Josh West
Josh West joined GamesRadar+ in 2018 as its Features Editor, and now serves as the website's Editor-in-Chief. He previously worked as Deputy Editor of games™ magazine. Josh's writing has appeared in 3D Artist, Edge, Gamesmaster, iCreate, Metal Hammer, Official Xbox Magazine, Official PlayStation Magazine, Play, Retro Gamer, SciFi Now, and SFX. In his youth, he performed background roles in movies like Harry Potter and TV shows like The League of Gentlemen. With over 15 years of industry experience, you are most likely to find Josh leveraging his expertise in action-adventure games, MMOs, RPGs, and shooters to bring the readers of GR+ closer to the video games that they truly care about.
Latest articles by Josh West
![Star Wars Outlaws](images/ka2styb6rxzxkkgmytpytk-320-80.jpg)
Star Wars Outlaws: The Big Preview
By Josh West published
Big Preview This month we are diving into Star Wars Outlaws, the highly-anticipated open-world Star Wars game from Massive Entertainment
![Star Wars Outlaws](images/ra7rbmkcjwruchsatlyccn-320-80.jpg)
Hear how Massive Entertainment built on the success of The Division to deliver the ultimate scoundrel fantasy in Star Wars Outlaws
By Josh West published
Video Video | Get a fresh look at Star Wars Outlaws and learn how Massive stayed on target throughout development
![Hollow Knight: Silksong](images/fhhqfmstdkotgbvxtucmty-320-80.jpg)
Hollow Knight Silksong: Everything we know so far
By Hirun Cryer last updated
Features There's still time for Hollow Knight: Silksong to surprise us this year
![A picture of a Nintendo 3DS console next to several of the best 3DS games and Nintendo cards.](images/kkpbepengnguiubfd5ydvm-320-80.jpg)
The 25 best Nintendo 3DS games of all-time
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Best List With this list of the best 3DS games, you'll never be bored of Nintendo's finest handheld
![Marvel's Wolverine](images/qm5iajjdeejllmbmjaa4ck-320-80.jpg)
Marvel's Wolverine PS5: Everything we know so far
By Josh West last updated
Features Upcoming PS5 exclusive Marvel's Wolverine is currently in development at Insomniac Games
![A PS2 games console standing next to some of the best PS2 games and a black controller.](images/jjnnlglz7vij5verlsatri-320-80.jpg)
The 25 best PS2 games of all-time
By Nick Thorpe last updated
Best List Ranking the best PS2 games ever made, from GTA: San Andreas to SOCOM 2: US Navy Seals
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Borderlands 3 characters, who's the best class and who should you play as?
By Leon Hurley last updated
Guide Understand Borderlands 3 character abilities, classes, and builds before heading into Pandora
![Gears of War: E-Day](images/mjhaihabwxojlnv3cafgqf-320-80.jpg)
Born out of a pandemic, refined through reflection: Gears of War: E-Day is a chance for The Coalition to recapture the spirit of Gears and "tear a lot of s*** up"
By Josh West published
Features Summer Preview | The Coalition on the return of Marcus and Dom, telling the origin of the Lancer, and more
![Upcoming horror games - Silent Hill 2 Remake](images/dvvug7ndfso4gfnar2w8wm-320-80.jpg)
Upcoming horror games for 2024 and beyond
By Louise Blain last updated
Features Reader, beware: these upcoming horror games are waiting for you
![Stalker 2 screenshot](images/vstveppzen4xrehymxsvqn-320-80.jpg)
Stalker 2 hands-on: I played Heart of Chornobyl, and it's finally becoming the immersive-FPS I always knew it could be
By Josh West published
Preview Preview | It's remarkable how far this game has come in such a short time
![What's Hot: GamesRadar+ Summer Preview 2024 image showing multiple big games of the year](images/bwgwapoyqwbk6p2tat6vw3-320-80.jpg)
What's Hot 2024: 50 of the best games we saw and played at the summer showcases
By Josh West last updated
