GamesBeat weekly roundup: SimCity plagued by server issues, Ubisoft does not condone whaling

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Ubisoft to PETA: ‘We do not condone whaling, just as we don’t condone a pirate lifestyle’

Ubisoft defends its latest Assassin's Creed game against the claim that it is disgraceful for featuring whale hunting.

PETA: It’s ‘disgraceful’ for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag to ‘glorify’ whaling

Ubisoft's next open-world Assassin's Creed game features whaling, and PETA is speaking out.

7 top sex-related tech stories of 2012

Often times in the world of technology and innovation we stumble upon news that's a bit out of our comfort zone, but still worth covering. This is never more true that when technology intersects with sex.

PETA’s new .XXX site is really, really, not that sexy

Animal rights organization PETA launched its .XXX domain website Tuesday. The site combines traditional porn and shocking images of animal cruelty, ready to turn you on and then make you feel guilty (so, really no different than any other porn …

PETA launching its own porn site, peta.xxx

No animals were harmed in the making of this pornographic website. In the wake of new top-level domain option .xxx’s release, animal-rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) announced today it is launching its own .xxx site …