
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

Upcoming PC games: New PC games for 2025 and beyond
By Josh West, Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Upcoming All the latest upcoming PC games on the way this year and next, from Hollow Knight: Silksong to Borderlands 4

Upcoming Xbox Series X games for 2025 and beyond
By Sam Loveridge, Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Upcoming All the upcoming Xbox Series X games coming in August and later in 2025, from Dying Light: The Beast to Hollow Knight: Silksong

Capcom says that Resident Evil 9 will be "so-called 'old school Resident Evil'" in style, but its director teases a "new system" that creates a "complete roller coaster ride between the different aspects of the series"
By Josh West published
Interview Gamescom 2025 | We speak to Resident Evil Requiem's director and producer to learn how its horror was shaped by Biohazard, Village, and the Remakes

Upcoming PS5 games: New PS5 games for 2025 and beyond
By Sam Loveridge, Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Upcoming With so many upcoming PS5 games to keep track of in August and beyond, this list does the remembering for you

World of Warcraft has always asked us to call Azeroth home, but Midnight's new player housing is the first time you'll have one to call your own – and it's the best feature to come to the MMO in years
By Josh West published
Preview Gamescom 2025 | World of Warcraft: Midnight's player housing is the sort of thing my guild would have killed for back in 2004

World of Warcraft takes home decorating in MMOs like Final Fantasy 14 and adds the freedom of The Sims 4 building to it, letting you "resize and rotate stuff" using 3D software made to look more "WoW-like"
By Jordan Gerblick published
News World of Warcraft's in-depth home decorator originally looked "too much like a software," so Blizzard "changed the art to feel like magic"

Keeper is quintessential Double Fine, a strange creative concept with a truly wondrous execution: "We wanted to make something that we could probably never have gotten signed and published"
By Josh West published
Preview Gamescom 2025 | Keeper is quickly becoming one of my most anticipated games of the year, even with Double Fine hesitant to show too much off in advance

CD Projekt Red veteran behind The Blood of Dawnwalker says time isn't just a "resource" in the RPG but a currency, which players are in control of "fully" as they contend with the vampire game's unique 30 day limit
By Issy van der Velde published
news Your time is limited, spend it wisely

World of Warcraft design lead says the upcoming housing feature is a "challenge" for performance and accessibility because it's not "anything like existing zones and the kinds of content that we've had before"
By Jordan Gerblick published
News Blizzard wants to make WoW housing both deep and accessible

Helldivers 2 weapons tier list and the best guns to use
By Joel Franey last updated
Guide Our Helldivers 2 weapon tier list ranks every gun in the game, including Statagem support weapons and Warbonds

World of Warcraft ends 21-year drought and adds housing with MMO's new Midnight expansion – but Blizzard has a good reason it took so long: "We couldn't just check off a box and do the minimum"
By Anna Koselke published
News "We get one shot at this to impress people"

New games 2025 and beyond: The biggest video game release dates for PS5, Xbox Series X, PC, Switch, and more
By Josh West, Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Upcoming Here's all the new games and release dates of 2025 to help you catch up or plan ahead for August and beyond, from Metal Gear Solid Delta to Borderlands 4

Borderlands 4: Everything we know so far
By Heather Wald last updated
Guide Borderlands 4 launches on PC and console in a matter of weeks, with the Switch 2 debut coming in October

GTA 6: Everything we know so far
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Guide All the latest GTA 6 news and updates in one handy place, from the 2026 release date to story details and more.

Hollow Knight Silksong: Everything we know so far
By Hirun Cryer last updated
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong is officially coming this September (yes, really)

Atari aims to be "best in the world at retro games," CEO says, which is why it's put its money into keeping brilliant retro studios like Nightdive and Digital Eclipse from having to worry about making payroll
By Dustin Bailey published
News But "the brand deserves to be something more" so it can plaster neon Atari signs on every building "like in Blade Runner"

Former Witcher 3 devs behind The Blood of Dawnwalker want the vampire RPG to set "a new standard" for the genre with a "hybrid" combat system influenced by Batman: Arkham Asylum, For Honor, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance
By Jordan Gerblick published
News One combat system was too hard and the other wasn't immersive enough, so Rebel Wolves combined the two

The Blood of Dawnwalker lead says the new vampire RPG is a "more immersive game" with consequences – not like others where "you can do whatever you want for 80 hours and nothing happens"
By Anna Koselke published
News This is no Skyrim

Upcoming horror games for 2025 and beyond
By Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Upcoming All the upcoming horror games you need to watch for, from Silent Hill f to Resident Evil Requiem

Black Ops 7 lead says FPS fans are "eating" thanks to the head-to-head release with Battlefield 6, "but if you want maximum variety..." play the new Call of Duty game
By Scott McCrae published
News "I think because we've been working on Black Ops 7 for so long. It has a really strong vision"

Ex-CDPR dev behind The Witcher 3 says new vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker is all about how players "shape their own way of play," just as "pen and paper refugees" did in tabletop games like D&D
By Anna Koselke published
News "I believe that RPG games should be about choice"

Best PS5 games: The 25 greatest PlayStation 5 games ranked
By Josh West last updated
Best list From Death Stranding 2: On the Beach to Helldivers 2, here's the best PS5 games you need to play in 2025

Hades 2 guide: Everything you need to know
By Heather Wald last updated
Guide Hades 2 received one last patch ahead of its v1.0 release

The way The Blood of Dawnwalker plays with time itself is making it one of my most anticipated RPGs of 2026, especially now that Rebel Wolves has changed how closely the camera sticks to your shoulder
By Josh West published
Preview Gamescom 2025 | The Blood of Dawnwalker is filled with smart role-playing choices that are making me hunger for more

Hollow Knight Silksong hands-on: 2,379 days after its reveal I finally played the elusive Metroidvania, and it is absolutely worth the wait
By Josh West published
Hands-on Gamescom 2025 | Hollow Knight Silksong is a real game that I played with my own two hands, and I'm already desperate to get my hands back on this stunning sequel
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