Roblox has been banned in Türkiye following a decision made by the government yesterday.

As reported by our sister site Eurogamer, the country's Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç announced on social media that the platform had been banned "due to content that could lead to the exploitation of children."

In response, Roblox said: "We respect the laws and regulations in countries where we operate and share local lawmakers' commitment to children. We look forward to working together to ensure Roblox is back online in Türkiye as soon as possible."

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Roblox has been banned in Turkey, with a government agency citing concerns over "child exploitation."

The decision to ban all access to the game and platform was taken by the Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), who also blocked access to Instagram in the country earlier this week.

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Roblox has been banned in Turkey, with a government agency citing concerns over "child exploitation."

The decision to ban all access to the game and platform was taken by the Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), who also blocked access to Instagram in the country earlier this week.

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Roblox CFO Michael Guthrie is stepping down.

Guthrie – who has worked at Roblox since 2018 and played a key role in the company's stock market listing in 2021 – will stay on until a replacement is selected, after which he'll depart to spend more time on his personal interests.

For the three months ended June 30, 2024:

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Roblox reported over 13,000 incidents of child exploitation to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2023, with around 24 predators arrested for grooming and abusing victims on the hugely popular social game platform in the US.

That's up from 3,000 the year before.

Roblox serves around 77 million players every day, 40% of which are under the age of 13. And as it's available on PlayStation, PC, and a host of mobile devices, it's extraordinarily accessible for children, too.

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Streaming giant Netflix has teamed up with Roblox to launch its own "digital theme park" on the gaming platform.

It's called Nextworld, and essentially acts as a hub where players can access areas, characters and games based on Netflix properties, such as Stranger Things (header image above) and One Piece (see image below).

Mini games include the likes of Is It Cake?, which is where players have to - yes - guess whether objects shown in the game are cake or not. It also has a Cobra Kai Miyagi-Do Balancing Board mini game.

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Streaming giant Netflix has teamed up with Roblox to launch its own "digital theme park" on the gaming platform.

It's called Nextworld, and essentially acts as a hub where players can access areas, characters and games based on Netflix properties, such as Stranger Things (header image above) and One Piece (see image below).

Mini games include the likes of Is It Cake?, which is where players have to - yes - guess whether objects shown in the game are cake or not. It also has a Cobra Kai Miyagi-Do Balancing Board mini game.

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Streaming giant Netflix has teamed up with Roblox to launch its own "digital theme park" on the gaming platform.

It's called Nextworld, and essentially acts as a hub where players can access areas, characters and games based on Netflix properties, such as Stranger Things (header image above) and One Piece (see image below).

Mini games include the likes of Is It Cake?, which is where players have to - yes - guess whether objects shown in the game are cake or not. It also has a Cobra Kai Miyagi-Do Balancing Board mini game.

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According to a new survey by the Game Developer Collective, 70 percent of developers have concerns about the sustainability of live service games.

For the survey, 600 developers were interviewed between February and March this year and defined live-service games as online games featuring frequent updates and in-app purchases.

As shared by Game Developer, 39 percent of participants had mild worries about live-service business models, while 31 percent were very concerned - totalling 70 percent. The remaining participants had either no concerns or were unsure.

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According to a new survey by the Game Developer Collective, 70 percent of developers have concerns about the sustainability of live service games.

For the survey, 600 developers were interviewed between February and March this year and defined live-service games as online games featuring frequent updates and in-app purchases.

As shared by Game Developer, 39 percent of participants had mild worries about live-service business models, while 31 percent were very concerned - totalling 70 percent. The remaining participants had either no concerns or were unsure.

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