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USgamer's Top 20 Games of the Year 2017: #10-#6

On Day Three of our Top 20 countdown, we crack the top ten.

Resident Evil 7's Teaser Shows Promise, But Leaves Some Lingering Questions

Capcom's reboot brings their horror series in an entirely new direction, but can it sustain first-person tension for more than 20 minutes?

The Fall and Rise of the Xbox One

The Xbox One is the best pure console on the market right now, but it's been a hard road getting to this point.

We Test Project xCloud: Why Xbox Already Has the Lead in the Next-Gen Streaming Wars

Project xCloud wins by not being the main event for Xbox.

Inside Minecraft Dungeon's Journey From a Zelda-Inspired 3DS Game to an Approachable Dungeon Crawler

Mojang prepares to deliver its first spinoff for the multi-million best-seller Minecraft.

PokeNecromancer: How An Artist Is Resurrecting "Lost" Pokemon With Amazing Illustrations

A little paint and imagination can lift a cold Pokemon from the cutting room floor and into fans' hearts.

20 Amazing In-Game Maps That Did More Than Show the Way Forward

From A Link to the Past to Planescape: Torment, these are our favorite maps in video games.

The Top 25 Pokemon in Series History: The Best Monsters From Pokemon Red and Blue to Sun and Moon

On the 20th anniversary of Pokemon's release in North America, we rank the 25 best Pokemon to date.

Why the Pokemon Anime is the Most Successful Adaptation of a Videogame Ever

Game Freak's marketing juggernaut owes much of its success to its television spinoff. And it's still going.

What's The Scariest Video Game Setting?

COMMUNITY QUESTION | To continue with Halloween tradition, let's talk about the creepiest environments in games.

Why Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is Already the Fastest Selling Game in the Series' History

Why Nintendo's racer is more important than your typical next-gen port. Plus: Morrowind's 15th anniversary, American Gods, and more!

What Do You Drift For?: Meeting the Fastest Mario Kart Racers in the World

All across the decades Mario Kart, there are dedicated players racing to be the fastest they can be.

USgamer Community Question: What Game Can You Remember Your Parents Playing?

*DJ Khaled voice*: Another one. (Another USgamer Friday Community question.) This week: What game can you remember your parents playing?

Farewell, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

In a few hours, Nintendo DS and Wii games go offline forever. But should we eulogize the service? Or do we spit on its grave?

The Rise of Nintendo's Curiously Divisive Competitive Communities

Why do the competitive communities of Pokémon and Smash Bros. engender so much loyalty... and so much controversy?

What We're Playing: Life After Dark Souls and the Delights of Mr. Wolfenstein

Wolfenstein, life after Dark Souls, and of course, fricking robots. Here's what the team at USgamer is playing this week.

Nintendo Seems Hell-Bent on Co-Opting Everyone Else's Kid-Friendly Franchises

From strategic to sassy, Nintendo is taking lessons (and a bite) of every hot kids' property they can.

25 Years Later, The Spirit of Super Mario 2 Looms at E3

Between Donkey Kong Country and Super Mario 3D World, Mario's most oddball adventure is seeing a modest revival.

Of Metroid and Mastery

How Dark Souls echoes the sophisticated design of classics like Super Metroid.

2013 In Review: The Legend of Zelda Told Me to Get Lost

How A Link Between World's focus on player freedom created the best installment in years.

Breaking Tradition: An Interview with Tri Force Heroes' Eiji Aonuma and Hiromasa Shikata

The masterminds behind the latest Legend of Zelda talk about their new release, and a missed opportunity to stick Link in his Birthday Suit.

What's the Greatest Legend of Zelda Game Ever? We Ranked Them All (Number 25-18)

We ranked every single Legend of Zelda game to date, from the biggest adventures to the most obscure spinoffs. Here are the results.

Retronauts Toots on the Ocarina of Time

This week, USgamer's classic gaming podcast explores Link's 1998 leap into the world of 3D gaming.

Professor Sharkey's Bad Game Science: Exactly How Big Are Videogame Worlds?

How big are video game worlds, really? Professor Sharkey investigates.

Miyamoto's Vision for the Zelda Series Comes Full-Circle with Breath of the Wild

Miyamoto designed the first Zelda game to offer us an idea of what exploring a new world was like, and now he's being treated to a full realization of that initial dream.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Appears to Borrow From Skyward Sword in All the Best Ways

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword isn't a widely loved Zelda game, but it has a lot of elements worth re-visiting.

