Watch Dogs creates an open-world morality (preview)

We've roamed plenty of open worlds, but Watch Dogs gives you the freedom to be any kind of vigilante you want to be ... and the information to make those choices wisely.

Rockstar publishes every Grand Theft Auto radio station on Spotify

You can now jam out to the same tunes as Tony Versetti and Carl "CJ" Johnson.

How Green Throttle’s Arena will surpass Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo

A wireless controller, an Android tablet, and the Green Throttle Arena app might just be the new face of console gaming -- and they might leave traditional consoles in the dust.

Lego City: Undercover is less violent than Grand Theft Auto but still just as fun (preview)

With no guns or deaths, it can take some time to get used to Lego City: Undercover's non-violent approach on open-world crime games.

Thanks for the #PlayStationMemories: The industry tweets Sony’s legacy

As the minutes tick down to the reveal of PlayStation's future, journalists and industry pros tweeted their funniest, crudest, most poignant, and most inspiring experiences from Sony's past.

Disney Infinity: Made possible because Disney owns all of this

The Disney conglomeration is using its vast resources to make a game like no one else can. It looks like it might even be fun, too.

NRA pulls bait-and-switch with iOS shooting app

NRA: Practice Range uses a low-rent shooter game as a bait-and-switch to educate users on the NRA and responsible gun ownership. While the intent is admirable, the app ultimately serves little purpose.

The gaming school of law enforcement: How video games can improve officers’ effectiveness

Welcome to the gaming school of policing. For all you fine officers out there, here's some advice for recapturing those pesky criminals.

National Rifle Association blames video games for mass murders

During its Friday news conference, the National Rifle Association pointed toward games and the media.

Gaming art for your Twitter header (Part 2: Popular franchises)

Decorate your Twitter profile with video game-themed headers of popular franchises like Grand Theft Auto, Street Fighter, and God of War.

Three New Grand Theft Auto 5 screens prove Rockstar doesn’t have to do much to excite us

Rockstar brings game news to a screeching halt by showing off screenshots of Grand Theft Auto 5.

The gloriously flawed Sleeping Dogs is an interactive Hong Kong action flick (review)

Square Enix's Sleeping Dogs is a solid, mission-to-mission, open-world action experience. You’ll hurt a lot of thugs, drive a lot of cars recklessly, and work for a lot of shady characters — all while kicking and capping through a you’ll-see-everything-coming-by-a-mile storyline.

GamesBeat Weekly Roundup

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

Author David Kushner tells the inside tale on Grand Theft Auto and the video game violence wars (interview)

David Kushner has been on the front lines of the video game culture wars. In 2004, he published Masters of Doom, a portrait of the founders of id Software (the makers of the seminal first-person shooter game Doom). Now he …

Rockstar releases Grand Theft Auto V trailer

Just over a week after alerting fans that a new Grand Theft Auto game, GTA V, is on the way, game maker Rockstar has debuted a trailer for it.

GTA V will be set in Los Santos, the fictional city …