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
The 25 best Metroidvania games you can explore today
By Austin Wood, Malindy Hetfeld last updated
Best List Jump, slash, and shoot through the best Metroidvanias to play right now
Star Wars Outlaws: The Big Preview
By Heather Wald last updated
Big Preview This month we are diving into Star Wars Outlaws, the highly-anticipated open-world Star Wars game from Massive Entertainment
Concord marks PlayStation's bold return to first-party shooters, but I don't see it filling the void left by Overwatch 2 anytime soon
By Josh West published
Preview Opinion | Concord isn't Destiny 2 meets Overwatch, but it is an exceptionally solid arena shooter with real potential
I abandoned Elden Ring shortly after release, but the excitement around Shadow of the Erdtree pulled me back in and I finally found a way to enjoy this RPG
By Josh West published
Opinion Opinion | Embracing a sense of true discovery is helping me find enjoyment in The Lands Between
10 games like GTA you need to play while waiting for GTA 6
By Iain Wilson last updated
Feature Games like GTA: Whether it's the fast cars or the loaded guns you love, here's everything you need to check out
Hear how Massive Entertainment built on the success of The Division to deliver the ultimate scoundrel fantasy in Star Wars Outlaws
By Josh West published
Video Video | Get a fresh look at Star Wars Outlaws and learn how Massive stayed on target throughout development
Borderlands 3 characters, who's the best class and who should you play as?
By Leon Hurley last updated
Guide Understand Borderlands 3 character abilities, classes, and builds before heading into Pandora
Born out of a pandemic, refined through reflection: Gears of War: E-Day is a chance for The Coalition to recapture the spirit of Gears and "tear a lot of s*** up"
By Josh West published
Feature Summer Preview | The Coalition on the return of Marcus and Dom, telling the origin of the Lancer, and more
Stalker 2 hands-on: I played Heart of Chornobyl, and it's finally becoming the immersive-FPS I always knew it could be
By Josh West published
Preview Preview | It's remarkable how far this game has come in such a short time
What's Hot 2024: 50 of the best games we saw and played at the summer showcases
By Josh West last updated
The 12DOVE Summer Games Preview runs throughout the month of June, diving deep into the hottest upcoming games for PC, PS5, Switch, and Xbox Series X
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 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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
Path of Exile 2 PS5 hands-on: A compelling Diablo 4 competitor has just entered the action-RPG arena for console
By Josh West published
Preview What's Hot 2024 | Path of Exile 2 blew me away with its hyper-aggressive combat and staggering depth
How to summon a Golem in Diablo 4
By Josh West last updated
Guide Here's how to use, summon, and activate the Necromancer's Golem from the Book of the Dead
From the Xbox Games Showcase I'm hoping for a little less conversation and a little more action, please
By Josh West published
Opinion Xbox has dozens of video games in development and now's the time to clarify its release schedule for the next few years
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