2020 was the year of the casual gamer

Posted on 28/12/2020 by Engadget

Unlike most other forms of entertainment, video games weren’t hit as hard this year. Sure, the big live events like E3 and EVO were cancelled, but gaming is an activity enjoyed by most at home. That means the majority of big releases — like Doom Eter...

‘Ready Player Two’ author is going on a virtual book tour in ‘Roblox’

Posted on 23/11/2020 by Engadget

Real book tours aren’t practical during a pandemic, but the virtual kind might suit at least one author very nicely. Ernest Cline is showcasing his new novel Ready Player Two in a Roblox event, and it will appropriately include a treasure hunt. While...

‘Roblox’ is hosting a Lil Nas X concert this Saturday

Posted on 10/11/2020 by Engadget

Lil Nas X is coming to take your kids to an old town road. On Tuesday, the rapper and singer announced that he will host a virtual concert inside of Roblox. He’ll be the first artist to perform within the hit kids game, and developer Roblox Corporati...

‘Roblox’ insider sold user data access to a hacker

Posted on 04/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Hackers don’t necessarily need to break into networks to compromise game companies — sometimes, it’s just about coercing the right people. An anonymous attacker talking to Motherboard has revealed that they bribed a Roblox customer support representa...

‘Roblox’ announces limited-run ‘Doctor Who’ collaboration

Posted on 12/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Roblox has seen an impressive range of crossovers since its arrival in 2015. The game-slash-development platform has linked up with Jurassic Park, Dr Seuss and Star Wars. Now it's getting the Doctor Who treatment.

Roblox’s ‘Seuss World’ lets kids raise and trade virtual pets

Posted on 09/10/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Dr. Seuss Enterprises has launched a new game on the Roblox platform that'll have you or your kids raising virtual pets and interacting with popular Seuss characters. Seuss World is a pet simulator inspired by the book If I Ran the Circus -- in fact,...

Roblox tricks kids into coding with ‘Jurassic Park’

Posted on 31/05/2018 by Engadget RSS Feed

Roblox is something of a mix between a game and a development platform. It allows users to play games developed by other people, as well as create their own games. Now, the company is introducing an education initiative for its 60 million-strong kid...

Hobbyist developers will make $30 million via ‘Roblox’ this year

Posted on 22/07/2017 by Engadget RSS Feed

Roblox has exploded over the past two years. It's not quite a game and not quite a development platform, allowing players to boot up millions of user-made projects, or create their own games and immediately publish them across all supported platforms...

‘Roblox’ lets indie game devs publish across platforms — in a bubble

Posted on 24/09/2015 by Jessica Conditt

Roblox CEO David Baszucki has grand plans for his app's launch on Xbox One. Roblox is a free game-creating program that already has 6 million monthly players across PC, iOS and Android, and Baszucki expects that number to climb when it hits Xbox On...

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