Josh West

Josh West

Editor-in-Chief, GamesRadar+

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

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The 25 best DS games of all time

By Darran Jones last updated

Best List From Mario Kart to Chrono Trigger, here's our list of the best DS games of all time

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The best PS5 games banner image Cyberpunk 2077, Astro Bot, God of War Ragnarok, and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Best PS5 games: The 30 greatest PlayStation 5 games to play right now

By Josh West last updated

Best list From Death Stranding 2: On the Beach to Astro Bot, here's the best PS5 games to play right now

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PS3 photo taken by Future Studios
The 25 best PS3 games of all-time

By Josh West last updated

Best List Ranking all the best PS3 games of the console's generation, from Heavy Rain to Batman Arkham City

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Marathon
The 25 best shooters to play right now

By Josh West last updated

Best List From Titanfall 2 to Marathon, the best shooter games will have you racking up points and decimating your foes

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A PS2 games console standing next to some of the best PS2 games and a black controller.
The 25 best PS2 games of all time

By Nick Thorpe last updated

Best List Looking back at the best PS2 games in 2026 with our ranking of the games that defined Sony's second gen console

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Cherry blossoms swirl around a silver car that drives towards Mt Fuji in Forza Horizon 6
Best racing games to play right now to put you in pole position

By Justin Towell last updated

Best List From kart racers to ultra-realistic sims, these are the best racing games you can play right now

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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor new screenshots featuring Cal Kestis and BD-1
The 10 best Star Wars games to play right now

By Josh West last updated

Best List From Star Wars: Galactic Racer to The Old Republic, here's the best Star Wars games you should play right now

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GTA 6
Here's everything new we learned about GTA 6 this week | GTA 6 O'clock

By Josh West Published

Video On this week’s GTA 6 O’clock, James Jarvis and Dan Dawkins break down a huge batch of new GTA 6 details, including fresh information from Rob Nelson

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A thief looking down a scope in Marathon
The 25 best FPS games to play right now

By David Meikleham last updated

Best list Shoot sharp in the best FPS games, from Half-Life 2 to Halo

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Composite image featuring artwork from GTA 6 for GamesRadar's Countdown to GTA 6
Countdown to GTA 6 with GamesRadar+

By Josh West last updated

With Grand Theft Auto 6 on the near horizon, join GamesRadar+ weekly as we explore GTA 6 and celebrate the legacy of the Grand Theft Auto series

Grand Theft Auto
Key art for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet showing bounty hunter Jordan A. Mun with a cyber sword in front of a crumbling planet
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

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The Witcher 4
The Witcher 4: Everything you need to know about CD Projekt Red's RPG

By Josh West last updated

Guide Will The Witcher 4 appear at Summer Game Fest? We're about to find out...

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Best games like The Witcher 3: Ciri in the Witcher 3
10 Games like The Witcher 3 to play while you wait for The Witcher 4

By Jordan Oloman, Joe Chivers last updated

Best List From Baldur's Gate 3 to Skyrim, these are the best games like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to play right now

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The Witcher 4
Upcoming CD Projekt Red games: From The Witcher 4 to Cyberpunk Orion

By Josh West last updated

Upcoming From a new expansion for the Witcher 3 to a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, here are all of the upcoming CD Projekt games in the works

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Hollow Knight: Silksong
The 25 best Metroidvania games you can play right now

By Austin Wood, Malindy Hetfeld last updated

Best List Don't backtrack on the best Metroidvanias to download and play today, from Hollow Knight to Metroid Prime

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Sophia Lillis in OD
Hideo Kojima's OD: Everything we know so far about the new horror experience

By Josh West last updated

Guide The latest OD news and updates from Hideo Kojima as we await more on the upcoming horror "experience"

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Simon in Silent Hill Townfall
The best Silent Hill games of all time, ranked

By Josh West last updated

Best List Ranking all the best Silent Hill games of all time that are worth playing before Silent Hill: Townfall drops

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Sora looks up to the sky while hold a cell phone-like device in Kingdom Hearts 4
Kingdom Hearts 4: Everything we know so far

By Hope Bellingham last updated

Guide Kingdom Hearts 4 is on the way, and its set to arrive sometime in 2027

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Avowed screenshot Xbox Series X
Xbox Game Studios list: Every studio Microsoft owns and what they are developing

By Josh West last updated

Guide Here's a full breakdown of the Xbox Game Studios list in 2026

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State of Decay 3
State of Decay 3: Everything we know so far

By Heather Wald last updated

Guide Here's all the latest State of Decay 3 development news and gameplay details on the zombie survival epic.

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Master Chief holds a beaming energy sword in our first look at Project Foundry
Activision prepares to "make the greatest Halo game ever" as it takes control of the franchise

By Josh West Published

News The changes to Xbox Game Studios comes as part of a wider restructure

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Xbox
Xbox announces a further 268 layoffs as Ninja Theory and Arkane remain on shaky ground

By Josh West Published

News Undead Labs has secured a new publisher for State of Decay 3, but Ninja Theory's future remains uncertain

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Key art for Marvel's Wolverine, with Logan on the right hand side - his claws are out against a yellow background
Marvel's Wolverine PS5: Everything you need to know about Insomniac's third-person action-adventure

By Will Sawyer last updated

Guide Everything you need to know about Marvel's Wolverine

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Rayman, Barbara, and Grand Minimus appear perplexed in one of Rayman Legends Retold's new cutscenes
Upcoming Ubisoft games: Every new Ubisoft game in development

By Jasmine Gould-Wilson last updated

Upcoming The latest on all the upcoming Ubisoft games coming in 2026 and beyond, from a Rayman remake to Assassin's Creed Hexe

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Spider-Man 2 PC
The 10 best superhero games that you should play today

By Josh West last updated

Best List From Batman: Arkham to Marvel's Spider-Man 2, here's our pick of the best superhero games that you should play right now

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