I got an up-close look at Roblox's new safety feature. Here's what I found.

I traveled to Roblox's headquarters to do a demo of a new safety feature it says will help protect child users.
The New York Times

Roblox, Where Kids Game and Chat, Will Analyze Users’ Faces to Verify Age

The popular gaming platform said the tool was designed to stop children from chatting with older users they didn’t know. By Jenny Gross The online gaming platform Roblox this week rolled out a new ...
PC Gamer

Roblox to make facial age checks mandatory to access any chat features, and will put 'common-sense limits' on the age ranges users can chat within

The feature will be rolled out globally by January 2026. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as a preferred source on Google ...
CNN

Lawsuits claim Roblox endangers kids. New AI age verification aims to block them from chatting with adults

If Roblox users want to chat on the online gaming platform, they’ll soon have to verify their age by providing a government ID or by letting an artificial intelligence age estimation tool photograph ...
IGN

Escape From Tarkov Dev Apologizes for 'Rough' 1.0 Release, Promises to 'Fix All of the Incoming Bugs'

Escape from Tarkov game director Nikita Buyanov has apologized to players for the "rough" release of the extraction shooter's 1.0 version and Steam debut, saying the team is "willing to continue ...
PCGamesN

Escape From Tarkov 1.0 is targeting "balanced hardcore," but escaping will be "really difficult and not for everyone"

Escape From Tarkov is known as a hardcore extraction shooter, but its difficulty changes with each and every wipe. These changes - like requiring quest items to be found in raid or adding ...
Fox Business

Roblox user accused of soliciting Florida child after parent reports explicit chats

Florida authorities recently arrested a man accused of soliciting a child through the popular gaming platform Roblox. The arrest was announced by the Flagler County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) on Nov. 7.
appuals.com

Fix: “Failed to Download or Apply Critical Settings” Roblox

Hamza is a certified Technical Support Engineer. The “Failed to download or apply critical settings” error in Roblox appears when the game cannot retrieve ...
WFAA8

Texas v. Roblox | Paxton announces lawsuit against video game company over instances of grooming, child exploitation

AUSTIN, Texas — The State of Texas is taking popular video game Roblox to court. Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that the state has sued the Roblox Corporation "for flagrantly ignoring ...
MarketWatch

Short seller Hindenburg alleges Roblox inflated key metrics, and gaming company hits back

Roblox Corp. shares are down 3.3% Tuesday after short seller Hindenburg Research alleged that the online gaming company has inflated key metrics. Back To Top ...
PC Gamer

After stretching the definition of 'beta' for 8 years, Escape From Tarkov is finally hitting 1.0

Escape from Tarkov, a primary influence on the extraction shooter genre, is still technically in beta, if you can believe it, but it won't be for long. Eight years after opening its doors to players, ...
CNN

Louisiana sues Roblox alleging the popular gaming site fails to protect children

Louisiana sued the online gaming platform Roblox on Thursday, alleging the wildly popular site has perpetuated an environment where sexual predators “thrive, unite, hunt and victimize kids.” The ...