installed.
![Inzoi reveal treailer - a character with a bob, wearing a white tshirt smiles while walking down a city street](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9CiPBNzxP4Pm9T3MG4Afij-320-80.jpg)
9 things we know about Inzoi from its new gameplay reveals
By Lauren Morton published
News Content creators have gone hands-on with life sim Inzoi and uncovered lots of new details.
![Infinity Nikki](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XMiUQoeTsmnHo9onquYs4V-320-80.jpg)
Infinity Nikki looks like a fever dream of open world dress-up and I can't wait to come down with a case of it
By Lauren Morton published
News The Nikki series is coming to PC and it looks purpose-made to snare me.
![Paul Attreides](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LohVeDRRUFyEczeDbS9y2D-320-80.jpg)
How to watch Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024
By Lauren Morton published
Premiere Here's when to catch the ONL premiere for this year.
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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.
![Tiny Glade - a small stone village in an autumnal town](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cFuCBn9ZYYxwCHycg6MFV4-320-80.jpg)
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.
![Inzoi - A character with a long bob in the character creator](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZmjPtGzFjXcnDmxfWYMyv5-320-80.jpg)
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.
![Tiny Life - Two tinies flirt outside the library](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/g75q9KedFGigDh4BTPztog-320-80.jpg)
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.
![Palworld early access](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kcgZfAW7dttr34bYytGorh-320-80.jpg)
The best games like Pokémon on PC
By Lauren Morton last updated
Catch 'em all The best games like Pokémon games on PC that will let you collect creatures to your heart's content.
![Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Neve Gallus meets Rook and smiles while surrounded by magical ice](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NEEUDVfybhtaLcLThpKhAD-320-80.jpg)
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.
![black myth: wukong](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FCY9PcBrhN3pfoNV7FfFTQ-320-80.jpg)
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.
![Warz, the Stormgate hero character voiced by Simu Liu.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hzn34gyaXeYVyXCDt6RyAZ-320-80.jpg)
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.
![Bellara](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xywghpGDmeXRR9UujDNLeB-320-80.jpg)
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.
![Fields of Mistria animated trailer - a blonde girl in anime style wearing a cloak looks to the camera surprised in front of an idyllic meadow and mountain landscape](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N9XGWQPBu6Zyh3CSEDdAfF-320-80.jpg)
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 - a player looks at a base built on top of a truck](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2gkeCPt9DLvGvLKVnrCJtS-320-80.jpg)
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.
![Valheim viking using cooking pot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6nXWYgy6FbVEpUkFepFkhH-320-80.jpg)
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.
![Stardew Valley co-op split-screen teaser image](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PmakQtm45khm7QduiF7NH8-320-80.jpg)
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 Sims 4 - A sim looks digused](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WXMaPjGGikxvUwdzFRPUeN-320-80.jpg)
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 - a Sim stands in a kitchen looking angry and upset](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sy4jrdZBddbTemRdcLZPbB-320-80.jpg)
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.
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