Malkin: The Cairn and the Crossroads

The best games like Animal Crossing set you loose in a cozy world full where laid-back routines take center stage and your imagination matters most

Following Hasbro's tease of more "fantasy-adjacent" Magic: The Gathering Universes Beyond sets for 2027, here are our predictions for what could join the lineup next year.

From Rhystic Study to Counterspell, blue is home to some wildly annoying cards and effects that can change a game in an instant.

There’s still a lot we don’t know about Virtua Fighter Crossroads, like how specific body part damage will work. It’s hard to say much about a fighting game without playing it; that’s just the nature of the genre. And unfortunately, I still haven’t played Virtua Fighter Crossroads, but there’s no denying the ambition on display. One way or another, Virtua Fighter is stepping into a new era. And I’m excited and hopeful about what lies down the road.

Grand Theft Auto VI had its big debut on Netflix today, and as part of the opening sequence we got confirmation that there will be very good boys, by which I mean dogs, and you can interact them in a few different ways. When exploring an apartment complex for a package pickup, Jason and Lucia come across a dog in the hallway. Jason leans over to interact, allowing you to pet the dog, as we've come to expect in video games. But two other options were also notable: Scold, and Study. Scolding a dog is probably exactly what it sounds like, though we didn't see it in action. Maybe there's a dog beh