
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

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

Yes, those leaks were true: Black Ops 7 is out this November, it's still coming to PS4 and Xbox One, and there's an open beta right around the corner
By Josh West published
News Surprise!

Black Ops 7 is fighting franchise fatigue in the most unexpected of ways with an ambitious co-op adventure which Treyarch believes can "redefine what campaign can be in Call of Duty"
By Josh West published
Preview Gamescom 2025 | An inside look at Call of Duty Black Ops 7 ahead of its release this November

The 10 best Silent Hill games of all time
By Josh West last updated
Best List Ranking the very best Silent Hill games before Silent Hill f makes us reconsider our choices

The best free Xbox Series X games you can play right now
By Joe Donnelly last updated
Best Quality comes cheap in the best free Xbox Series X games, and these 15 are a great place to start

The Best Metroid Games of All Time
By Josh West last updated
Best List Our ultimate ranking of the 10 best Metroid games to help you separate the wheat from the chaff

Best PC games: The 25 greatest PC games to play in 2025
By Malindy Hetfeld last updated
Best List Put the best PC games to the test and make the most of your computer, no matter your genre of choice

The 25 best Sonic games of all time
By Josh West last updated
Best List From classics to modern takes, the best Sonic games showcase the blue hedgehog's most memorable antics

The 10 best Spider-Man games of all time
By Josh West last updated
Best List Here's our ranking of the best Spider-Man games, including Marvel's Spider-Man 2 from Insomniac

The 10 best MMORPGs and MMOs to play in 2025
By Josh West last updated
Best List The best MMOs and MMORPGs offer vast digital worlds to explore and conquer, alone or with friends

Best racing games 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 around

The 10 best NES games of all time
By Josh West last updated
Best List From Metroid to Mega Man 2, these are the best NES games to play right now

Jurassic Park: Survival – Everything we know so far about the new Jurassic Park game
By Josh West last updated
Guide Here's everything you need to know about Jurassic Park: Survival, an upcoming horror-survival game that gives "monster" a very specific meaning

The 25 best PS1 games of all time
By Nick Thorpe last updated
Best List Let's wind back the years to look at the 25 best PS1 games from Sony's ground-breaking games console

Here's a PSA to all Battlefield 6 beta players: Please don't ignore your medic duties, I promise it'll make this explosive FPS even more enjoyable for everybody
By Josh West published
Opinion Opinion | Don't pretend like you can't see me down there...

The 10 best FromSoftware games you should die with today
By Joe Donnelly last updated
Best list From Elden Ring and Dark Souls, get punished with the best FromSoftware games of all time

Hideo Kojima's OD: Everything we know so far
By Josh West last updated
Features The latest OD news and updates from Hideo Kojima as we await more on the upcoming horror "experience"

After smashing through Donkey Kong Bananza I've run out of things to play on my Nintendo Switch 2 – so here are 5 games that better get release dates at Gamescom 2025
By Josh West published
Will Nintendo go big at Gamescom 2025? We don't have long to wait now
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