Where teens spent their gaming money this summer
Over the summer, the video game industry may lose out a bit to theme parks and museums, movies, and device-free summer camps, but video...
Player creativity is the future of gaming
Humans possess an insatiable desire to create, to build, and to shape the world around us. Examples span from rudimentary cave paintings, to the...
PC Gaming Weekly: Have you heard of … Roblox?
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and indies like Dream Daddy are capturing the imaginations of PC gamers this summer. But in the background, one name is chugging along...
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...
AltspaceVR founder wants to make virtual reality as accessible as the web
Eric Romo and his cofounders at AltspaceVR want to make virtual reality as pervasive and accessible as the worldwide web. AltspaceVR is leading the...
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...
Roblox reaches 1.7 million game creators on its Lego-like platform
Roblox said that it has reached a milestone in user-generated games. It now has more than 1.7 million game creators on its Lego-like game...
Roblox launches toys based on its user-generated games
Roblox had more than 44 million monthly active users in December, and many of them are creating their own games for others to play...
At 10, Roblox surpasses 30 million monthly users and 300 million hours of engagement
It’s not quite Minecraft, but the Lego-like block world of Roblox is doing just fine at its tenth anniversary. The San Mateo, Calif.-based company...
How virtual reality can change the future of user-generated content
Virtual reality and user-generated content aren’t just buzzwords. They could be the future of the gaming industry, and they could compliment each other. At...