Remote Working
How Roblox software engineer Corey Robinson began designing levels at 14
"Being able to share ideas that I had in my head and turning them into a medium that others could experience was so exciting."
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Roblox
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With the largest user-generated online gaming platform, and over 15 million games created by users, Roblox claim to be the #1 gaming site for kids and teens (comScore). Every day, virtual explorers come to Roblox to create adventures, play games, role play, and learn with their friends in a family-friendly, immersive, 3D environment.
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Going Public
Roblox could be preparing to go public
At a company valuation of $8 billion
Feel The Music
Roblox's Warner Music deal debuts with Ava Max record launch
Taking place September 25th
Welcome Aboard
Roblox welcomes Andrea Wong to its board of directors
"Roblox has tapped into a real need for people to connect and share experiences in the virtual world"
Best Of 2020
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2020
Revealed: The movers, shakers, and moneymakers
Welcome Aboard
Roblox hires Barbara Messing as its new chief marketing officer
"I am inspired by Roblox's mission to bring people together through play"
27% Increase Yoy
Mobile games revenue hit $19.3 billion in Q2 2020
PUBG Mobile generated the most revenue across both the App Store and Google Play
Money Money Money
Roblox developers are on track to bring in $250 million this year
"The accomplishments of our developer community have eclipsed even our loftiest expectations"
Celebrate
Roblox Mobile hits $1.5 billion in lifetime revenue
The US brought in over $1 billion
Money Money Money
PUBG Mobile was the top-grossing mobile title in May 2020
It generated $226 million
Worthy Cause
Roblox is donating up to $1 million to coronavirus relief efforts
Limited-edition items are on sale until June 30th
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: How Dan Sturman went from researcher to Roblox CTO
"The biggest challenge for me has been being new to the team and not yet knowing who is who"
Bloxy Awards
Roblox's Bloxy Awards brings in 600,000 spectators
At is peak there were four million concurrent players
Crossover
Roblox partners with BBC Studios on Doctor Who in-game items
Available for a limited time
Doubling Down
Roblox raises $150 million in funding, platform now valued at $4 billion
Funding led by Andreessen Horowitz's Late Stage Venture
Still Growing
Roblox grosses $1 billion in mobile revenue
From 290 million downloads
I Have Spoken
Roblox partners with Disney for Star Wars Winter Creator Challenge
Players can earn limited-edition virtual items inspired by the new Star Wars film
Ro-block?
Roblox survey says 60% of teens don’t report inappropriate online behaviour to parents
Information asymmetry
Beyond Gaming
Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform
Taking user-generated content professional
Best Of 2019
The Top 50 Mobile Game Makers of 2019
Revealed: The movers, shakers and moneymakers!
Global Charts
Weekly global mobile games chart: Tencent titles take up half the chart in China
Mr Bullet remains the top free game in the US and UK
Roblox Developers Conference
$100m dev payouts, 1.2 billion hours of engagement a month: What we learned at the Roblox Developers Conference
The Roblox team discussed the game’s growth, the latest developments on the platform and its predictions for the future
Milestone
Roblox hits 100 million active monthly users
Over one billion hours of engagement are recorded in the game each month
King Of Education
Roblox Summer Creator Challenge teams up with Godzilla to teach kids to code
The King of Monsters takes time out from his day job to incentivise children to learn programming
Data
Roblox hits mobile revenue of $750 million ahead of its Chinese launch
Roblox was making over $1.2 million daily over last month
Education Initiative
Tencent and Roblox form strategic partnership in China
The initial focus will concentrate on education
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Roblox the top grosser on US App Store
Charts from April 22nd to 28th
Speaker Spotlight
PGC Seattle Speaker Spotlight: Roblox's Enrico D'Angelo on a UGC platform that encourages entrepreneurship
Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2019 will take place on May 13th to 14th
Roll On 100
Roblox surpasses 90 million monthly active users
Firm also adds USK managing director Elisabeth Secker to its Trust and Safety Advisory Board.
Imagination Has No Limit
Roblox players amass more than one billion hours worth of engagement each month
Platform engagement has increased by 20-times in six years
Jobs News
Roblox aims to boost safety and security efforts with new digital civility hire
Long-time consultant Laura Higgins becomes the studio's first director of digital civility
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Roblox a top grosser in the UK
Charts from December 31st to January 6th
Charts
Weekly global mobile games charts: Roblox moves up Western download and grossing charts over Christmas
iOS and Android charts from the US, UK and China from for the week of December 24th to 30th
Solid
Roblox builds up revenues of $25m for October
The revenue haul represents a 67 per cent increase year-on-year
Mobile's Millions
Popular kids MMO Roblox generates nearly $500m on mobile
UGC-based MMO picked up $92 million in Q3 2018 alone
Building Blox
Roblox acquires app performance start-up PacketZoom to boost output on mobile
PacketZoom Co-founder and CTO Chetan Ahuja will join Roblox at part of the deal
Investment Round
Roblox picks up $150 million investment to fuel global expansion
New translations and support for currencies expected as company continues to grow
Best Of 2018
The Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2018
Revealed: the movers, shakers and moneymakers!
Constructive
Roblox creator community on track to earn over $70 million this year
Active creator count has grown over 250 per cent in the last year alone.
Building Blocks
Roblox set to raise up to $150 million
PitchBook estimates funding would value the company at $2.4 billion
Going Global
Ex-Apple GM leads Roblox international expansion
Popular game gets Spanish localisation, other languages coming soon
Building Blox
How one student's The Sims-like Roblox game racked up 160 million play sessions
Coeptus on the success of Welcome to Bloxburg
Iap Inspector
How does Roblox monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Player Power
Move over Minecraft: Monetising a new wave of user-generated content on mobile
DIGIT Game Studios' Om Tandon takes a look at the big industry trend and what it means for developers
Roblox Customer Service
Roblox appoints new VP of Customers to oversee and improve customer service and content moderation
Remy Malan joins from a five year stint at SugarCRM
Building Blocks
How Roblox's explosive growth and one million concurrent players led to a $92 million funding round
Roblox VP of Marketing Tami Bhaumik discusses the company's plans
Roblox Funding
Roblox closes $92 million funding round to support its 48 million MAUs
Players making up to $50,000 a month from creations in the game
Coming February
Roblox expands into physical toys business
Initial range of 40 user-created figures
Business Panel
Video: Business experts discuss how to run an indie games business
Making games and money