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|{{Use platformsdmy dates|date= [[Microsoft Windows]], [[OS X]], [[iOSAugustiOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]],<ref>{{cite news| url=http://blog.roblox.com/2014/07/roblox-arrives-on-android/| title=Roblox Arrives on Android| first=Andrew| last=Haak| date=16 July 2014| publisher=Roblox Corporation}}</ref> [[Xbox One]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/09/24/roblox-helps-you-make-your-own-xbox-one-games|title=Roblox Helps You Make Your Own Xbox One Games|last=McCaffrey|first=Ryan|date=24 September 2015|publisher=[[IGN]]|accessdate=12 March 2016}}</ref> [[Xbox 360]] (Unknown)

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| released = 2004 (Windows and OS X) 2013 (IOS and Android), January 2016 (Xbox One)

{{Infobox video game

| title = Roblox

| image = Roblox logo.svg

| developer = Community

| publisher = Community

| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[OS X]], [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]],<ref>{{cite news| url=http://blog.roblox.com/2014/07/roblox-arrives-on-android/| title=Roblox Arrives on Android| first=Andrew| last=Haak| date=16 July 2014| publisher=Roblox Corporation}}</ref> [[Xbox One]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/09/24/roblox-helps-you-make-your-own-xbox-one-games|title=Roblox Helps You Make Your Own Xbox One Games|last=McCaffrey|first=Ryan|date=24 September 2015|publisher=[[IGN]]|accessdate=12 March 2016}}</ref> [[Xbox 360]] (Unknown)

| released = 2004 (Windows and OS X) 2013 (IOS and Android), January 2016 (Xbox One)

| genre = [[MMORPG]], [[sandbox game]]

| modes = [[Multiplayer]]

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'''''Roblox''''' (stylized as '''''RŌBLOX''''') is a [[massively multiplayer online game]] developed and published by Roblox Corporation. In the game, players are able to create their own [[virtual world]] and design their own games.<ref name="cnet">{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-20070969-250/roblox-a-virtual-world-of-lego-like-blocks/ |title=Roblox: A virtual world of Lego-like blocks |publisher=[[CNET]] |accessdate=29 February 2012|date = 14 June 2011|last = Needleman|first = Rafe}}</ref> Games on Roblox can be [[Script (computing)|script]]ed using a [[Sandbox (computer security)|sandboxed]] edition of [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]] to affect events that occur in-game and create different scenarios. The company's main source of revenue comes from players buying Robux, the main [[virtual currency]] in the game, and from players buying "Builders Club" access, a status which gives virtual benefits to users.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|last=Shedletsky|first=John|title=Builders Club is Coming…|url=http://blog.roblox.com/2007/08/builders-club-is-coming/|publisher=Roblox Corporation|date = 2 August 2007}}</ref>

== History and development ==