'Don't let your kids be on Roblox', Roblox CEO tells parents, before comparing himself to Walt Disney and declaring the platform 'the future of communication'

‘Don’t let your kids be on Roblox’, Roblox CEO tells parents, before comparing himself to Walt Disney and declaring the platform ‘the future of communication’

Roblox Corporation co-founder and CEO Dave Baszucki has said that parents worried about their kids using Roblox have a fairly simple option open to them: “My first message would be, if you’re not comfortable, don’t let your kids be on Roblox.” Speaking to BBC News, Baszucki went on to say “that sounds a little counter-intuitive,…

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‘There is a bit of pressure’: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs will stay true to themselves for their next game despite expectations—’we need to trust our instincts’

The Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs have had a pretty impressive year. Releasing to almost entirely glowing reviews, it has since gone on to sweep awards and even received two public shout-outs from French President Emmanuel Macron. But as one chapter ends, another begins as the Sandfall devs prepare for their next game. Talking to…

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How the Iconic Wipeout Series Was Born

“It’s only really many years later when you have the benefit of hindsight that you look at the idea, the art direction, the soundtrack, the platform… and it’s all just perfect timing. Those moments don’t come along very often.” – Nick Burcombe, co-creator, WipEout (1995) WipEout hit 1995 with the force of an earthquake. Its…

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PlayStation Blogcast 256: Destiny’s Child

Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify, Google or RSS, or download here Ladies and gentlemen, Guardians and Cabal, on today’s show we dive deep into the Destiny 2 Beta. How does Bungie’s next sci-fi epic feel? We cover the story, Crucible, and the new Strike. In addition, we rave about Bungie’s incredible rain effects — because rain…

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Dwarf Fortress sells 1 million copies on Steam, so now Bay 12 Games can afford that ‘little party’ it planned

It’s finally happened. Dwarf Fortress, the dazzlingly complex colony sim that was free for almost 20 years before becoming a massive hit on Steam, has sold 1 million copies since it tunnelled onto the platform. Publisher Kitfox Games shared the news on Bluesky. “We’ve reached an exciting milestone: Dwarf Fortress surpassed 1,000,000 sales on Steam,”…

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The team behind one of 2024’s hidden gems is following it up with a stop-motion ‘relaxed digging and discovery’ game about a happy robot’s underground adventures beneath a lake of slime

One of last year’s biggest pleasant surprises was Judero, a surreal little adventure by a two-man team whose art consisted entirely of action figures and other handmade, physical objects digitized as sprites and textures or animated in stop-motion cutscenes. Developer Talha & Jack Co. is already working on what’s next: Mashina. “A little robot digs…

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