Phantom Blade Zero and Modern Warfare 4 DMZ Mode Reviews: This Week’s Most Interesting Articles

Here’s a brief roundup of our coverage of the entertainment industry from the past week.

• ASPIS review: A creepy, strange fairy tale with a Soviet aesthetic. In an alternate Soviet Union, scientists have learned to enter parallel realities. Players must solve puzzles, fight monsters, and try to save their family along the way.
• Enshrouded review: A survival game that has it all. We explored the world of Embervale and came away impressed.
• Phantom Blade Zero review: A beautiful disappointment. The game knows how to impress, but its creators seem to have forgotten an old piece of Chinese wisdom about quantity and quality.
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 DMZ review: The year’s premier extraction shooter. This year, Activision and Infinity Ward have truly outdone themselves.
• Avatar: Seven Havens: A look at the divisive first episodes. Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino, creators of the original Avatar: The Last Airbender series, joined the team working on the new show.
• Why did BioWare die? Part one: Knights of the Old Republic, a legend that outlived its creators.
• The boom in console-to-PC ports: Is exclusivity on its way out? Gaming sites have recently been flooded with news about console games being ported to PC. User-made ports existed before, but they have been getting noticeably more attention in recent months.