Our latest coverage of Roblox. 3h3e3a
Voldex, a startup specializing in -generated content (UGC) games, has acquired Brookhaven RP—the most-played title on Roblox with 120 million monthly active s—from its pseudonymous creator Wolfpaq. Financial were undisclosed, but the deal’s scale is implied by comparisons: Welcome to Bloxburg, a Roblox life sim with half Brookhaven’s base, sold for $100 million in 2022 to publicly traded [...]
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The wildly popular virtual platform, Roblox, is undergoing a major transformation. In a move that’s sure to shake things up, Roblox is introducing paid video games alongside its existing free-to-play model. This means players will soon be able to explore a whole new dimension of experiences on Roblox. Specific details are still under wraps, but we know that certain Roblox [...]
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Chucky has come to play in Roblox as the online game platform rolls out several new games, one of which is an asymmetric PvP horror experience called Griefville: Survive the Nightmare. The new game follows the same formula as Dead by Daylight where players can either take on the role of Chucky or survivors trying to defeat him. The only [...]
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Roblox Corp. has reportedly suffered a massive data breach that saw the personal details of roughly 4,000 developers leaked on a hacker forum. These details include the names, dates of birth, addresses, and even IP addresses of all Roblox Developer Conference attendees from 2017 to 2020. According to PC Gamer, the leaked information has been circulating around the internet for [...]
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Roblox will soon be introducing more ways for content creators to earn money from the game with new features like player-made cosmetics, more accessible creation tools, and an option to charge subscription fees to gain access to the games they created. First on the list are player-made cosmetics which will allow players to design, create, and sell avatar heads and [...]
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More and more players have been flocking to Roblox over the past few months but it seems like they’re spending considerably less on the game according to the Roblox Corporation’s Q2 2022 earnings report. The company report reports a total revenue of $591.2 million for the quarter which translates to a 30% increase compared to the same quarter last year. [...]
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Roblox Corp. takes another hit with allegations of tax evasion on top of the fresh round of child labor exploitation accusations thrown at the company earlier this month. The New York Times ran an exposé earlier this week, that dug deep into the finances of Roblox CEO David Baszucki. According to the report, Baszucki and his family have apparently been [...]
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By now, you probably already know that Roblox was the down for nearly the entire Halloween weekend. If the flood of memes hadn’t tipped you off, then your little brother’s cries of frustration probably did. His and the tens of millions of other players like him who were treated to a nasty surprise when the beloved sandbox game unexpectedly went [...]
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Roblox Corporation has been slapped with a $200 million copyright infringement lawsuit by The National Music Publishers' Association for “Roblox's unabashed exploitation of music without proper licenses.” According to GamesIndustry.biz, the lawsuit claims that the studio is illegally using songs without the artists’ and publishers’ consent, including songs by Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande, and The Rolling Stones. The allegations stem [...]
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Roblox Corporation, the makers of the extremely-popular custom game-making MMO Roblox, have just raised $150 million in their latest round of investor fundraising led by the Andreessen Horowitz investment firm. According to a press release, the company is also planning to open a tender offer of up to $350 million of common and preferred shares. Roblox says that the funds [...]
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