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Roblox files for IPO, a first for user-generated game platforms

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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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 is raising nor its valuation. CNBC previously reported that the company could go public early next year at an $8 billion valuation.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.