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.)
Sony announced that it’ll be publishing the first title from Bad Robot Games, the gaming side of JJ Abrams’ production company. Not a lot of details yet, but it’ll be a four-player co-op shooter for the PS5 and PC led by Left 4 Dead designer Mike Booth.
The latest Metroid nails the mood and action, but its new additions often feel out of place.
The first trailer for Mother Mary — the latest from The Green Knight director David Lowery — promises that it’s neither a ghost story nor a love story. But it sure looks like a little of both, as well a love letter to the power of pop music (and a good dress). It hits theaters next spring.
The USPTO has rescinded its AI-specific patent guidelines from last year, and now says “The same legal standard for determining inventorship applies to all inventions, regardless of whether AI systems were used in the inventive process.”
Every week we highlight at least one cool indie game worth checking out, including recent releases like Forestrike, Possessor(s), and Demonschool, along with a roundup of some of the best new Playdate titles. If you scroll through the link below, you’re bound to find something up your alley.
Stranger Things is back for (the first part of) its final season, but given the lengthy period between episodes, there’s a good chance you have some catching up to do. To that end, Netflix released this very handy recap covering season 4, which wrapped up way back in 2022.