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 Blood of Dawnwalker devs "were afraid that people wouldn't want to play as human Coen"
By Josh West last updated
Exclusive Rebel Wolves is wielding blood magic and swordplay to bring the mortal side of The Blood of Dawnwalker to life

With The Blood of Dawnwalker, Rebel Wolves wants to "get a few steps closer to pen-and-paper RPGs"
By Josh West last updated
Exclusive The Blood of Dawnwalker is one of the most ambitious games of 2026, driven by a desire for Rebel Wolves to reconnect with why we fell in love with RPGs in the first place

The Blood of Dawnwalker makes one hell of a first impression
By Josh West published
Preview The former CDPR developers at Rebel Wolves are on track to deliver an RPG that could set a new benchmark for the genre

The Blood of Dawnwalker release date has been set for September 2026
By Josh West published
News The latest game from The Witcher 3 director and other CDPR vets is officially on the road to release this year

Five reasons why The Blood of Dawnwalker is becoming my most anticipated RPG of 2026
By Josh West published
Feature Rebel Wolves is putting something special together with its debut game, a vampire RPG that will truly let you shape the world around you

Go behind the scenes of Half-Life with legendary Valve designer Marc Laidlaw
By Josh West published
Retro Retro | We return to the abandoned halls of Black Mesa to uncover how a truly revolutionary video game was created

Best PS5 games: The 25 greatest PlayStation 5 games in 2026, 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 2026

Assassin's Creed Hexe: Everything you need to know about the new flagship AC game
By Josh West last updated
Guide Ubisoft spoke on Assassin's Creed Hexe as part of its Assassin's Creed into 2026 update

Upcoming Assassin's Creed games: Every new Assassin's Creed game in development
By Josh West last updated
Upcoming All of the upcoming Assassin's Creed games on the way, from Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced to Assassin's Creed Hexe

The price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is falling, and all it cost was day one access to new Call of Duty games
By Josh West published
News Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has lowered the cost of Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass following poorly received price hikes in 2025 for the Xbox subscription service

Todd Howard thinks the message behind Starfield's original New Game Plus "got lost on a lot of people"
By Josh West published
Interview If you've been concerned with going through the Unity in the past, Bethesda says now is the time to go back in to give it a try

"It's a sea change": Forza Horizon 6 is leaving the Xbox One behind, and it's a better game because of it
By Josh West published
Big Preview Big Preview | Forza Horizon 6 is fully leveraging the power of the Xbox Series X (and eventually the PS5) as the series takes its first tour of Japan

Forza Horizon 6 is set to be one of the best open-world racing games of the generation
By Josh West published
Big Preview Big Preview | Hands-on with Forza Horizon 6, a smart evolution that's designed to push the bar for drivers of all experience

If NASA's Artemis II mission has you gazing at the stars, there are worse places to be than Starfield on PS5
By Josh West published
Opinion Starfield is a better game today than it was in 2023, but Bethesda's largest RPG is still its most divisive

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
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