Latest articles by Lauren Morton
The Stanley Parable developer's next game is a cozy tea shop sim where you have some trauma to process, actually
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
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
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
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
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
News The LA Chargers made an entire video in The Sims 2 for its schedule announcement video this year.
Magical girl farm sim Fields of Mistria is bringing '90s anime sparkle to early access in August
News Early access will have plenty of farming to do, you just can't get married yet.
The Sims 4's new roadmap details the 'Season of Love' with two build kits and a romantic expansion
News The next season of Sims 4 DLCs is going to be a scorcher.
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.
