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
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 best strategy games you can play right now
By Heather Wald last updated
Features Plan your attack in the best strategy games, from Battletech to Total War
The 25 best fighting games you can play right now
By Josh West last updated
Best List Put 'em up! Here are the best fighting games for an ultimate brawl
The PS5 Pro is an impressive, expensive mid-gen refresh that feels less essential than the PS4 Pro did in 2016
By Josh West published
Opinion Opinion | It's going to be difficult to justify that $700 price point
The best video game Easter eggs for happy hunters
By Joe Donnelly last updated
Best List Some of the best video game Easter eggs are sneaky to spot, and we've picked out our favorites
The Mobile Gaming Show launches this September with exclusive reveals, trailers, developer interviews, and more
By Josh West published
News Actor Ben Starr is ready to spotlight the most exciting games coming to mobile in 2024 and beyond in this new broadcast event from Future Games Show
The 25 best PSP games of all time
By Nick Thorpe last updated
Best List The best PSP games you should play today, from Half-Minute Hero to Lumines
On the Radar: Star Wars Outlaws
By Josh West last updated
Coverage Hub With our final verdict on Star Wars Outlaws out there in the wild, we are continuing the conversation on beyond review with exclusive insight from the team at Massive Entertainment
"They're going to have to kick us out the door!": Ubisoft Massive promises that changes are coming to Star Wars Outlaws as its directors reflect on launch and look to the future
By Josh West published
Interview In conversation with Star Wars Outlaws' creative director Julian Gerighty and game director Mathias Karlson
The 25 best Game Boy Advance games of all time
By Darran Jones last updated
Best List From Metroid to Sonic Advance, these are the best GBA games of all time
How long is Star Wars Outlaws?
By Joel Franey last updated
Guide Star Wars Outlaws is full of optional content, with lots of side quests to explore
25 Best Xbox 360 games of all time
By David Meikleham last updated
Best List From GTA 5 to Modern Warfare 4, here's the 25 best Xbox 360 games to play today
The Star Wars Outlaws creative team weighs in on what it's like to work within a galaxy far, far away: "Initially, it felt like we had been let loose in the toy factory"
By Josh West published
Interview Ubisoft Massive speaks on the challenges of bringing a Star Wars game to life
Remedy confirms the Alan Wake AMC TV series is dead as it announces new partnership with Annapurna to "develop and produce Control and Alan Wake franchises for film and television"
By Josh West published
News You snooze, you lose
Ubisoft Massive was "inspired by Gears of War" to bring more depth to its blaster-based combat
By Josh West published
Features Massive reflects on the challenge of making a "fairly basic type of weapon" fun to fight with
Star Wars Outlaws doesn't let you free aim and fire from your speeder because Massive didn't want you to "feel as if you can ride in and assault people"
By Josh West published
Features Star Wars Outlaws doesn't let you freely fire your blaster while riding your speeder bike, and now we know why
10 best Star Wars games to play in 2024
By Josh West last updated
Best List Star Wars Outlaws joins our list of the best Star Wars games you should go back and play today
Star Wars Outlaws review: "An exceedingly fun Star Wars game that's hindered by poor stealth systems"
By Josh West published
Review
Dune Awakening: Everything we know so far about the new Dune MMO
By Alyssa Mercante last updated
Features Dune Awakening is coming our way in 2025! Here's all the details you need to know about the new game
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – Everything we know so far
By Josh West last updated
News The Black Ops 6 release date is almost here, so here's everything you need to know about the new Call of Duty game.
Will Indiana Jones and the Great Circle be on PS5?
By Joel Franey last updated
Yes, the new Indiana Jones game is coming to PS5 – you just need to wait for 2025
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: Everything we know about the new Indiana Jones game so far
By Josh West last updated
Features Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an upcoming action adventure epic from Bethesda and MachineGames
Best space games which will let you explore the unknown
By Samuel Horti last updated
Best List From Elite Dangerous to Outer Wilds, here's the 10 best space games to play right now
As Fortnite returns to mobile, Tim Sweeney says Epic Games "probably lost over a billion dollars of revenue" as a result of the battle royale being blocked from iPhone 4 years ago
By Josh West published
News The Epic Games Store arrives on mobile in certain territories with Fall Guys, Rocket League Sideswipe, and Fortnite
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