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
![Path of Exile 2 witch class](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SJ8SQcDxiBAPUuhyWpqJdY-320-80.jpg)
The new Path of Exile 2 class is the Witch, and Diablo 4 Necromancer mains will want to pay attention
By Josh West published
News Game director Jonathan Rogers talks the powerful new spellcaster joining the Path of Exile 2 roster
![Gears of War E-Day What's Hot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7PG7XrBBNXuBhFPZKyFRHV-320-80.jpg)
Gears of War: E-Day director says the new shooter will "absolutely be doing more" linear levels instead of Gear 5's open-ended maps
By Hirun Cryer published
News It sounds like E-Day will be a denser experience
![Doom: The Dark Ages screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HxAXQBfsbe2XYYarEMDS54-320-80.jpg)
The weapons in Doom: The Dark Ages are big, bold, and bear exceptionally silly names: "It's called the Skull Crusher because it crushes skulls"
By Josh West published
News id Software couldn't be more on the nose if it tried
![Assassin's Creed Shadows cinematic screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/T3mNhKDaZeUKcLZxwq2raH-320-80.jpg)
Assassin's Creed Shadows: Everything we know so far about Ubisoft's next RPG
By Josh West last updated
Feature Assassin's Creed Shadows launches on November 15
![Upcoming Ubisoft games - Assassin's Creed Shadows](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/s3tbBmCqgFBrSN3cthWGVH-320-80.jpg)
Upcoming Ubisoft games: Every new Ubisoft game in development
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson last updated
Upcoming Anno 117: Pax Romana just joined the upcoming Ubisoft games on our radar
![Upcoming Xbox Series X games](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eQRZ7H9ruJ6YGYfffd7YqE-320-80.jpg)
Upcoming Xbox Series X games for 2024 and beyond
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Feature All the new and upcoming Xbox Series X games confirmed to launch this year and further afield
![Perfect Dark reboot (2024)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w87fw66TCdmmudpcVMhe4A-320-80.jpg)
Perfect Dark: Everything we know about the Xbox Series X exclusive so far
By Josh West last updated
Feature Perfect Dark stunned us at the Xbox Games Showcase 2024
![Fable 4 June 2024](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J8yHhJbZcpEnktYjCi79s4-320-80.jpg)
Fable 4: Everything we know so far about the new Fable game
By Heather Wald last updated
Feature Our latest look at Playground Games' Fable has us more hyped than ever
![Doom: The Dark Ages](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4vYeYcvSCue9uHuQPRMJ2X-320-80.jpg)
Doom: The Dark Ages is introducing big changes to combat because id Software came to one core realization: "Every projectile mattered in the original Doom"
By Josh West published
Preview Creative director Hugo Martin on how Doom: The Dark Ages is a spiritual successor to the original game, and how the Saw Shield will completely upend your expectations
![Assassin's Creed Shadows cinematic screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/s3tbBmCqgFBrSN3cthWGVH-320-80.jpg)
My favorite Assassin's Creed Shadows feature has to be the unpredictable snowstorms which mask hidden blade assassinations
By Josh West published
News Ubisoft's Marc-Alexis Cote on how a push towards dynamism is evolving Assassin's Creed
![Black Ops 6 What's Hot Summer preview](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vszJBRFGrxtvEbbmqMQdCJ-320-80.jpg)
Black Ops 6 zombies is going back to basics with round-based play, dedicated operators, and self-contained maps as Treyarch set out "to create the best version of zombies"
By Josh West published
Feature Treyarch's associate design director Kevin Drew talks the return of Zombies in Black Ops 6
![Black Ops 6 What's Hot Summer preview](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DsNBfNuDYNrGXQFJmb9PCL-320-80.jpg)
Call of Duty has been treading water since Modern Warfare – and now Black Ops 6 is here to "define the future" of the franchise
By Josh West published
Feature Preview | Treyarch and Raven detail the Black Ops 6 campaign
![From top left clockwise: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Life by You, Nightingale and Dragon's Dogma 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jLvTMPELSX97xVoFCGvAwM-320-80.jpg)
Upcoming PC games for 2024 and beyond
By Josh West last updated
Upcoming PC Games All the upcoming PC games worth noting, from Indiana Jones to Assassin's Creed Shadows
![Upcoming PS5 games header](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mXxuPKF83uvYyfvHhXCxWY-320-80.jpg)
Upcoming PS5 games: New PS5 games for 2024 and beyond
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Feature Here's the upcoming PS5 games line-up of top games to have on your radar
![Alan Wake 2: Night Springs screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5av85yAMYGdToZH4NPm3fj-320-80.jpg)
Alan Wake 2: Night Springs DLC is coming June 8, and it offers something desperately missing from the core game
By Josh West published
Interview Remedy talks making Jesse Faden, Tim Breaker, and Rose Marigold (sort of) playable in Alan Wake 2
![Alan Wake 2: Night Springs screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nJdbtJHtfgqbSG8qu6KyMm-320-80.jpg)
Remedy reverses course on Alan Wake 2 physical editions, puts my rent in jeopardy with limited $200 collector's bundle
By Josh West published
News You'll want to work fast if you want the Alan Wake 2 collector's edition from Limited Run
![Indiana Jones and the Great Circle](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CeyLFqeZMZ4Eu4pVSXNvGU-320-80.jpg)
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: Everything we know about the New Indiana Jones game so far
By Josh West last updated
Feature Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an upcoming action adventure epic from Bethesda and MachineGames
![BioShock 4 news](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iG4s6mxGqxS8SWYUFD2oyd-320-80.jpg)
BioShock 4: Everything we know so far
By Heather Wald last updated
Feature Will 2024 be the year we see BioShock 4 news and updates?
![Ark 2 screenshot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vdgXJvE3EC3WFgVQihSeaR-320-80.jpg)
Ark 2: Everything we know so far
By Josh West last updated
Ark 2 is an upcoming survival game teeming with prehistoric beasts to battle and conquer
![Slitterhead](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TrRz9tpij3DkWGDMufdzLR-320-80.jpg)
Slitterhead: Release date, gameplay, and everything we know about the Silent Hill creator's new horror game
By Joe Donnelly last updated
Feature The Slitterhead release date has been set for November 8
![Star Wars Outlaws](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JUex4Pgcy6UUJRJJQs5cL7-320-80.jpg)
Star Wars Outlaws: Everything we know so far
By Josh West last updated
Feature Star Wars Outlaws will see us swapping our light sabers for blaster guns in the franchise's first open world game
![Dune: Awakening](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XDucNH9QWyQRZCUFwgJyub-320-80.jpg)
Dune Awakening: Everything we know so far about the open-world Dune MMO
By Alyssa Mercante last updated
Feature Dune Awakening is a survival MMO from Conon Exiles developer Funcom
![Skate 4](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/J8vgTWyjbhip482wtczWva-320-80.jpg)
Skate 4 trailer, playtests, and everything else we know
By Josh West last updated
Feature Upcoming free-to-play game Skate 4 has been retitled Skate