Lauren Morton

Lauren Morton

Associate Editor

Lauren started writing for PC Gamer as a freelancer in 2017 while chasing the Dark Souls fashion police and accepted her role as Associate Editor and Chief Minecraft Liker in 2021. She originally started her career in game development and is still fascinated by how games tick in the modding and speedrunning scenes. She likes long books, longer RPGs, multiplayer cryptids, and can't stop playing co-op crafting games.

Articles by: Lauren Morton

World of Warcraft demon hunter running across the screen

How do you move your MMO character, and are you doing it wrong?

By Sarah James published

On the MMOve Hint: You're probably doing it wrong.

Diablo 4 concept art of Lilith and Inarius creating humanity

Here's your short Diablo 4 lore primer before launch

By Lauren Morton published

News Blizzard (and I) have you covered with a refresher on Lilith and Inarius's history with Sanctuary.

Fields of Mistria - a character with blonde hair and a furry coat stands in the snow talking to the player near a house

Sailor Moon and Harvest Moon converge in this 'spiritual successor' to '90s farm sims

By Lauren Morton published

News Fields of Mistria looks like it climbed right out of the '90s in the best way.

The Sims 4 - four Sims wearing items from the Fashion Street kit

Don't miss grabbing a free Sims 4 DLC bundle this week

By Lauren Morton published

News No full expansion, sorry, but you can get a game pack and two kits for free.

Diablo 4 character creation screen

Best Diablo 4 Druid build: stormcalling lightning wolf

By Lauren Morton published

Stormcaller Claw your way to max level with a lightning-based werewolf build that's sure to stun your enemies.

Diablo 4 Rogue character

Best Diablo 4 Rogue build: Twisting Blades with high mobility AOE damage

By Lauren Morton published

Oops All Knives These are the skills and aspects you'll need for the best rogue build in early Diablo 4.

Cassette Beasts - a viper monster uses a poison attack

Cassette Beasts is a pretty sick Pokémon remix and it's got co-op too

By Lauren Morton published

Monster Melody There's another monster-catching RPG on the street and this one's got lots of strategy.

Grave Seasons - a character stands in a cute pixellated world near a small patch of crops and a chicken

This cozy farm sim is 'akin to Stardew Valley' except you never know which of the locals is secretly a serial killer

By Lauren Morton published

News Grave Seasons wants you to save the town in a much different manner than most farm sims.

Deceive Inc cast lineup posing

8 overlooked games you might've missed in 2023 (that are rather good)

By Evan Lahti published

👀👀 The Case of the Golden Idol, Stranded Dawn, Dredge, Cultic, and a surprising Pokémon-like with an amazing soundtrack.

Team Fortress 2 Engineer avatar

Steam's new layout is hiding my screenshots from me and this is the worst minor inconvenience of my week

By Lauren Morton published

News Valve please, I definitely don't have the app ID for all of my games memorized.

Tiny Life - four Tinies in a house with a walls-down view. Two speak to each other, another eats a table, a fourth works on a computer.

A new lo-fi Sims competitor just launched in early access

By Lauren Morton published

News Tiny Life isn't the biggest Sims competitor, but it's already trying to do somethings The Sims hasn't.

Redfall key art

Here's when Redfall launches around the world

By Lauren Morton published

Blood Hour Arkane's new vampire hunting co-op game launches on May 1 and May 2, depending on your time zone.

Roots of Pacha - a player stands in an irrigated field of sunflowers and vegetables

Roots of Pacha just became my favorite Stardew Valley-alike

By Lauren Morton published

Deep Roots After my first spring in Roots of Pacha, I'm as hooked on playing "just one more day" as I ever was in Stardew.

The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood - A pixelated animation of Fortuna posing in front of Tarot card backs

Befriend a behemoth and build a custom tarot deck to escape exile in Deconstructeam's next narrative adventure

By Lauren Morton published

Card Captor The developer of The Red Strings Club has announced its next game: a witty and witchy narrative adventure.

Honkai: Star Rail - a character reaches towards the sceren

Honkai: Star Rail unlock times and release date

By Lauren Morton last updated

All Aboard! Here's when Hoyoverse's next game Honkai: Star Rail unlocks globally on release day.

Cozy Grove key art - a player holds a bug net and attempts to catch a large creature while others stand in the background

The 10 best cozy games on PC other than Stardew Valley

By Lauren Morton published

Cozy Games If you need more chill in your game library, these are the best cozy games you can play on PC.

Dark and Darker concept art - a character opens a chest of gold loot while two others celebrate

Dark and Darker may be the punk hero of PC gaming this year

By Lauren Morton published

Dungeon Punk It's been kicked off Steam and released an official torrent all to "win back the hearts of gamers."

Dark and Darker - a wizard casts purple magic missile bolts and skeletons in the Ruins while a bard plays a lute.

Dark and Darker devs apologize for buggy playtest, but I for one am glad I torrented it

By Lauren Morton published

News It was a rocky test, for sure, but I had a grand time with the newest map.

Minecraft Legends - a blue area on the ground indicates where an Allay will cure netherrack around a player

How to cure netherrack in Minecraft Legends

By Lauren Morton published

No More Nether Breach the piglin bases by curing netherrack and building your way to victory.

Miencraft Legends - a character stands beside a locked piglin chest

Where to find piglin keys in Minecraft Legends

By Lauren Morton published

Golden Keys Keep pestering piglins if you want to loot gold from their chests.

Four player characters on horses in front of a stone brick strategy tower.

Here's when Minecraft Legends unlocks for launch

By Lauren Morton published

Charge! Minecraft Legends has one global release time for the start of its strategy adventures.

Minecraft Legends - a player rides on a purple Regal Tiger surrounded by other tigers in a savanah

How to unlock the Regal Tiger and Brilliant Beetle mounts in Minecraft Legends

By Lauren Morton published

Mount Up Here's where to find all of Minecraft Legends' mounts and get around the Overworld fastest.

Wearing Tenpenny's suit in Fallout 3

Great moments in PC gaming: Stealing and wearing your enemies' clothes

By Lauren Morton published

Thread heist This gear was a steal.

Minecraft Legends - A cutscene of a villager and zombie standing together looking confused

Minecraft Legends review

By Lauren Morton published

Strategic Retreat This legend leaves out Minecraft's spirit of invention and creativity.

RE4 Remake's Leon Kennedy

Resident Evil 4 Remake launch time and preloading details

By Lauren Morton published

Leon Unlocked Here's when you can play the remastered Leon foray into horror.

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