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.)
The latest trailer for the 2D fighterMarvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls reveals a squad featuring X-Men like Wolverine and Storm. The game looks ridiculous in the best possible way, and is launching on August 6th on both the PS5 and PC.
Bungie’s return to theMarathon universe launches very soon —March 5th! — so here’s a new trailer that sort of gets across what the extraction shooter will be like. You can try it out early with a “server slam” event from February 26th to March 2nd.
Yes, it’s true, Konami remembered that the vampire-slaying series exists, and the new game looks sick as hell. It”s described as a “2D action-exploration” developed Evil Empire and Motion Twin, ofDead Cells fame. Launching later this year.
Here’s yet another glimpse atHitman developer IO’s take on a youthful James Bond, which is launching on May 27th.
Thegorgeous adventureNeva is getting a prequel that looks just as beautiful and will probably be just as heartbreaking. The DLC launches on February 19th.
Remedy showed offits upcomingControl sequel in action, and it sure looks like it emphasizes the action part of action-adventure game. It’s due out later this year.
Capcom’s sci-fi action game has been getting a lot of screen time lately —it was just featured at last week’s Nintendo Direct — but the newest trailer is a little quieter and slower, giving you a taste of the game’s atmosphere.
The excellent samurai action gameGhost of Yōtei’s multiplayer expansionLegends is launching on March 10th, and it looks to bring a lot more Japanese folklore into the mix, as four-player squads will fight all kinds of mythological creatures.
