Editorial policy
The rules every GameSelecto article follows, and what happens when one of them is broken.
Last updated October 4, 2026
Independence
Editorial recommendations should follow the stated evidence and the reader's needs. Advertiser approval of campaign artwork is distinct from editorial assessment. A paid banner placement is not a review score or an editorial ranking.
Accuracy
- Every factual claim carries a source: the publisher, the link and the date we consulted it.
- We never publish a measurement, a price, a play time or a rate we have not verified ourselves or sourced to a primary publisher.
- Numbers that depend on a version are stamped with that version.
Rumor is not information
Unconfirmed information is labelled as unconfirmed in the body of the article, next to the claim — not only in a note at the end. We name who reported it and how reliable that source has been. If it is later confirmed or denied, we update the article and say what changed.
Corrections
We correct in place, date the correction and keep the original claim visible so you can see what was wrong. Significant corrections are noted at the top of the article. Report an error tohello@gameselecto.com.
Images and rights
We publish no image without a verified licence. Screenshots, press assets and third-party photos carry their attribution and licence. If you hold rights to something published here and believe it is used incorrectly, contact us and we will act.
Commercial content
Affiliate links are disclosed before the content, on every article that carries one. See theaffiliate disclosure. We do not publish sponsored posts. If that ever changes, such articles will be labelled as advertising, unambiguously, at the top.
Who signs the articles
Articles are published by the GameSelecto editorial desk and signed with five pen names, one for each category: Maya Castillo (News), Ethan Hollis (Guides), Grant Whitaker (Reviews), Jordan Pierce (Comparisons) and Cole Brennan (Rankings). They are names of the desk, not individual people with a personal history. They are never used to claim hours played, an account, a rank or a career that does not exist. The about page says the same.
Tools, illustrations and what we claim
The desk uses automated research, drafting and checking tools, and every factual claim still has to be tied to a source. Editorial illustrations are illustrations: a caption describes what the image shows, and an illustration is never presented as a gameplay capture. Our current research-based game assessments carry no numeric score and make no claim of hands-on testing. A future played review must have a real session record and a published method (see how we test).
How to hold us to this
If an article on this site breaks one of these rules, tell us. We would rather correct it in public than keep it.