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Andrew Webster

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.)

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We’ve been waiting for (dragon) ages.

But now it’s almost time to finally see some Dragon Age: The Veilguard gameplay. EA is closing out Summer Game Fest with a new trailer you can check out at 11AM ET.


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The Sands of Time is still alive.

Ubisoft’s troubled Prince of Persia remake is still coming, but not for a while: the publisher now says it’ll be out in 2026.


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One more show from Ubisoft.

Summer Game Fest is nearly over, but not until Ubisoft has its say. The publisher’s keynote kicks off at 3PM ET, and you can expect more details on its big upcoming releases: Star Wars Outlaws and Assassin’s Creed Shadows.


Apple’s got game(s).

Apple devices have been getting some notable blockbuster games of late — including today’s announcement of Resident Evil 7 — and now you can add a few more to the list. Remedy’s supernatural action game Control is coming to Mac along with viral hit Palworld, while Assassin’s Creed Shadows (which is also coming to Mac) has been confirmed for an iPad launch.


A screenshot from the video game Control.
Control.
Image: Remedy Entertainment
Babe wake up,

the first Wake Up Dead Man set photo just dropped. It doesn’t reveal much about the next Benoit Blanc mystery, which started filming today, but it does confirm the detective will be sporting a new look in 2025.

And he’ll be joined by quite the cast, including: Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church.


A set photo of Daniel Craig in the Netflix film Wake Up Dead Man.
Daniel Craig.
Image: Netflix