roblox

Official Site: Roblox
Launch Date: 2016
Genre: Family-Friendly Online Sandbox
Business Model: F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, PS4, Xbox One

Roblox unveils horror-themed games featuring Poppy Playtime and Chucky

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Roblox and horror aren't generally things that one assumes would blend together (unless you consider Roblox Corp's own real-world awfulness), but those two tastes...

Q4 2023: Nexon, Krafton, and Roblox all posted soaring revenues in 2023

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Welcome back to another MMO business roundup - this one all about financials for some of the companies we keep an eye on 'round...

MassivelyOP’s 2023 Golden Yachties: Best Worst MMO Transmedia Synergy

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Welcome back to MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards as we present our award for Best Worst MMO Transmedia Synergy. Yes, it's the Golden Yachties series,...

Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2023 MMO predictions

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We've been offering up an MMO predictions list for Massively Overthinking for years upon years now as our writers and readers prognosticate on the...
Must we?

MMO Business Roundup: Gaming addiction, GTA6, Ubisoft layoffs, Epic v. Google, and more

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. There's been a lot this week, so we'll keep 'em brief! Addiction: A woman...

The MOP Up: Coop roguelike Inkbound removes all in-game monetization

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It's usually the case that a live service title adds more monetization over time, not less. But with action roguelike coop Inkbound, "less" is...

Roblox is forcing remote staff back into the office next year

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Roblox is joining the growing chorus of tech companies attempting to force staff - some hired as remote workers - back into physical offices...

Transmedia madness roundup: PUBG’s KFC collab, Animal Crossing’s LEGO figs, and Roblox’s Barbie experience

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The strange bedfellows made of game studios and other brands has been A Thing for a while - we've even made a whole Golden...

Roblox sheds 30 ‘talent acquisition’ employees as part of a company plan to improve its profits

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We've reported numerous times how the company that runs Roblox has continually seen revenue rise but profits plummet as it outspends those earnings to...
Straight shot.

Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs you’ve already forgotten ever existed

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Falling into obscurity and then being completely forgotten is the nightmare of any creative artist. This tragic scenario is compounded when it comes to...

Roblox conference cut short after police arrested an allegedly armed community developer

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A seemingly benign Roblox developer conference abruptly turned frightening last weekend when an unruly developer in the crowd was arrested. Games Industry reports that a...

Roblox confirms Quest VR release later this month, PlayStation launch in October

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Roblox's bespoke RDC event has once again offered up a list of major headlines for the multiplayer player-generated content platform, but one of the...
Your approval fills me with shame.

Roblox faces class action lawsuit that accuses the game of turning a blind eye to third-party gambling rings

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Roblox is once more back in the headlines for all of the wrong reasons, as the company that runs the player-generated games platform is...

Hamilton Simulator lets Roblox players defeat the British with official songs from the musical

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If anyone had "popular musical Hamilton officially claps hands with Roblox" on their bingo card, mark off a space now because that's literally what...

Megadeth headlines Wargaming’s multi-MMO Metal Fest later this month

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Is there an MMO more metal than World of Tanks? I mean, kinda by definition, right? Well, maybe that explains Wargaming's decision to run...

Roblox Q2 2023: Roblox sees a net loss of $282M, goes all in on AI

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Roblox's financial reports have been both bizarre and repetitive for years now, and we're afraid Q2 2023 is no different. While the company saw...

Roblox adds a familiar face-tracking animation feature, and players are already being weird with it

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Who here remembers SOEmote? If you don't, just know it was a feature added to EverQuest II in 2012 that let players use a...

Roblox apologizes for data breach that leaked nearly 4000 employees’ personal details

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Roblox Corp has apparently suffered a major data breach that leaked the personal details of nearly 4000 past and present workers - including names,...

Roblox aims to be ‘one of the biggest virtual economies on Earth’ through additional creator monetization tools

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Roblox has some immense aspirations for its so-called economy. A blog post from the studio's VP of Economy Enrico D'Angelo offers a broad strokes...

The MOP Up: Torchlight Infinite plans a ‘basic online feature’ for a future patch

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When will Torchlight Infinite grow the online game it clearly aspires to be? The studio addressed co-op expansion in a recent Q&A, saying, "We...

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