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Matthew Handrahan, Editor-in-Chief

Matthew Handrahan joined GamesIndustry in 2011, bringing long-form feature-writing experience to the team as well as a deep understanding of the video game development business. He previously spent more than five years at award-winning magazine gamesTM.

Recent articles by Matthew Handrahan

Square Enix bans thousands of Final Fantasy 14 players for real-money trading

Almost 6,000 players had their accounts terminated in the week leading up to March 3

Zombies, Run dev Six to Start acquired for $9.5m

Fitness firm OliveX will pay $6.65m upfront, with the rest tied to the UK-based firm's performance

By Matthew Handrahan

Hogwarts Legacy designer quits Avalanche following public backlash

Troy Leavitt claims the decision to leave was his own, promises clarity in a future YouTube video

By Matthew Handrahan

Grads In Games is now a non-profit company

Aardvark Swift's UK careers initiative spun out into an independent organisation

Lumikai leads $1.5m investment round in All-Star Games

Play Ventures also contributed to pre-Series A round for the Bangalore-based sports game developer

By Matthew Handrahan

The Last of US Part 2 secures a record 13 BAFTA nominations

Naughty Dog's game leads a big haul for Sony, with PlayStation exclusives accounting for 41 nominations overall

By Matthew Handrahan

TiMi Studios joins Playing for the Planet Alliance

Tencent subsidiary is the first China-based game developer to join the UN-backed initiative

By Matthew Handrahan

Crying Suns reaches 1m players across mobile and PC

Alt-Shift's roguelite hits milestone after launching in September 2019

Dream Games secures $50m Series A round

Mobile startup's Series A is the largest ever for a Turkish company

By Matthew Handrahan

MiHoYo revenue reportedly close to $800m in 2020

Genshin Impact drove huge sales and headcount growth at the Shanghai-based firm

By Matthew Handrahan

Sega's release slate was cut almost in half by COVID-19 disruption

Japanese firm forecast 30 new releases this fiscal year in August 2020, but it now expects just 18 by the end of March

By Matthew Handrahan

Games included in the GSA BAFTA Student Awards for the first time

Awards for Games and Immersive to be presented at the online ceremony in July this year

Valheim hits 4m sales and 500,000 concurrent players

Iron Gate's breakout hit is now one of the top five games in Steam's history for concurrent players

Marc Whitten swaps Amazon for Unity

Former Xbox exec left Amazon five months after rolling out the Luna streaming service

By Matthew Handrahan

Little Nightmares 2 | Critical Consensus

Tarsier Studios' grimly atmospheric sequel is Bandai Namco's biggest critical hit in three years

By Matthew Handrahan

Amazon opens Luna early access to new users

More Fire TV owners can now access the could gaming service, and purchasing the Luna Controller is no longer by invitation

Tencent takes a minority stake in Payload Studios

British dev behind TerraTech is the latest recipient of investment from the Chinese giant

Interactive Entertainment Law Group expands into South America with merger

Deal with Colombian law firm Bedoya & Visbal Abogados gives IE Law regional strength in South America's games industry

Miniclip buys Green Horse Games

Romanian studio behind Football Rivals acquired by Miniclip for an undisclosed sum

Ironsource acquires Luna Labs

Israeli firm buys the creative management platform for an undisclosed sum

UKIE aims to close the "digital divide" with Devices For All campaign

Major firms have already committed to donating computing equipment to families and schools in need

By Matthew Handrahan

Huuuge Inc. now listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange

IPO valued at $442m, with $150m in gross proceeds for further growth and potential acquisitions

Minit devs launch racing spin-off to raise money for charity

Minit Fun Racer is available to buy at three price-points -- all proceeds will be donated to good causes

Omaken Sports forms "Nordic powerhouse of esports" with Heroic acquisition

Norwegian firm raised €15 million to fund deal and its future development plans

By Matthew Handrahan

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