Matthew Reynolds is an award-winning writer and editor for hire, specialising in guides, SEO and news coverage about games.

Based in the UK, he was Deputy Editor for guides and service for Polygon, a website covering games and entertainment, at Vox Media between January 2023 and May 2025. 

Before that, he was at Eurogamer, starting as Guides Editor, overseeing significant traffic growth year-on-year by reacting to trends and maintaining high-ranking evergreen articles to establish the site as one of the foremost destinations for the world’s most popular games, including Pokémon Go, Fortnite, Destiny and Animal Crossing.

He was also Digital Spy’s Gaming Editor, achieving multiple awards and honours, including being named one of the top 25 most influential journalists in the UK games media (MCV, 2014) and winner of multiple Games Media Awards.

He is a BAFTA member, and has judged the BAFTA Games Awards and the Independent Games Festival. Matthew also enjoys making guides for older games - previously on GameFAQs as a prolific contributor, and today on YouTube - and once created an acclaimed Xbox Live Indie Game (RIP).