ROBLOX has not officially confirmed plans to shut down on September 1 amid a surge of viral posts. An apparent hoax on social ...

The rumors come amid Louisiana's lawsuit against Roblox, alleging it has failed to protect child users from predators.

ROBLOX gamers are battling to access the platform following a server outage. More than 250 gamers have logged complaints on the Downdetector website, which measures outages, since 3pm this afternoon.