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A hacker has posted internal documents belonging to a Roblox employee online as part of an attempt to extort money from the company
Read More »Internal Roblox employee documents posted online by hacker
Roblox apologises for three-day outage
"Due to the difficulty in diagnosing the actual bug, recovery took longer than any of us would have liked."
Read More »Roblox’s business model has been criticised for exploiting its young user base
A new investigation from People Make Games has criticised Roblox's business model, pointing out how difficult it is to make a profit from the platform.
Read More »Roblox posts strong Q2 results but they don’t match up to market expectations
“Our continued growth demonstrates the importance of our mission and the power of our platform”
Read More »[ICYMI] Uplift Games: Roblox’s 60m user smash-hit Adopt Me! has a new parent
With 60m users Adopt Me! is the gaming titan you might (still) not have heard of. Now the team behind it is taking on a new identity as Uplift Games – a globally-distributed mix of Roblox natives and industry veterans, all set to help define the metaverse
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Plus Darewise and open development, Adopt Me!, Playtonic Friends and more
Read More »Roblox valued at $38bn after first day’s trading – that’s more than EA
Roblox has seen huge growth over the pandemic, but isn't profitable at present
Read More »[ICYMI] Roblox: The 10bn hour gentle giant
With the Roblox IPO approaching we look back to our talk with chief business officer Craig Donato about the platform’s international expansion and cross platform development, and how it empowers its young community
Read More »Roblox to teach children about online safety with digital civility curriculum
Online game platform Roblox has launched a free digital civility curriculum to teach children how to behave and stay safe online.
Read More »Roblox developers expect to earn $250 Million in 2020
It was also announced that Roblox now has over 150 million monthly active users.
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