The GamesRadar+ Summer Games Preview runs throughout the month of June, diving deep into the hottest upcoming games for PC, PS5, Switch, and Xbox Series X
![Path of Exile 2 witch class](images/sj8sqcdxibapuuhywpqjdy-320-80.jpg)
The new Path of Exile 2 class is the Witch, and Diablo 4 Necromancer mains will want to pay attention
By Josh West published
News Game director Jonathan Rogers talks the powerful new spellcaster joining the Path of Exile 2 roster
![Gears of War E-Day What's Hot](images/7pg7xrbbnxubhfpzkyfrhv-320-80.jpg)
Gears of War: E-Day director says the new shooter will "absolutely be doing more" linear levels instead of Gear 5's open-ended maps
By Hirun Cryer published
News It sounds like E-Day will be a denser experience
![Doom: The Dark Ages screenshot](images/hxaxqbfsbe2xyyaremds54-320-80.jpg)
The weapons in Doom: The Dark Ages are big, bold, and bear exceptionally silly names: "It's called the Skull Crusher because it crushes skulls"
By Josh West published
News id Software couldn't be more on the nose if it tried
![Assassin's Creed Shadows cinematic screenshot](images/t3mnhkdazeukclzxwq2rah-320-80.jpg)
Assassin's Creed Shadows: Everything we know so far about Ubisoft's next RPG
By Josh West last updated
Features Assassin's Creed Shadows launches on November 15
![Upcoming Ubisoft games - Assassin's Creed Shadows](images/s3tbbmcqgfbrsn3cthwgvh-320-80.jpg)
Upcoming Ubisoft games: Every new Ubisoft game in development
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson last updated
Upcoming Anno 117: Pax Romana just joined the upcoming Ubisoft games on our radar
![Upcoming Xbox Series X games](images/eqrz7h9ruj6ygyfffd7yqe-320-80.jpg)
Upcoming Xbox Series X games for 2024 and beyond
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Features All the new and upcoming Xbox Series X games confirmed to launch this year and further afield
![Perfect Dark reboot (2024)](images/w87fw66tcdmmudpcvmhe4a-320-80.jpg)
Perfect Dark: Everything we know about the Xbox Series X exclusive so far
By Josh West last updated
Features Perfect Dark stunned us at the Xbox Games Showcase 2024
![Fable 4 June 2024](images/j8yhhjbzcpenktyjci79s4-320-80.jpg)
Fable 4: Everything we know so far about the new Fable game
By Heather Wald last updated
Features Our latest look at Playground Games' Fable has us more hyped than ever
![New games 2024 thumbnail featuring Star Wars Outlaws, Avowed, Death Stranding 2, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle](images/eoprwfemw3mbzmtea75bej-320-80.jpg)
New games 2024: The biggest video game release dates for PS5, Xbox Series X, PC, Switch, and more
By Josh West last updated
Upcoming Take a look at the video game release calendar to see all the biggest new games of 2024 and beyond
![Doom: The Dark Ages](images/4vyeycvscue9uhuqprmj2x-320-80.jpg)
Doom: The Dark Ages is introducing big changes to combat because id Software came to one core realization: "Every projectile mattered in the original Doom"
By Josh West published
Preview Creative director Hugo Martin on how Doom: The Dark Ages is a spiritual successor to the original game, and how the Saw Shield will completely upend your expectations
![Assassin's Creed Shadows cinematic screenshot](images/s3tbbmcqgfbrsn3cthwgvh-320-80.jpg)
My favorite Assassin's Creed Shadows feature has to be the unpredictable snowstorms which mask hidden blade assassinations
By Josh West published
News Ubisoft's Marc-Alexis Cote on how a push towards dynamism is evolving Assassin's Creed
![Black Ops 6 What's Hot Summer preview](images/vszjbrfgrxtvebbmqmqdcj-320-80.jpg)
Black Ops 6 zombies is going back to basics with round-based play, dedicated operators, and self-contained maps as Treyarch set out "to create the best version of zombies"
By Josh West published
Features Treyarch's associate design director Kevin Drew talks the return of Zombies in Black Ops 6