Only users aged 13 and older will be able to use Roblox’s upcoming voice chat. To check a person’s identity, the platform has introduced a special two-stage age verification system.

US skateboarding shoe and apparel company Vans partnered with Roblox to launch Vans World, an in-game interactive experience allowing players to skateboard while sporting Vans gear.

Roblox, which now has over 20 million games, might seem like a good platform for kids to start their journey as game developers. However, its business model hides many pitfalls. Quintin Smith from People Make Games has explained how he thinks Roblox is exploiting young devs.

Roblox faces new criticism over people recreating tragic mass shootings on the popular gaming platform. The company promises to fight users who violate rules and create inappropriate content.

This is the latest installment of Semenov&Pevzner’s overview of the gaming industry’s major lawsuits and disputes from all over the world.

Roblox allows its players to add virtual players into their games to listen to music. That, however, didn’t sit well with major music labels who accused the company of causing the loss of profit. They are now demanding at least $200 million in damages.

Non-profit organization ParentsTogether urged Roblox to stop baiting children into “casino-level spending sprees.” According to activists, kids spend thousands of dollars in the game without parents’ knowledge and experience financial exploitation.

Roblox has released its first financial report after going public earlier this year. The company managed to increase its quarterly revenue by 140% from the previous year.

Roblox attracted many developers who create their own games on the platform. Some of them need help to scale and monetize their projects, and that’s when publisher Gamefam comes up.

Roblox has hit $2.5 billion in lifetime player spending across the App Store and Google play. This is according to Sensor Tower data estimates, which provide some context to the company’s going public today via a direct listing.

Roblox announced that the coronavirus pandemic boosted the platform’s user base to over 150 million monthly active users, up from the 115 million it had in February.

Tencent’s PUBG Mobile generated over $226 million in revenue last month, which is 41 percent more than it did in May 2019. It makes the title the top-grossing mobile game of May 2020.