Editorial standards
The rules every article has to pass before it is published.
Every claim has a source
- Each factual statement in an article is tied to a specific source, which is listed on the page.
- We do not write facts from memory. Release information, mechanics, characters, locations, statistics and developer statements come only from sources we have stored and opened.
- We do not fabricate quotes. A quotation appears only if it is word for word in a source.
- Analysis and opinion are placed under their own headings so they cannot be mistaken for reported fact.
Verification labels
Every article carries exactly one label. The label is limited by the evidence: a story can be labelled lower than its evidence allows, never higher.
| Label | What it means |
|---|---|
| Confirmed | Stated by the developer, publisher or platform holder in an official channel. |
| High-confidence report | Reported by a top-tier outlet. Not an official statement. |
| Credible rumour | Unconfirmed, but carried by credible journalism. |
| Community discovery | An observable find in official material. The interpretation is unverified. |
| Theory | A reasoned interpretation by the community. Not fact. |
| Speculation | Unsourced or weakly sourced. |
| False / debunked | Officially denied or credibly disproven. |
A rumour, leak, theory or community find is never described as confirmed, in a headline or anywhere else. Community posts are leads, not facts.
Original work
We do not publish rewrites of other outlets' articles. A piece has to add something: synthesis across sources, comparison with earlier games, context, a timeline, a fact check or a clear explanation. A story that is too thin to add anything is not published.
Before publication
- Automated checks look for uncited claims, quotes that are not in the evidence, duplicated coverage and missing information.
- Rumours, theories, community discoveries, conflicting reports and anything sensitive always go to a human editor.
- Nothing is published without the Editor-in-Chief's approval.
Dates
The published date is set once. The updated date changes only when the text changes. We do not alter dates to make an article look newer.
What we do not do
- No misleading headlines, and no hooks the article cannot deliver.
- No pages written only to target search terms, and no near-identical pages.
- No padding to reach a word count.