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

Black Desert teases PC quality-of-life upgrades, mobile Rabam skills, and this summer’s Heidel Ball

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Pearl Abyss is continuing its Black Desert video drop frenzy this week as it has big plans for the game in all its many...

MMO Business Roundup: Arcane in Fortnite, Ubisoft and accessibility, and the Roblox dance lawsuit

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of some MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news of the week! Ubisoft and accessibility - Proving a stopped clock is...

Roblox reselling site argues the corporate lawsuit trying to shut it down is anti-competitive

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Back in February we reported on a lawsuit filed by Roblox that sought to shut down PlayerAuctions, a third-party site that lets players trade...

Game company stock values in multiple markets start to tumble in the wake of US tariffs

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With US President Donald Trump's imposed trade tariffs throwing the global economy into turmoil and stoking fears of another Great Depression in the US,...
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Roblox says it will offer ads to players who want to unlock temporary access to paid content

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Do you like being shown ads? Of course you do, according to Roblox, whose studio is proud to announce that the game is rolling...

Kickstarted cozy MMO Loftia recaps worldbuilding and MMO-inspired social systems

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Kickstarted cozy MMO Loftia is back with another development blog this week, this time recapping the last month of effort over at indie studio...

Roblox CEO to parents: ‘If you’re not comfortable, don’t let your kids be on Roblox’

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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

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This is either an ominous portent for Roblox or a major government agency trying to look tough. Either way, what has been discovered is...
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Roblox stock dips after the company misses earnings projections for the fiscal year

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Apparently a game company missing earnings forecasts by what looks like a rounding error is enough to cause its stock to drop now. That's...

US government agency is hoping to extend consumer protections to virtual currencies in games like Roblox

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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...

Working As Intended: Stars Reach could be the demographic revolution MMORPGs need

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When Raph Koster started talking in Discord on Saturday night, I was super annoyed because I knew I was going to lose my whole...
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Vague Patch Notes: EVE Frontier’s blockchain foundation makes it a worse MMO

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It is a mark of pride for our readers that basically none of you are having CCP Games trying to play around with the...
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Roblox is introducing a new Roblox-centered chat system as its answer to Discord

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Sure, Roblox has found a way to turn its player population into an endless font of content that the owners can monetize and give...

MMO Business Roundup: NetEase stocks dip over internal fraud and corruption investigation

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news. This edition is all about money, baby. Well, quarterly financials, anyhow. And also...

MMO Business Roundup: Lockboxes, SAG-AFTRA, child safety, and another ABK union rally

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Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! It's a bit of good news and bad news this time around, so...

Rumor: Nintendo is running a 10K player test for its secret Switch MMO

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A huge test for a not-so-secret Nintendo Switch playtest is underway by the company itself -- and this could have significant implications for the...

Roblox Corp denies short-seller’s report that it lies to investors and hosts ‘a pedophile hellscape’

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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...

The MOP Up: Path of Exile arrives on the PlayStation 5

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It's a great week for PlayStation 5 users, as Grinding Gears' acclaimed Path of Exiles finally got its own launch on the console. "The native...
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Roblox unveils plans for more revenue sharing, 100-player open worlds, and expanded AI tools

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Games creation and hosting platform Roblox unveiled some big plans during its Roblox Developers Conference this past Friday, with the promise of more tools,...

Roblox’s Beetlejuice transmedia synergy merges a minigame with a movie ticket vendor

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So I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is I'm not going to be able to resist saying Beetlejuice...

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