Roblox files for IPO, a first for user-generated game platforms
User-generated game platform Roblox publicly disclosed its filing to go public on the U.S. stock market today. The company did not say how much it...
The DeanBeat: Our next game event focuses on growth and the metaverse
The game industry is so full of surprises, like Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez drawing more than 4.5 million views for her hilarious get-out-the-vote Twitch livestream...
Roblox files papers with SEC for public offering
User-generated game platform Roblox confirmed a recent report that it has filed papers today to go public on the U.S. stock market. CNBC previously reported...
Roblox’s user-generated game platform could go public at $8 billion valuation
User-generated game platform Roblox has seen its users go through the roof in recent years, and the company is reportedly planning to go public...
Roblox will stage a virtual concert with Ava Max on its path to the metaverse
Step this way to the metaverse. Roblox has a virtual launch party coming with pop star Ava Max, who will sing songs from her...
Can Roblox’s 90 million users be civil to each other?
Back in January, online safety expert Laura Higgins joined Roblox to head a “digital civility” initiative to make the virtual world and gaming platform a...
Roblox raises $150 million as its user-created game world surpasses 70 million players
Roblox has raised $150 million in a new round of funding aimed at expanding the international growth of its social platform for user-generated games....
Ready Player One film review — Not bad for a Spielberg film with a lot of new licenses
The tech, game, and virtual reality industries have a lot of hopes tied to Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One film, which debuts on March...
The DeanBeat: Roblox’s kid developers make enough ‘robux’ to pay for college
Jackson Munsell, Brandon LaRouche and Alex Balfanz grew up in very different places. But they’re converging on San Jose, Calif., this weekend as developers...
Roblox raises $92 million in funding for its Lego-like virtual game world
Roblox said that it has raised a whopper of a round of $92 million in funding for its social platform for user-generated games. The social...