News Policy

Arcade Punks News Desk covers arcade, retro gaming, emulation and the hardware and software the scene runs on: new arcade machines and trade shows, emulator and frontend releases, handhelds, Raspberry Pi and FPGA, light guns, touchscreen machines, remakes, re-releases and the companies behind them. This page explains how we report it.

What we cover, and what we don’t

  • Real news from the arcade and retro world that Arcade Punks readers care about: releases, announcements, launches, closures and the stories behind them.
  • We don’t publish deals, rumours with no credible source, or stories about phone and tablet games.
  • We never link to ROMs, ISOs, BIOS files or any other copyrighted game downloads in our news. Emulators and software are only ever linked from their official sites.
  • No adult content, ever.

Sources and attribution

  • Every story is based on named sources, and every story ends with a Sources list linking to them.
  • Where possible we go to the original: the maker’s own announcement, press release, store page or release notes, alongside the outlet that first reported it.
  • We write every story in our own words. We never copy articles, and we quote at most a single line, credited.
  • Anything unconfirmed is clearly marked as unconfirmed. Legal stories stick to what was filed or announced: claims are reported as claims.

How our stories are made

Our news desk uses AI tools to help find, research and draft stories from the sources above, following strict rules on sourcing, accuracy and copyright. Stories are published under the Arcade Punks News Desk name. Builder interviews in Meet the Maker are written from the makers’ own answers, and every maker sees their article before it goes live.

Pictures

  • We use official images from the companies and projects we write about, credited to them, or free-licence photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited with their licence.
  • Every story’s main picture is credited at the end of the article.
  • We don’t use news outlets’ own photos, and every picture is used once.

Independence

News on Arcade Punks is never paid for. Sponsored and guest articles exist elsewhere on the site, but they are kept separate from our news, and no company can pay to have a story written, changed or removed.

Corrections

We aim to get every story right, and when we don’t, we fix it. If you spot a mistake, or you represent a company or project we have written about and something needs correcting, contact us and tell us which story and what is wrong. We correct factual errors promptly, and significant corrections are noted at the end of the story.

Contact

News tips, press releases and corrections: contact Arcade Punks. Read the latest from the news desk in On Our Radar.