Phil Fish insults Japanese games, Peter Molyneux quits, the Assassin's Creed guy calls AAA games a "cancerous growth," and Jonathan Blow says you're doing it wrong. Plus Mass Effect 3, and a new iPad.

Reapers want to eat your civilization, shoot them with these weapons.

Blizzard confirms multiplayer component won't ship with anticipated action RPG game; "days away" from announcing release date.

Should it count as fraud when in-game items obtainable through virtual currency don't perform as advertised?

The writers of Portal 2, Saints Row: The Third, and Bastion talk to The HotSpot about creating stories true to a game's design, and going about it in the right way.

The designers of Journey and other games discuss creating experiences that foster meaningful connections and encourage players to reflect on their lives.

Kevin examines how Mass Effect 3 has become the latest game to shoulder the burden of fan discontent.

In this week's Super, you'll find how The Witcher 2 stacks up against Skyrim, the Angry Birds empire expanding into space, and Deus Ex: Human Revolution's gameplay director apologising for those boss battles.

Source says Microsoft's forthcoming console to ditch optical drive in favor of "interchangeable solid-state card storage"; will ship in 2013.