Josh is Editor-in-Chief of GamesRadar+. He has over 18 years experience in both online and print journalism, and was awarded a BA (Hons) in Journalism and Feature Writing. Josh has contributed to world-leading video game, entertainment, tech, music, and comics brands, including games™, Retro Gamer, SFX, 3D Artist, Metal Hammer, and Newsarama. In addition, Josh has edited and written books for Hachette and Scholastic, and worked across the Future Games Show as an Assistant Producer. He specializes in video games and entertainment coverage, and has provided expert comment for outlets like the BBC and ITV. In his spare time, Josh likes to play FPS games and RPGs, practice the bass guitar, and reminisce about the film and TV sets he worked on as a child actor.
Latest articles by Josh West

The Future of Starfield: How Bethesda Game Studios is beginning to breathe new life into its most misunderstood RPG
By Josh West last updated
Before The Elder Scrolls 6 arrives, Bethesda is battling to make its sci-fi RPG the best that it can be

How your feedback helped shape Starfield's biggest updates: "We're always checking in," says Bethesda
By Josh West published
Starfield's Free Lanes update has been shaped by the most active players, not the loudest

Leave comments, play quizzes, earn badges: Join the GamesRadar+ community
By Josh West published
News This is the start of a beautiful friendship

How returning to The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion reshaped Todd Howard's stance on remastering Bethesda's RPGs
By Josh West published
Interview Bethesda is asking itself the same question we are asking of it right now – "Are there going to be remasters in the future of our games?"

"Our tracks are not procedurally-generated": Why replayability is at the heart of Star Wars: Galactic Racer
By Josh West last updated
Interview Big Preview | Fuse Games dives into its philosophy behind racing game creation

Star Wars: Galactic Racer looks every bit the Burnout: Takedown revival I've been waiting 20 years to play
By Josh West last updated
Interview Big Preview | Former Burnout and Need for Speed developers are building Star Wars: Galactic Racer, but there's far more going on under its hood than you might expect

Star Wars: Galactic Racer makes more sense for the Star Wars universe than Palpatine somehow returning ever did
By Josh West last updated
Big Preview | This week we are diving into Star Wars: Galactic Racer with Fuse Games and Lucasfilm to understand why a racing game makes perfect sense for Star Wars

Bethesda's Tim Lamb on the biggest changes coming to Starfield, the PS5 release, and why all those load screens are necessary
By Josh West published
Interview Seamless space travel is a massive new addition, but Bethesda's lead creative producer says you shouldn't expect similar changes to hit planet-side exploration

Starfield gets its answer to Fallout's bobbleheads, complete with a playset to display them all
By Josh West published
News Bethesda says the Colony War Action Heroes were "inspired by the toys we had when we were kids"

Starfield will let you have a true "home among the stars" with its new Asteroid Manor player house
By Josh West published
News Asteroid Manor is a new player house coming in the Starfield Free Lanes update, I just hope I've got the credits to spare

Starfield lead says the Terran Armada DLC and Free Lanes update aren't the end of the line for Bethesda's RPG
By Josh West published
News "We have plans," teases lead creative producer Tim Lamb.

Everything Todd Howard told us about The Elder Scrolls 6, Creation Engine 3, and the future of Bethesda RPGs
By Josh West published
Interview Bethesda's executive producer teased out a few new updates on The Elder Scrolls 6 while we visited Bethesda Game Studios' new office

Here's the 5 biggest changes coming to Starfield this April, from interplanetary travel to more varied exploration
By Josh West published
Analysis The Future of Starfield | Bethesda's lead creative producer walks us through the biggest changes coming to Starfield as part of the long-awaited Free Lanes update

It isn't Starfield 2.0, but the Free Lanes update and Terran Armada expansion are coming this April
By Josh West published
News It's not Starfield 2.0, but there sure is plenty coming to the space RPG

Starfield PS5 release date confirmed as the price of the base game falls by $20 for all platforms
By Josh West published
News Bethesda's space RPG has been console-exclusive to Xbox for nearly three years

The 25 best SNES games of all time
By Josh West last updated
Best List From ActRaiser to The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, we rank the best SNES games ever made

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet – Everything we know about the new Naughty Dog game
By Josh West last updated
Guide All the latest Intergalactic news and updates from the developer of The Last of Us

The 10 best Resident Evil games of all time
By Josh West last updated
Best List Discover the best Resident Evil games of all time, plucked from the survival horror series' 30-year legacy

The 25 best fighting games you can play right now in 2026
By Josh West last updated
Best List The best fighting games of all time that will have you pulling all the punches

Star Wars Eclipse: Everything you need to know about Quantic Dream's new action adventure
By Josh West last updated
Feature We're still awaiting more Star Wars Eclipse news as we usher in 2026

The Witcher 4: Everything you need to know about CD Projekt Red's RPG
By Josh West last updated
Guide Even without a release date, The Witcher 4 is one of the biggest new RPGs currently in production

The next generation of GamesRadar+ is here
By Josh West published
News Our new redesign has been a long time coming

Light No Fire: Everything you need to know about Hello Games' new open-world adventure
By Josh West last updated
Guide Light No Fire is an Earth-size upcoming adventure game where you'll explore, build, and survive a true open world together
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