Oh, and in case you missed it, and are interested the best gaming moments of last year, be sure to check out our 2016 Game of the Year Awards. Combined, this list should give you a pretty complete overview of where you should spend your free-time next year.

Then, once we start collecting more games that deserve to be called 'the best of 2017' we'll group them together by month for your perusing pleasure. The reason for this list is two-fold: First and foremost we want to give you a look ahead at the new year of gorgeous games – powered in large part by powerful hardware like the PS4 Pro and Xbox One S. That being said, we've gone through and compiled the list of the best games coming next year as well as collected the best ones that have already come out (Gravity Rush 2 anyone?). It set the tone for 2017 and stands next to “Ocarina of Time” and” A Link to the Past” as the greatest Zelda games ever made.Update: We've added our November picks for the best games of this year.Ģ016 is done and dusted from a gaming perspective, but don’t fret - there are enough great titles coming out in 2017 to put your New Year’s resolution of getting outside more or spending less on games in some serious jeopardy. Like “Skyrim” before it, “Breath of the Wild” encourages exploration and improvisation, filling each play session with unforeseen twists and memorable moments. The fresh open-world take on Hyrule is a stunning pivot for the classic franchise, introducing a host of new features (Cooking! Gliding! Makeshift fidget spinners! ) in a land without boundaries.

They were, however, most certainly sold on “ Breath of the Wild,” ( especially us) one of the greatest launch games of all time.

And in an impossibly tight race between the company’s two biggest franchises, Link struck just a tiny bit harder than Mario to nab Yahoo’s overall Game of the Year honor.īack when the Nintendo Switch launched in March, critics and consumers (including us) weren’t fully sold on Nintendo’s potent portable. With ‘The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’ Nintendo not only reinvented a franchise, but produced one of its best games ever.

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