Latest articles by Lauren Morton
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.
Shadow of Mordor is worth revisiting for the nemesis system alone
RINGS TRUE These vendettas still feels fresh 10 years later.
'Nobody is born toxic' says Journey's creative director while preparing to launch the kindest MMO on PC
news Jenova Chen says the modern internet is basically like handing shotguns to babies but toxicity can be prevented by good design.
Here are 6 Palia tips for getting started in the life sim MMO
Friend Code If this is your first crack at either an MMO or a cozy sim game, I'm here to hold your hand.
I've been waiting 5 years for the MMO by Journey's developers to launch on PC, and it's finally happening in April
News The kindest MMO imaginable finally has a PC release date.
Palia welcomes new players with a startlingly large stuffed frog for its Steam launch
News Palia has launched on Steam today with a game update that makes good on that giga Frogbert plush promise.
Larian originally wanted Baldur's Gate 3 to have multiple narrators, also Astarion was a tiefling
News Which perhaps would have made him too devilish a rascal.
If working overtime on AAA games with giant budgets is the only way to succeed, 'then maybe the industry deserves to die,' says RPG veteran David Gaider: 'There is another way to be'
News Summerfall Studios co-founder David Gaider speaks in favor of industry unionization and his studio's four day work week.
Larian is finished with Baldur's Gate: 'We're going to move away from D&D and we're going to start making a new thing'
news Larian boss Swen Vincke said the studio's ambitions are too big, and life is too short, to be making Baldur's Gate 3 expansions.
Watch a bunch of game developers screaming in a public park to protest the state of the industry: 'It feels hard to be here and pretend like everything is fine'
news Amidst the excitement of GDC, dozens of developers shared a moment of pure catharsis.
The best deals in the 2024 Steam Spring Sale
Deals We've combed the first big Steam sale of the year for the best deals on new games and older favorites.
Even 'cozy' gaming's biggest fans can't decide on its definition, but they aren't worried: 'There's a whole lot of grey area, and that's what makes it interesting'
Cozy Consensus As the cozy game genre grows, it remains one of the most challenging to define.
