HQ Trivia's new host is Matt Richards.

HQ Trivia aims for comeback with new cash prizes and a new host

HQ Trivia has seen some highs and lows over the past couple of years. The company saw a meteoric rise for its live trivia contests, and it saw an equally abrupt decline in its live audience. Its founding CEO died, and it parted ways with longtime host Scott Rogowsky last month.

But now the company has hired a new main host, Matt Richards, and this evening (at 6 p.m. Pacific) it is launching its Season 4 theme: “The money is in your hands.”

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.