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

The 25 best Wii games of all time
By Josh West last updated
Best List From Super Paper Mario to Kirby's Epic Yarn, these are the best Wii games to play right now

25 Best action games you can play right now
By Josh West last updated
Best List Get those trigger fingers ready in the best action games to play in 2025, from Bayonetta to Control

As a proud Helldivers 2 player with a friend group who will not listen, I'm happy to report that the Control Group Warbond has a game-changing stratagem: "WE CAN SOLO BUNKERS"
By Josh West published
News That's right, you can finally take shelter in bunkers thanks to the new LIFT-182 Warp Pack

Everything in the Helldivers 2 Control Group Warbond
By Josh West last updated
Guide Dangerously experimental technology is up for grabs in the Control Group Helldivers 2 Warbond

"Some open-world games can make it feel like you're not really exploring, you're just traveling": A Short Hike creator says finding "unique" ways of rewarding players is key, which Dark Souls and Breath of the Wild nailed
By Josh West published
News Do you prefer to travel through open world games or spent time exploring them?

How to watch the Ghost of Yotei State of Play gameplay deep dive, and what time it goes live in your region
By Josh West last updated
News Ghost of Yotei is getting its own dedicated PlayStation State of Play today, featuring "nearly 20 minutes" of gameplay

For a better Xbox 360, former Xbox exec pretended to be longtime PlayStation boss Ken Kutaragi: "You've got to understand what's going on in the head of the other guys"
By Josh West published
News A rivalry for the ages

Assassin's Creed and Far Cry veteran didn't want the "feeling Kojima's going for in Death Stranding" in his new open-world game: "We want dense, joy-filled nuggets"
By Josh West published
News Is it possible for an open world game to be too big?

Death Stranding 2's Dollman has divided fans in a way that only an animatronic puppet with strings pulled by Hideo Kojima could: "Please just keep your observations to yourself"
By Josh West published
News Is Dollman a delight or a distraction? Honestly, I think the jury's still out on that one

The 10 best Lego games of all time
By Alysia Judge last updated
Best List Here's our ranking of the best Lego games that you should play today, from Lego 2K Drive to Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

Best space games which will let you explore the unknown
By Samuel Horti last updated
Best List Psyched for The Outer Worlds 2? The best space games will keep you company 'til launch day

Xbox Game Studios list: Every studio Microsoft owns and what they are developing
By Josh West last updated
Guide With the Activision Blizzard deal done and plenty of new games on the horizon, here's an updated look at every first-party Xbox Series X exclusive in development

The 10 best Arkane games of all time
By Josh West last updated
Best List Lock onto the best Arkane games ever while we wait for Marvel's Blade

The best Zelda games of all time
By David Roberts last updated
Best List From Majora's Mask to Tears of the Kingdom, here are the 10 best Zelda games to play right now

Upcoming Bethesda games: every game currently in the works
By Heather Wald last updated
Upcoming Here's all the upcoming Bethesda games on the way in 2025 and beyond, from Elder Scrolls to Fallout

Upcoming Marvel games, from the new Iron Man game to Marvel's Wolverine
By Josh West last updated
Upcoming Every new Marvel game coming in 2025 and next year too, from Arkane's Blade game to Marvel Cosmic Invasion

Upcoming PSVR 2 Games: New PlayStation VR2 games for 2025 and beyond
By Heather Wald last updated
Features From exclusives to new ports, here are all the upcoming PSVR 2 games to watch out for

The ultimate Death Stranding 2 guide to the post-apocalypse
By Joel Franey last updated
Guide Life doesn't have to be a Beach with our Death Stranding 2 guides hub

All upcoming Hideo Kojima games: Everything in development at Kojima Productions
By Josh West last updated
Upcoming From OD to Physint, there's no shortage of upcoming Hideo Kojima games heading to PS5 and Xbox Series X

GamesRadar+ Summer Preview: The biggest games of Summer Game Fest 2025
By Josh West published
The GR+ Summer Preview for 2025 is your portal into the biggest video games shown off this summer

How Obsidian became Xbox's most prolific studio: "There's not a lot of studios at Microsoft that have an entire external developer making the whole game for them"
By Josh West published
Exclusive | There's a reason 2025 is being called the "Year of Obsidian"

I think the ROG Xbox Ally X can tell us a surprising amount about the "next-generation of Xbox"
By Josh West published

As Play Anywhere takes center stage, the future of Xbox has never been clearer: "Our plan is to keep making amazing games and have them reach as many players as we can"
By Josh West published
Exclusive | Inside Xbox Play Anywhere
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