Updating Roblox's iconic, if lo-fi visual style, is a risk, but the company views it as one well worth taking to unlock the platform's real potential as a place where just about anything is possible.

Roblox is updating the look of its materials, making textures more lifelike but letting developers stick with the old visuals if they prefer.

These offerings include a powerful visual scripting system (Blueprints) that allows game developers to create complex game mechanics without writing code.

A social network of virtual pocket worlds with a daily user base roughly the size of Spain’s population, Roblox is ubiquitous among kids 13 and under and mostly mystifying to adults, who can’t ...

A social network of virtual pocket worlds with a daily user base roughly the size of Spain’s population, Roblox is ubiquitous among kids 13 and under and mostly mystifying to adults, who can’t ...