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The ongoing Epic v Apple trial has been delving into minutiae and parsing fine legal details, but one major industry player could have a big impact: Roblox. The game has morphed into a platform that hosts lots of different user-created applications, but whether those count as “games” or “experiences” could …

Roblox has long been one of the most popular games in the world–it’s had millions of fans for its nearly fifteen-year run. But it continues to grow and bring in new players, and it’s now up to 42.1 million daily active users. According to Roblox’s Q1 2021 earnings, the game …

According to the Roblox metrics blog and tools site RTrack, the game-making platform notched a staggering 202 million estimated users in April 2021, an all-time high and an increase of 10 million from March 2021. These are impressive numbers by any metric. For comparison, Call of Duty had more than …

Tetris Effect: Connected is headed to Steam this summer, and the game’s store page is now live. As its name implies, Tetris Effect: Connected is an enhanced version of the original game of that title, only with better support for multiplayer Tetris as well as new single-player content. The game …

If visitor numbers to digital spaces are anything to go by, the science fiction novel Ready Player Two has built quite the fanbase. As of this week, over 28 million players have visited the Ready Player Two hub in the blocky creation game Roblox. The Roblox space has become popular …

Adopt Me, the cute animal game based in the Roblox platform, is getting an Easter-themed event–a few weeks after Easter. The update adds a new ultra-rare lamb pet, available now through May 13. The timing isn’t a mistake, though. According to Entertainment Focus, Roblox Corp chose to release this update …

The video game industry is celebrating its first ever win at the Academy Awards thanks to Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment. The two companies co-produced Colette, the winner of the Documentary Short Subject Oscar at last night’s ceremony. The film–included for free with every copy of VR shooter Medal of …

Oculus held its first livestreamed game showcase this week, and Resident Evil 4 in VR–a Quest 2 exclusive–was a major part of the presentation. New footage gives us a good look at how combat will feel in the game, as well as a rundown on which systems have been changed …

There’s a simulation game for almost every hobby and profession out there, although there has been a strange lack of titles dedicated to satisfying power trips of high-pressure cleaning. Developer FuturLab is filling this void with PowerWash Simulator, which, as the title suggests, is a simulator about power-washing homes and …

For those unfamiliar with the phenomenon that is Roblox, it’s less a self-contained game than it is a platform for third-party developers to release their own unique games and experiences onto. One of the most popular is Adopt Me, a game that sees players collecting and hatching cute collectable creatures …