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

A crop of James Bond in 007 First Light
007 First Light review: "Bond's greatest game to date, this is a well-oiled spy thriller machine"

By Josh West Published

Review

Review
Nightwing, Catwoman, and Batgirl in Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
The 10 best Lego games of all time

By Alysia Judge, Emma-Jane Betts Last updated

Best List Here's our ranking of the best Lego games ever made, from Lego 2K Drive to Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

Best List
Star Wars: Eclipse screenshot shows two lightsabers with an advancing army in the background
Star Wars Eclipse: Everything you need to know about Quantic Dream's new action adventure

By Josh West Last updated

Guide We're still awaiting more Star Wars Eclipse news as we usher in 2026

Guide
Forza Horizon 5 herding cats series 3 photography challenge
Best racing games to put you in pole position in 2026

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 in 2026

Best List
Best Forza games - Forza Motorsport 7
The 11 Best Forza games of all-time, from Horizon to Motorsport

By Justin Towell Last updated

Best List Now that Forza Horizon 6 has arrived, we're here to rank the very best Forza games

Best List
The Blood of Dawnwalker screenshot
Former Witcher 3 devs "can't" and "don't want to challenge" bigger games and companies with The Blood of Dawnwalker

By Anthony McGlynn Published

News Rebel Wolves isn't trying to be the next CD Projekt

News
A crop of Coen looking at his closed fist in The Blood of Dawnwalker
Blood of Dawnwalker takes after Baldur's Gate 3's freedom and Gothic's small but dense world design

By Dustin Bailey Published

News "I feel tired with games that are way too big"

News
The Blood of Dawnwalker
How The Blood of Dawnwalker can shape the future of RPGs

By Josh West Published

Special

Special
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

Exclusive
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

Exclusive
The Blood of Dawnwalker
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

Preview
The Blood of Dawnwalker screenshot
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

News
Blood of Dawnwalker screenshot showing Unreal Engine 5 open world
Five reasons why The Blood of Dawnwalker is becoming my most anticipated RPG of 2026

By Josh West Published

Features Rebel Wolves is putting something special together with its debut game, a vampire RPG that will truly let you shape the world around you

Features
Half-Life screenshot
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

Retro
Xbox Game Pass logo on a green background
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

News
Todd Howard Starfield reveal
Todd Howard agrees Starfield is "different" than The Elder Scrolls and Fallout, but those RPGs were divisive too

By Anna Koselke Published

News "And then, you find an audience that loves that"

News
Starfield ending explained
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

19 Comments
Interview
Forza Horizon 6 screenshot showing a Porsche driving through a cherry blossom covered street
"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

Big Preview
Forza Horizon 6 image showing two cars racing through Tokyo at night
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

Big Preview
Starfield screenshot
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

Opinion
Key art for Marathon shows a squad of players in a red-lit room hiding in the shadows of data towers from an ominous, tall, floating red robot thing
The ultimate Marathon guide to help you escape and make yourself god

By Will Sawyer Last updated

Guide From basic tips, factions, and Runner Shells to complicated contracts and Cryo Archive, here's everything you need to know about Marathon

Guide
A screenshot of Lord Sheogorath in The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered.
Todd Howard explains Bethesda's approach to Oblivion Remastered was "what would we have done if we kept supporting it?"

By Scott McCrae Published

News "We felt really, really good about that, but you never know how the audience is going to react to it"

News
Key art for The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, showing the hero standing in front of a flaming logo oblivion gate
Todd Howard wanted Bethesda's original RPGs to be playable before worrying about remasters: "You can play Morrowind"

By Kaan Serin Published

News "So that to me, was like, job number one"

News
The Future of Starfield hero image
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

RPGs
Starfield screenshot showing the new Anchor Point location
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

RPGs
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