Senior entertainment editor
Andrew Webster is the entertainment editor at The Verge, where he oversees the site's coverage of the intersecting worlds of gaming, film, and television. He joined the site in 2012 and has covered major events like E3, TIFF, Sundance, and GDC; served as a judge at The Game Awards and E3; interviewed industry luminaries like Shigeru Miyamoto, Phil Spencer, and Hironobu Sakaguchi; and reviewed countless games, movies, and shows including basically every Pokémon release. He has also edited several special issues covering topics like the history of PlayStation and how creatives get paid online.
Before his time at The Verge, his work was featured in outlets like Ars Technica, Wired.com, Eurogamer, and others. He studied professional writing at York University in Toronto and is currently based in Hamilton, Ontario. (Go Leafs Go.)
From a Bloomberg interview with Hironobu Sakaguchi:
“On a rare occasion — I want to stress ‘rare occasion’ — sometimes one of the Mistwalker team members will hop on Final Fantasy XIV, and I’ll see a message saying, ‘Hey, the meeting’s started,.”
Evercade first debuted this adorable handheld last year, and now it’s expanding the line with two new versions: one packed with 50 Atari classics, the other 15 Japanese arcade games like Double Dragon and River City Ransom. Both are also compatible with Evercade cartridges, and they’re expected to start shipping in October. Pre-orders open on July 31st.
The anime streaming service followed Netflix by adding games to its service late last year, and today it announced a batch of 15 upcoming titles, including Crypt of the NecroDancer and Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness. Check out the full details right here.
The years have been rough for bounty hunting Star Wars games; Boba Fett’s turn in 1313 was never released, and Respawn’s Mandalorian game has reportedly been cancelled as well. But we’ll always have the PS2 / GameCube-era Bounty Hunter starring Jango Fett. Now it’s getting a re-release on Switch, Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox — launching on August 1st.
Classic gaming site GOG.com is bringing the original Resident Evil series to its service, which means you can play the PlayStation-era horror trilogy on PC without fussing with DRM. The first game is available now, while parts two and three are on their way.
The Gravity and Children of Men director is helming Disclaimer, which stars Cate Blanchett as a journalist who “built her reputation revealing the misdeeds and transgressions of others” and “is horrified to realize she is now the main character in a story that exposes her darkest secrets.” No trailer, but here’s a photo of Blanchett looking pretty stressed out.
The playable documentary Atari 50 is getting an expansion that will add 39 classic games, split across two new interactive timelines, with even more behind-the-scenes details. It’s not clear yet when the update will drop (or for how much), but later this year the collection is also getting a physical release.