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Roblox CEO to parents: ‘If you’re not comfortable, don’t let your kids be on Roblox’
Roblox co-founder and CEO Dave Baszucki has a message for parents who are concerned that the games platform is an exploitative place that makes...
Roblox Corp is apparently under an ‘active and ongoing investigation’ by the SEC
This is either an ominous portent for Roblox or a major government agency trying to look tough. Either way, what has been discovered is...
US government agency is hoping to extend consumer protections to virtual currencies in games like Roblox
It's fairly well known by now that most governments and the laws they enact do not do a good job of keeping pace with...
Roblox is introducing a new Roblox-centered chat system as its answer to Discord
Sure, Roblox has found a way to turn its player population into an endless font of content that the owners can monetize and give...
Roblox Corp denies short-seller’s report that it lies to investors and hosts ‘a pedophile hellscape’
The dark clouds that hang over Roblox have been well-documented by us for quite some time, but now there's a damning new report from...
Roblox unveils plans for more revenue sharing, 100-player open worlds, and expanded AI tools
Games creation and hosting platform Roblox unveiled some big plans during its Roblox Developers Conference this past Friday, with the promise of more tools,...
Ikea wants to pay people to sell furniture and serve meatballs inside of its digital Roblox store
It looks as if shopping in a boxy Walmart was just the tip of the retail hell iceberg in Roblox: The furniture store Ikea...
Walmart now has a digital storefront for real-world goods operating from inside of Roblox
Buying things online from Walmart's website? Like some kind of boomer? That's so last decade. If you want to take your digital Walmart shopping...
Roblox walks back statements that children earning money is a ‘gift’ and not exploitation of labor
Roblox's PR department has found itself in the unenviable position of providing cover for some dumb nonsense an executive said at GDC this year....
Roblox is forcing remote staff back into the office next year
Roblox is joining the growing chorus of tech companies attempting to force staff - some hired as remote workers - back into physical offices...
Roblox sheds 30 ‘talent acquisition’ employees as part of a company plan to improve its profits
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...
Roblox conference cut short after police arrested an allegedly armed community developer
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 faces class action lawsuit that accuses the game of turning a blind eye to third-party gambling rings
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...
Roblox apologizes for data breach that leaked nearly 4000 employees’ personal details
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
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...
A year after FTC complaint, Roblox will now hide ads for players 13 and under
Last year, the watchdog group Truth in Advertising (TINA) filed a complaint with the FTC over Roblox's "deceptive advertising" reach towards younger players, claiming...
Singapore detains teen for playing on Roblox terrorist worlds
You know how they say that "all publicity is good publicity?" Maybe that's not quite true in the case of Roblox and... well, everything...
Parent puts Roblox on blast for her first-hand experiences of troubling games and failed content filtering
In case you were wondering if the CEO of Roblox was blowing smoke when he talked up "safety and civility," allow one parent's extremely...
Roblox’s sketchy monetization attracts kids, parents, and hungry corporations alike
Would you pay your kids' allowance in virtual currency? That's the frame for a piece today on The Wall Street Journal, which offers an...
Roblox faces lawsuit alleging it enabled the sexual exploitation of a minor
The company that owns and operates Roblox is facing an extremely serious lawsuit that alleges the game platform failed to keep a young girl...
