Welcome to The Pixel Gazette, an independent digital publication covering gaming, technology, entertainment, culture, and current affairs.
In a media landscape increasingly shaped by fragmented information, repetitive content, and clickbait headlines, our mission is simple: to get straight to the point.
We publish carefully selected news, timely updates, reviews, and focused analysis for readers who want to stay informed without wasting time. Our goal is to make complex or fast-moving stories easier to understand while preserving accuracy, context, and editorial responsibility.
Our Mission
Our tagline, “News, culture, and much more—in quick reads,” reflects our daily commitment.
We do more than repeat announcements or summarise what has already been published elsewhere. Our authors identify relevant stories, examine the available sources, verify key information, and provide the context readers need to understand why a story matters.
We aim to offer a reading experience that is:
- clear and straightforward;
- accurate and properly sourced;
- independent from commercial influence;
- respectful of the reader’s time;
- accessible without oversimplifying the facts.
Our Editorial Philosophy
The Pixel Gazette is committed to transparency, independence, and responsible publishing.
Our editorial work is guided by the following principles.
Accuracy and Source Verification
We verify names, dates, quotations, statistics, technical specifications, and other factual claims before publication whenever reasonably possible.
We prioritise original and authoritative sources, including:
- official announcements;
- public documents and records;
- direct statements;
- technical documentation;
- interviews and first-hand information;
- established news organisations with recognised editorial standards.
When information is uncertain, preliminary, disputed, or still developing, we clearly communicate that context to our readers.
Editorial Independence
Our news coverage, opinions, reviews, and analyses are based on independent editorial judgment.
Advertisers, commercial partners, manufacturers, publishers, developers, and public-relations representatives do not determine our conclusions, headlines, ratings, or editorial positions.
We do not accept payment in exchange for:
- favourable news coverage;
- positive reviews;
- predetermined ratings or recommendations;
- the removal of legitimate criticism;
- changes to independent editorial conclusions.
Respect for Our Readers
We reject misleading clickbait practices.
Our headlines are written to accurately represent the substance of each article. We do not intentionally omit essential context or use exaggerated claims solely to attract traffic.
Human Authorship and Editorial Review
Every article published by The Pixel Gazette is created, reviewed, and approved by a human author or editor.
Artificial-intelligence tools may assist our team with:
- discovering potential sources;
- organising research materials;
- reviewing grammar and spelling;
- improving clarity and readability;
- identifying information that requires additional verification;
- supporting translation or language review.
AI-generated responses are not treated as reliable sources by themselves.
Any factual information, quotation, link, statistic, date, or reference suggested by an AI tool must be independently checked by a human author or editor before publication.
Artificial intelligence does not independently:
- select the stories we publish;
- establish our editorial opinions;
- assign review scores;
- approve articles for publication;
- issue corrections or retractions.
Final editorial responsibility always belongs to a human author or to the editorial team.
Further information about our standards, use of artificial intelligence, fact-checking, corrections, reviews, and conflicts of interest is available in ourEditorial Policy.
Ownership and Management
The Pixel Gazette is owned and operated by Marco Cresta, based in Italy and operating under the commercial name and editorial team “Pixel.News”.
The publication is independently managed by its owner, who is responsible for its administration, strategic direction, and editorial oversight.
Editorial decisions are made independently and are not controlled by advertisers, commercial partners, public-relations representatives, manufacturers, publishers, developers, or other external organisations.
Individual articles, reviews, opinions, and analyses are produced according to the standards described in our Editorial Policy.
Legal and Business Information
- Legal owner and operator: Marco Cresta
- Commercial name and editorial team: Pixel.News
- VAT number: IT18069411009
- Italian tax code: CRSMRC88R04C352P
- Tax regime: RF01 — Ordinary
- Registered address: Via Antonio Galtarossa 4/1, 00100 Rome (RM), Italy
- Certified email address — PEC:marco.cresta@pec.it
Funding and Advertising
The Pixel Gazette is funded exclusively through advertising revenue.
Advertising supports the operation, maintenance, and development of the publication, including its technical infrastructure and editorial activities.
Advertising revenue does not influence:
- which stories we choose to cover;
- the opinions expressed by our authors;
- the conclusions of our reviews and analyses;
- the scores or recommendations assigned to products, services, games, or other subjects;
- our decisions to publish, update, correct, or retract content.
Advertisers and commercial partners are not permitted to review, approve, or alter independent editorial content before publication.
We do not accept payment in exchange for favourable coverage, positive reviews, predetermined ratings, or the removal of legitimate criticism.
Advertising is kept separate from independent editorial content. Any paid or sponsored material, should it be published, will be clearly identified and visually distinguishable from our independent journalism.
Our Team
The Pixel Gazette is produced by the independent editorial team Pixel.News, led by founder, owner, and editor Marco Cresta.
Our team brings together direct experience in journalism, technology, video games, digital culture, entertainment, and current affairs.
Marco “Stak” Cresta
Marco Cresta is the founder, owner, and editor of The Pixel Gazette.
A long-time follower of video games, nerd culture, technology, and politics, Marco has more than twenty years of direct experience engaging with the subjects he covers and has been publishing articles regularly since 2014.
His writing is characterised by an irreverent and occasionally provocative style, shaped by the resilient and often precarious culture of the Millennial generation, of which he is a proud representative.
Dave Plug
Dave Plug is a programmer, digital architect, and The Pixel Gazette’s resident technical expert.
He writes about video games, software, technology, and digital culture, with a particular focus on making complicated technical subjects easier to understand.
A perfectionist with a sharp critical voice, Dave approaches products and industry claims with careful attention to detail—and not even the largest AAA developers are exempt from his scrutiny.
Corrections and Accountability
Accuracy is an ongoing responsibility.
When we discover a material factual error, we correct it as promptly and transparently as possible. Significant corrections may be accompanied by an editorial note explaining what was changed.
Readers, sources, and subjects of our reporting are encouraged to contact us when they believe that an article contains inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading information.
Correction requests should include:
- the URL of the relevant article;
- a concise description of the possible error;
- supporting evidence or a reliable source, when available;
- contact information if a direct response is requested.
More information is available in ourCorrections Policy.
Contact The Pixel Gazette
The trust of our readers is our most valuable asset.
You can contact our editorial team to:
- report a possible factual error;
- request a correction or clarification;
- provide a news tip or supporting documentation;
- raise an editorial concern;
- propose an interview or collaboration;
- ask a question about our editorial practices.
Visit our Contact page or email us directly at:
Editorial Desk:editor@thepixelgazette.com
For legal and certified communications:
PEC: marco.cresta@pec.it
When reporting a possible error, please include the URL of the article and a concise explanation of the issue.