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One million locations nominated weekly for Niantic's Real World Platform News Nov 7th, 2019

One million locations nominated weekly for Niantic's Real World Platform

Nine million locations have been adde to-date

Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform Interview Oct 8th, 2019

Roblox’s masterplan to enable young game devs to make $50 million a year on its platform

Taking user-generated content professional

Roblox hits mobile revenue of $750 million ahead of its Chinese launch News Jun 3rd, 2019

Roblox hits mobile revenue of $750 million ahead of its Chinese launch

Roblox was making over $1.2 million daily over last month

as Chinese studio Code View raises over $14m for sandbox game Reworld News May 24th, 2019

Chinese studio Code View raises over $14m for sandbox game Reworld

Title lets players create their own mobile games within it

1 Roblox players amass more than one billion hours worth of engagement each month News Feb 22nd, 2019

Roblox players amass more than one billion hours worth of engagement each month

Platform engagement has increased by 20-times in six years

Roblox picks up $150 million investment to fuel global expansion News Sep 6th, 2018

Roblox picks up $150 million investment to fuel global expansion

New translations and support for currencies expected as company continues to grow

Roblox creator community on track to earn over $70 million this year News Jul 13th, 2018

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.

Epic Games' new 88/12 revenue-share split will give more back to Unreal Marketplace creators News Jul 12th, 2018

Epic Games' new 88/12 revenue-share split will give more back to Unreal Marketplace creators

Creators will be issued retroactive payouts to match the new 88/12 split

Why you should consider developing user-generated content-based mobile games Comment & Opinion Apr 17th, 2018

Why you should consider developing user-generated content-based mobile games

Traplight creative director on the benefits of letting users be creative

8 How one student's The Sims-like Roblox game racked up 160 million play sessions Interview Mar 7th, 2018

How one student's The Sims-like Roblox game racked up 160 million play sessions

Coeptus on the success of Welcome to Bloxburg

1 How does Roblox monetise? The IAP Inspector Feb 9th, 2018

How does Roblox monetise?

IAPs from the players' perspective

Can you merge social media and free-to-play games in a monetisable way? Comment & Opinion Jan 10th, 2018

Can you merge social media and free-to-play games in a monetisable way?

Two approaches to user-generated content

Move over Minecraft: Monetising a new wave of user-generated content on mobile Comment & Opinion Oct 19th, 2017

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

How ZeptoLab is blending industry trends with its own quirky design philosophy for UGC vehicle combat game C.A.T.S. Interview Apr 7th, 2017

How ZeptoLab is blending industry trends with its own quirky design philosophy for UGC vehicle combat game C.A.T.S.

Misha Lyalin discusses the studio's latest game and its innovation process

Big Bang Racing developer Traplight raises $2.7 million to create games for the Minecraft generation News Mar 23rd, 2017

Big Bang Racing developer Traplight raises $2.7 million to create games for the Minecraft generation

Two new projects in the works

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