Josh West
Josh West joined 12DOVE 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

Upcoming Xbox Series X games for 2025 and beyond
By Sam Loveridge, Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Upcoming All the new and upcoming Xbox Series X games confirmed to launch in the coming months

Upcoming PS5 games: New PS5 games for 2025 and beyond
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Upcoming From GTA 6 to Assassin's Creed, these upcoming PS5 games have you covered no matter your genre of choice

Upcoming PC games: New PC games for 2025 and beyond
By Josh West, Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Upcoming All the hottest upcoming PC games to watch for in 2025, from Atomfall to Elden Ring Nightreign

FBC: Firebreak may be Remedy's first live-service game but the Control creators are going about it the right way, confirming that all playable post-launch content "will always be free"
By Josh West published
News You'll be able to buy cosmetic items if you want to, but FBC: Firebreak won't be charging for any of its missions in the future

FBC: Firebreak is exactly what I want a FPS from Remedy to be – weird, cinematic, and exceptionally pretty
By Josh West published
Remedy Entertainment takes us inside FBC: Firebreak, a surprising co-op shooter set within the Control universe

With an impressive new FBC: Firebreak trailer at the Future Games Show, Remedy confirms a Summer 2025 release window for its co-op shooter set in the Control universe
By Josh West published
News An FPS where you're tasked with cleaning up a rogue assortment of paranatural sticky notes? Only in FBC: Firebreak.

Assassin's Creed Infinity: Everything you need to know about the Animus Hub
By Heather Wald last updated
Guide The Assassin's Creed Animus Hub is here in Assassin's Creed Shadows, here's everything it does

New games 2025 and beyond: The biggest video game release dates for PS5, Xbox Series X, PC, Switch, and more
By Josh West, Emma-Jane Betts last updated
Upcoming Look no further for all the new games of 2025 to keep an eye on, from South of Midnight to Borderlands 4

Assassin's Creed Hexe: Everything we know about the new flagship AC game
By Josh West last updated
Guide The latest Assassin's Creed Hexe news and all details on the mysterious open-world RPG from Ubisoft Montreal

10 Games like Assassin's Creed to take a leap of faith on
By Jordan Oloman last updated
Best List Here are the best games like Assassin's Creed to play right now

Upcoming Assassin's Creed games: Every new Assassin's Creed game in development
By Josh West last updated
Upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows has arrived, but there's still plenty of new Assassin's Creed games you need to watch out for

Best Assassin's Creed games, ranked from worst to best
By Louise Blain last updated
Best List Now that Assassin's Creed Shadows is here, check out our latest ranking of all of the best Assassin's Creed games

Upcoming Ubisoft games: Every new Ubisoft game in development
By Jasmine Gould-Wilson last updated
Upcoming With the new Assassin's Creed Shadows release, these upcoming Ubisoft games are still ones to watch in 2025 and beyond

Assassin's Creed Shadows: Everything we know about Ubisoft's new RPG
By Josh West last updated
Guide Assassin's Creed Shadows is here, so here's everything you need to know before playing the stealth game

GTA 6 is "definitely gonna be a big economic boost for the games industry" that'll help "bring a lot more people back into the ecosystem," says Day of the Devs' lead curator
By Dustin Bailey last updated
News Rockstar's latest is "going to be the best, awesome, giant game for the year" regardless

Hollow Knight Silksong: Everything we know so far
By Hirun Cryer last updated
Guide With Hollow Knight Silksong vanishing from the US Nintendo eShop, what does that mean for the upcoming roguelike?

The 25 best PS3 games of all time
By Josh West last updated
Best List The best PS3 games that you should go back and replay today, from Dark Souls to The Last of Us

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Everything we know so far
By Heather Wald last updated
Feature Metroid Prime 4 is landing on Nintendo Switch in 2025, and Samus' return looks well worth the wait

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

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet – Everything we know about the new Naughty Dog game
By Josh West last updated
Guide A complete guide to the latest news and details about Naughty Dog's brand-new IP, a sci-fi adventure that's set to kickstart a new PS5 franchise

Ark 2: Everything we know so far
By Josh West last updated
Guide With "late 2024" now in the rearview mirror, we're sorry to report that there is no updated Ark 2 release date in sight

GTA 6: Everything we know so far
By Sam Loveridge last updated
Guide All the latest GTA 6 news, rumblings, and updates as we await Rockstar's long-awaited sequel

Best Black Friday Xbox deals 2025: The best discounts to expect from this year's sale
By Duncan Robertson last updated
Deals Black Friday Xbox deals are on their way again in 2025, and we've got all you can expect from this year's big sales event when November rolls around.
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