How Shigeru Miyamoto Changed the Course of Hyrule Warriors, and Other Insights into its Development

Insights into the collaboration between Nintendo and Tecmo Koei, and what Eiji Aonuma learned from the process. Plus, the story behind Female Link.

Axe of the Blood God: Breath of the Wild Champions' Ballad DLC, Kat Plays Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and More

PODCAST | Recapping Zelda's big night at The Game Awards, Kat's initial experiences with Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and more.

What the Heck Does Nintendo Have Planned for Its Mobile Zelda Game?

It's only a rumor, but a it's a feasible one. Which begs the question: Given Super Mario Run's failure to make cash, what can we expect from a mobile Zelda game?

From Us to You! Dives Deeper Into Zelda and the Rest of E3 2016

PODCAST: Plus, Nadia delves into her review of Mighty No. 9

Nintendo's Live-Action Films: Who Should Play Who?

Mike looks at the best Hollywood actors available for live-action adaptations of Nintendo's franchises.

USgamer Pays Tribute to Robin Williams, Actor and Gamer

USgamer's editors come together to pay tribute to a great actor, gamer, and father.

How Video Game Cookbooks Are Helping Us Taste Digital Worlds

The creators behind the Earthbound, Zelda, WoW, and Fallout cookbooks on how they bring fictional cuisine into real-world kitchens.

"These Are the Games You Play in Hell" and Other Japanese Reactions to the Zelda CD-i Games

Squadalah! We're off, Link-chan!

Super Mario's Maestro: A Q&A with Nintendo's Koji Kondo

The composer behind some of gaming's most legendary tunes reflects on the many changes he's experienced in his 30-year career at Nintendo.

USstreamer Archive: Bob Takes a Trip to Termina in Majora's Mask

Revisit one of Link's strangest adventures with a solid hour of the 2000 N64 original.

Nintendo E3 2017 Preview: What We're Going to See, and What We Want to See

What's Nintendo got up its sleeve for E3 2017? We've got a few ideas -- and a sizable wish list.

Everything about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild -- Wii U vs Switch, Special Editions, and Analyses

We have a handy summation of everything you need to know about The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for the Nintendo Switch and Wii U.

Route Randomizers: Where Everything You Think You Know is Wrong

Randomizers are giving old favorites like The Legend of Zelda and Super Metroid new twists, particularly for speedrunners.

The Legend of Zelda's Only Cartoon Aspired to Competence in a Landscape of Trash

It might not have been the most faithful adaptation, but Link's animated adventures stood slightly above typical kids' TV dreck.

5 of the Most Unexpectedly Emotional Moments in Games

Sometimes video games go on a sudden mission to make you feel things, and you get dragged along for the ride when you least expect it.

Still More Evidence for a 2016 Release for Nintendo's NX Console

The platform rumored to be a handheld/console hybrid is reportedly in the hands of developers.

The 10 Best Turtles in Video Games

Let's celebrate World Turtle Day by counting down the ten best (unstomped) digital terrapins!

Nadia's Midboss Musings: Would Nintendo's Real "Badass Princess" Please Stand Up? (Plus: Meet Ironknuckle!)

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle describes Peach as "The Badass Princess." Hah, as if! Right...?

Rough Entry: My First Zelda Game Was Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

Zelda II has problems, but it should also be praised for showing us a side of Hyrule we usually don't get to see.

Long Time Coming: Finishing the Original Legend of Zelda in 2016

Kat finally got the original Zelda off her bucket list this year. Here's what she found.

A Link to the Past Deep Dive, Part 4: Why A Link to the Past's Dungeons Were Perfect

CLASSIC DEEP DIVE | In transforming dungeons from combat gauntlets to complex puzzles, the third Zelda reinvented the action RPG.

Hylians! Cut Down on Recurring Evil with Four Weird Tips

It might not be from a single mom, but this advice will help with the whole "Ganon" issue.

Best Zelda Games: Every Legend of Zelda Game Ranked

We rank the best Zelda games of all time with our definitive list covering more than a dozen consoles, including Breath of the Wild! What is the best Zelda game ever made?

Why Zelda is an Unexpectedly Great Proof of Concept for the Switch

Plus: Music from Night in the Woods, Logan's success, and a little survival horror game set in 1960s Taiwan.