Latest articles by Lauren Morton
Palworld players discovered an exploit for capturing bosses and turning them into party members
New Management With a bit of cheesing the boss fight, you too can add the big bads to your party.
Palworld multiplayer: how to join your friends online
Online Pals Join your pals in Palworld multiplayer to build bases and catch critters together.
Townscaper's developer on how its 'radically casual' design is inspiring a new wave of low-stress builders to adapt the blueprint
New landscape Oskar Stålberg contemplates Townscaper's surprise success and the proliferation of other low stress building games.
How to watch the Xbox Direct livestream for January 2024
Direct X The first Xbox showcase of the year is set to share gameplay for Indiana Jones, Avowed, and Hellblade 2.
The Sims 4 is granting my castle build wishes, and goths to live in them, with 2 new DLC kits this week
news The castles are rad but goths may be going home sad.
Every Altar of Lilith location in Diablo 4
Looking for Lilith There are 160 statues to collect across Diablo 4's map, so here's where to find them.
Unhinged Sims 4 player keeps building hidden village bunkers 'for capturing and storing men'
News Live Mode players scare me.
Former Stardew Valley contributor is making a new life sim set in a city, and it's already packed with little features new to the genre
News Any life sim where sleeping and recycling are levelable skills has my attention.
11 upcoming RPGs that might finally pull me away from Baldur's Gate 3
New Rolls There are tons of exciting, ambitious RPGs in development, and lots of them are releasing this year.
Thanks to this Tamagotchi-like critter care game I now believe that bugs can be cute too
Bug features All it took was bug fashion, den decor, and minigames to win my heart.
One of my most anticipated games of 2024 is the one where mechs do farming
Crop Bots I'm a sucker for farming and crafting, especially if I get to be an interstellar mech pilot.
All Baldur's Gate 3 romance options: who you can pursue
Baldur's Date Unlock a romance with any of the main origin characters and some of your other party members, too.
The 10 cozy games I'm most excited for in 2024
Getting Cozy Cuddle up with this list of the coziest games scheduled to launch this year.
Playing Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth feels like walking into a restaurant where the staff already knows my order
New View After spending just a couple hours in Honolulu City, I already feel at home in the series again.
What are your 2024 gaming resolutions?
HI RES Maybe this is the year you clear that backlog...
What games did everyone play over the holidays?
happy new year 'Tis the season to be gaming.
Hang on, because the cozy games trend hasn't even peaked yet
Cozy overload It felt like cozy games exploded in 2023, but next year is definitely going to be bigger.
6 game genre trends that we think are going to define 2024
Genre Defining The landscapes of FPSes and RPGs and city builders are all right at the edge of some big changes.
Where to find all 7 presents in Palia's Winterlights event
Winterlights List Here's how to track down all seven presents that Zeki has hidden around the village.
This year Baldur's Gate 3 finally reawakened the RPG fandom freaks I'd dearly missed
Baldur's Fate I'm glad to see all my favorite weirdos (affectionate) enjoying the same thing again.
Where the heck is Hodari in Palia?
Mine Times Here's where to track down Palia's miner Hodari.
Chants of Sennaar made me feel like a child in a school computer lab again in the best way
I may not have learned a real language, but this was still the best learning-adjacent game I've played in years.
