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In 2016, a team composed mostly of SAPO ex-employees rebooted the event under the name '''Pixels Camp'''<ref name="Pixels Camp in Shifter, 2016">{{cite web|url=https://shifter.sapo.pt/2016/04/codebits-pixels-camp/|title=Das cinzas do Codebits, nasce o Pixels Camp. Estás preparado?}} Shifter, 2016</ref> while keeping the format virtually unchanged.

Pixels Camp had three editions. In March 2020, a fourth edition was already in the very last stages of preparation when the [[COVID-19]] pandemic forced its postponement to later that year. The organization remained active and conducted several online activities over that period, but Pixels Camp v4.0 ended up being officially canceled in mid-September.<ref name="Pixels Camp v4.0 canceled, 2020">{{cite web|url=https://blog.pixels.camp/about-pixels-camp-v4-0-6fd8b91cc8f2|title=About Pixels Camp v4.0|date=14 September 2020 }} Pixels Camp Blog, 2020</ref>.

Pixels Camp was organized by Bright Pixel (a startup incubator and accelerator part of [[Sonae]] group) and financed with the help of sponsorships. It has been informally reported that any future Pixels Camp editions, should they happen, would be organized independently with a financing model still to be defined. As of late 2023, no definite plans are known.

==== Differences to Codebits ====

In Pixels Camp, sponsor pitches replaced product announcements during the opening morning. On stage, sponsors suggested themes related to their own areas of activity for the hackathon. Participants were not required to cover any of the suggested themes in their projects, but often did.

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Outside of the hackathon, Pixels Camp continued the trend of increased focus on self-proposed talks and entertainment content, and of attracting a wider community of technical and creative talent beyond programmers. The colorful choices for the rebooted brand reflected this trend, as did the name.

==== Pixels Camp Editions ====

* 2016<ref name="Pixels Camp 2016 in RTP">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GawH7LpTxZQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/GawH7LpTxZQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Pixels Camp|website=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}} RTP, 2016</ref> — October 6–8 at [[LX Factory]], Lisbon — 1000 attendees

* 2017<ref name="Pixels Camp 2017 in Observador">{{cite web|url=https://observador.pt/2017/09/28/pixels-camp-traz-campismo-moedas-digitais-e-mais-de-mil-participantes-a-lisboa/|title=Pixels Camp traz campismo, moedas digitais e mais de mil participantes a Lisboa}} Observador, 2017</ref> — September 28–30 at [[Pavilhão Carlos Lopes]], Lisbon — 1200 attendees