Roblox wants to repeat its growth in Japan, where both players and money-earning creators are increasing, across Asia-Pacific, a region of about 1.9 billion gamers, Nikkei Asia reported on Nov. 13. The piece draws on an interview with Chief Growth Officer John Ciancutti in Tokyo on Nov. 10 and quotes an executive calling Japan a “success story.” Roblox’s third-quarter shareholder letter says daily active users (DAUs) in Japan rose 33% year over year in July to September 2026, and hours engaged rose 22%. Roblox data cited in an Access Partnership study shows Japanese creators eligible for payouts grew 415% from…
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Two games made with AI have reached Roblox’s top 20, CEO David Baszucki said in an interview with Ben Thompson of Stratechery published November 12, 2026. He called AI “a human paintbrush accelerator” rather than a replacement for game makers, and said Build, Roblox’s phone tool for making games from text descriptions, is not yet live in the U.S. Baszucki said he believed Canada had gone live that day and named Serbia and New Zealand as test markets. Roblox’s third-quarter shareholder letter lists alpha launches in New Zealand, Singapore, Serbia and Thailand, with no mention of Canada. Baszucki spoke of…
Fart Together, a viral multiplayer Roblox game built around fart sounds, can no longer be played. Its page now shows “Title Unavailable,” and other fart-themed games have reportedly disappeared at the same time. Roblox hasn’t officially explained any of it. Start with what Roblox has actually published. As of November 12, its newsroom and DevForum announcements, where it tells developers about policy changes, say nothing about fart games. The Roblox Community Standards, the rules every game on the platform has to follow, don’t mention toilet humor at all. They do warn creators that “violating them may result in enforcement action…