Roblox has been around for a long time. The online game platform first launched in 2006 — just two years after vanilla World of Warcraft hit (the first time) and three years after Second Life, a ...

The Roblox community is fiercely divided over whether "blocky" or "Rthro" avatars are the best. To find out what stance the platform's owners take on this issue, Newsweek spoke with Bjorn Book-Larsson ...

On June 28, Amber Petersen was sitting right beside her 7-year-old daughter, Brooklyn, in their home in Raleigh, North Carolina, while she played the popular online game Roblox on her iPad. Suddenly, ...

A North Carolina woman was horrified when her 7-year-old daughter showed her disturbing graphic imagery while playing a user-created game on “Roblox.” Amber Peterson explained in a public Facebook ...

Amber Petersen was lounging in bed with her 7-year-old daughter last week, watching her play the popular children's video game "Roblox" on her iPad when she saw a disturbing display on the screen. Her ...

Original story (4/7/18): Popular kids game Roblox is under fire after it has emerged that a handful of players teamed up to "violently gang rape" the character of a seven-year-old girl. The incident ...

Gaming platform Roblox is still seen by many as a kids' game, but the truth is that its users are growing up. Gen Z players — or players aged 17-24 — are Roblox's fastest-growing demographic, with ...

Anyone whose virtual alter ego is wandering around the Roblox online game platform these days might run into other avatars sporting Gucci handbags, sunglasses or hats. The digital-only items were part ...

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There’s a special place in Hell for people who think it’s funny to rape a 7-year-old girl’s avatar in an online virtual world designed for children. Yes, that happened. Roblox, a hugely popular online ...