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.)
Fortnite’s never-ending string of licensed characters now includes Captain Jack and the rest of the crew from Pirates of the Caribbean. The collab features some pirates to purchase, a mini battle pass, and a handful of limited time quests. Check the full details here.
Forestrike comes from the same studio behind the excellent indie title Olija, and it allows players to plan out how they approach battle before ever throwing a punch. Unfortunately you’ll have to wait some time to play it — the game launches in 2025.
We still don’t know when FX’s upcoming Alien TV series is dropping, but at least we know its name: Alien: Earth. It takes place before the original 1979 film, and, clearly, is set on our home planet. In the meantime, if you’re looking for a Xenomorph fix, Romulus hits theaters next month.
Fresh off the Euros and Copa America, EA just properly unveiled its next soccer game, which launches on September 27th. Highlights include: women’s teams in career mode (finally!), an arcade-style 5v5 experience called Rush, and an AI-powered model called “FC IQ,” which introduces a complex layer of tactics to the game.
The Disney CEO, along with Willow Bay, has purchased a controlling stake in NWSL club Angel City FC at a value of $250 million, which the team says makes it “the most valuable women’s sports team in the world.” (The club is no stranger to celebrity owners, with founders like Alexis Ohanian and Natalie Portman.) Now we sit and wait for the inevitable docuseries on Disney Plus.