Andrew Webster Profile and Activity

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.)

Streaming

Apple’s sci-fi epic Foundation is coming back for season 3

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Dec 5|

Gaming

Zach Gage’s Puzzmo gets acquired as the newspaper games space heats up

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Dec 4|

Fortnite

Fortnite’s next chapter adds boss battles, Lego, Solid Snake, and a brand-new island

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Dec 3|

Fortnite

Fortnite’s Eminem concert teased the future of the game

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Dec 2|

Fortnite

Fortnite and Lego join forces for ‘survival crafting’ game

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Dec 2|

Streaming

Amazon’s first Fallout trailer welcomes you to the wasteland

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Dec 2|

Andrew Webster Dec 2

Peely has been kidnapped in the first Fortnite Chapter 5 trailer.

Ahead of The Big Bang event happening at 2PM ET, Epic has released a quick look at the game’s impending Chapter 5. It includes a new island, a train to ride, some revamped movement mechanics, and the ability to heal and move at the same time. Talk about innovation. Oh, and as the leaks suggested, both Peter Griffin and Solid Snake are there. Players now have just a few hours left to enjoy the nostalgia of Fortnite OG.

Andrew Webster Dec 2

A monster week for entertainment releases.

Leading the way is the biggest monster of all, as Godzilla Minus One hits theaters. Also in theaters: John Woo’s Christmas-themed revenge movie Silent Night.

Elsewhere, season 2 of Netflix’s survival horror series Sweet Home is now streaming, the latest Indiana Jones is on Disney Plus, Baldur’s Gate 3 just got a huge update, and Fortnite OG is about to end with The Big Bang event.

A still photo from the film Godzilla Minus One.

A still image from the film Silent Night.

A still photo from the Netflix series Sweet Home.

A still photo from Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Screenshot from Baldur’s Gate 3 featuring the character Wyll in new camp clothes sitting at a table covered in food and wine for a feast while the character Astarion holds a goblet of wine in the background.

Promotional art for Fortnite’s Big Bang event.

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Godzilla Minus One.

Image: Toho

Andrew Webster Dec 1

Atari 50 is getting a big update.

Now that developer Digital Eclipse is under the Atari umbrella, the studio is about to drop the first major update for its brilliant retro collection / playable documentary Atari 50. It launches on December 5th, and will add 12 new (old) Atari 2600 games. Unfortunately, it’s not clear yet what games will be coming, but it sounds like this is just the start of many updates to come.

Andrew Webster Nov 30

Stop-motion sci-fi.

The new trailer for Harold Halibut — an upcoming adventure game from German studio Slow Bros — looks absolutely gorgeous. The handcrafted game has been in the works for around a decade, but it doesn’t look like we’ll have to wait too much longer to explore: it’s expected to launch in early 2024 on the PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X / S (it’ll also be on Xbox Game Pass).