Roblox has exploded in the past decade from a fairly niche block-building, game-creation multiplayer platform to arguably the closest thing we have to a metaverse that’s living and breathing today. So ...

The team behind record-breaking Roblox game Adopt Me has branched out to create its own development studio, Uplift Games.

At its annual developer conference Friday, Roblox announced plans to roll the ads out next year, signaling a potential business model shift from relying on sales of virtual currency.

Millions of Canadian kids play Roblox, where they can develop games and earn cash. But that is not as easy as it looks.