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Judge’s order slaps Roblox player with permanent game ban

Enlarge / A court order has led to a longtime Roblox player being banned from the popular game. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Roblox | Shark Fin Studios) A lawsuit filed by the Roblox Corporation, the operator of one of the most popular online games in the West, concluded last week with a rare order from […]

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On Roblox, kids learn it’s hard to earn money making games

Enlarge (credit: Roblox) Roblox has become a video game titan, in recent years dominating the world of kids’ gaming and earning $454 million in revenue last quarter alone. A new report argues that success is built on exploiting young game developers, many of them children, who are making content for the game. As a platform, […]

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Why Roblox’s definition of “games” is key to the Epic vs. Apple case

Enlarge / Just some of the characters that don’t star in games anymore, according to Roblox. Roblox, the massively valued user-created gaming platform, has removed any mention of “games” from its user interface. It’s a seemingly small semantic change that nonetheless could have some major implications in the ongoing Epic Games v. Apple trial. The […]

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Putting Roblox’s incredible $45 billion IPO in context

Roblox Corp.’s valuation had been rising slowly and steadily until ballooning earlier this year. [credit: Ars Technica ] Yesterday, Roblox made good on its plans to go public, with employees and previous investors selling hundreds of millions of shares in a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange. In a private funding round in […]