Official Site:Â Roblox
Launch Date: 2016
Genre:Â Family-Friendly Online Sandbox
Business Model: F2P (Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, PS4, Xbox One
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Lawful Neutral: Why Josh Hawley’s lockbox regulation Senate bill is dead-on-arrival
There's a special place in my heart for lootboxes and exploitative monetization, and that place is somewhere below the revulsion I feel for Martin...
Massively Overthinking: Tackling the ‘big four MMOs’ meme
Over the last couple of months, there's been a meme floating around the MMORPG subreddit. Someone will ask that the community recommend a game,...
Playcraft is new indie multiplayer game-building game now on Kickstarter
So here's a fun new multiplayer toy that just landed on Kickstarter: It's called Playcraft, and it's being billed by Bebop Games' creator Adrien...
Adventure Academy is an ‘educational massively multiplayer online game’ launching May 1
Adventure Academy is going to mystify the typical gamer: There are no dragons to fight and no lockboxes to fight over. But if you're...
Roblox grows to 90 million players, does a crossover with WWE for some reason
Sporting a player population that Fortnite and League of Legends could only dream of attaining, global game platform Roblox announced that it has reached...
Roblox appears to have banned PewDiePie’s name
You probably already know of Felix Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie. If you don't... well, PewDiePie exists, he shrieks a lot while playing video...
The MOP Up: Diablo III’s anniversary dungeon returns
Anyone who missed out on Diablo III's anniversary dungeon can get back in on the fun and rewards thanks to its reprise all month...
The Game Archaeologist: Castle Infinity, the MMO that was literally rescued from a dumpster
In the grand history of MMORPGs, kids games seem to have it rougher than most. Developers have had a hard time cracking into that...
MassivelyOP’s guide to MMO Halloween 2018
Whether or not you consider yourself too old to put on that Hulk or Sparkle Twilight costume and prance ("HULK PRANCE") around the neighborhood...
Perfect Ten: Failed MMOs that could have succeeded with more love
Hindsight is 20/20. Unless you're blind in one eye from nostalgia, in which case hindsight is 0/20. In any case, you understand that it's...
Roblox secures another $150 million in funding
Consider this your regularly scheduled reminder that Roblox makes money and also serves as an attractive investment for making more money. Yes, the company...
Roblox takes down popular Pokemon-themed MMO
One of the big dangers of granting content creation tools to the community -- especially in a game that swings some game revenue back...
Roblox botches Ready Player One Easter egg hunt
A one-of-a-kind movie tie-in with the recently released Ready Player One put the popular game platform Roblox in the hot seat with players.
The event...
Guild Wars 2 makes SuperData’s top 10 list of ‘premium PC games by revenue for 2017’
If you want SuperData's complete 2017 Digital Games & Interactive Media market brief, you're... not going to have to pay for it. It's free,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 150: Mailbag gabfest
Justin and Bree tear through the mailbag to answer listener questions on MMOs, from story and leveling and social play to open-world housing and crafting and loot to the future of MMO content and even a peek into our day-to-day on the site.
Roblox adds Xbox One cross-play, is now a ‘complete cross-platform ecosystem’
The bizarre behemoth that is Roblox is growing to even more gargantuan proportions as the team continues to connect its community. The social gaming...
Massively Overthinking: How should MMOs make money in a world without lockboxes?
Earlier this week, MOP's Justin expressed frustration over lockboxes, feeling especially provoked. "As both a player and a journalist, I find it insulting when...
SuperData June 2017: ROBLOX, GTAV, and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds are making bank
SuperData's global digital games revenue summary for June 2017 is out, and it's a strange melange of huge shifts and no changes at all.
On the...
Roblox is taking the online kid world by storm with 48M monthly users and $92M in new investment
Have you ever heard of this game Roblox? If not, you probably will be in the future, because this title has come out of...