Ballistic Ventures Welcomes Former Roblox, Box, Walmart Security Exec Julie Tsai as CISO-in-Residence

Ballistic Ventures, the venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to funding and incubating entrepreneurs and innovations in ...
New York Post

Roblox branded ‘pedophile hellscape’ with games like ‘Escape to Epstein Island’ and ‘Diddy Party’

Popular kids video game Roblox was branded a “pedophile hellscape,” with titles such as “Diddy Party,” and “Escape to Epstein Island,” according to Hindenburg Research – the short-seller who called ...
TechCrunch

Roblox announces short-form video feed for gameplay clips, new AI tools for creators, and more

Online gaming platform Roblox is launching a TikTok-like short-form video feed for sharing gameplay moments, the company unveiled on Friday at the Roblox Developers Conference. The company also ...
Pocket Gamer.biz

Saudi-based Superbullet Studios aims to let anyone build Roblox games in 3 days

Erickson Talaue on how the Riyadh-based studio pivoted into AI, the vision behind its proprietary Roblox-focused LLM, and ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Real-life nightmare for kids.’ ‘Roblox’ faces multiple lawsuits over child safety

“Roblox” faced a wave of new lawsuits this week that allege the popular gaming platform hasn’t done enough to safeguard kids from pedophiles and sexual content. One of the latest complaints, filed in ...
CNN

Louisiana sues Roblox alleging the popular gaming site fails to protect children

Louisiana sued the online gaming platform Roblox on Thursday, alleging the wildly popular site has perpetuated an environment where sexual predators “thrive, unite, hunt and victimize kids.” The ...
CNN

10-year-old girl kidnapped by man she met on Roblox, police say

A California man has been arrested for abducting a 10-year-old child he reportedly met on social media apps Roblox and Discord, authorities said Wednesday. Matthew Macatuno Naval, 27, was arrested ...
TechCrunch

Roblox expands use of age-estimation tech and introduces standardized ratings

Amid lawsuits alleging child safety concerns, online gaming service Roblox announced on Wednesday that it’s expanding its age-estimation technology to all users and partnering with the International ...
GameSpot

Roblox Is Not Doing Enough To Protect Kids, Lawmaker Says

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Congressman Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, has issued a call to the developers of Roblox to "do more" to help protect children amid ongoing ...
The New York Times

Generation Alpha’s FarmVille Is Growing Like Crazy in Roblox

On Saturday, more than 16 million people were planting seeds and collecting exotic pets within Grow a Garden at the same time. Many were not yet teenagers. By Kieran Press-Reynolds Anyone older than ...
Polygon

Peak creators would rather you pirate the game than play its slop ripoff

Roblox hosts all sorts of games, from cozy experiences like Grow A Garden to capitalistic hellscape simulators like Steal a Brainrot. But the game creation platform is also rife with copycat games ...