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

The best Sims 4 custom content for gorgeous Sims and homes
By Lauren Morton last updated
CC Spree The best free Sims 4 CC you can install to turn your Sims into style icons and homes into catalog shots.

The Sims 4's next season of content is business as usual with two kits, a death-themed expansion, and another log-in rewards event
By Lauren Morton published
News The Sims 4 has rolled out a deadly serious list of upcoming DLCs for autumn.

Disney Dreamlight multiplayer: how to unlock valley visits
By Lauren Morton last updated
Valley Visits Here's how to get started visiting friends in Dreamlight Valley and what you can (and can't) do together.

The best Sims 4 DLCs for expanding your life sim
By Lauren Morton last updated
Updated! The best Sims 4 expansions, game packs, and stuff packs of the bunch.

10 major Sims 4 features I totally forgot it didn't have at launch 10 years ago
By Lauren Morton published
Life Milestones It turns out I've taken a lot of Sims 4 features for granted.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 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.

How to watch Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024
By Lauren Morton published
Premiere Here's when to catch the ONL premiere for this year.

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 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
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.

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.
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