
Users can interact with friends through their virtual avatars and spend digital currency known as Robux, which can be converted into real dollars.

Roblox runs a sprawling platform where people can both build their own immersive video games and play the games created by others. Roblox trudged a long and winding road to its direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange, but it got a massive boost from the coronavirus lockdowns that shut gamers in their homes last year with little else to do. Roblox shares started trading at $64.50 apiece, giving it a market value of roughly $36 billion, according to CNBC - up from the $29.5 billion price tag it snagged in a private fundraising round in January.ĭozens of rookie investors on Reddit and other social media sites were talking about the stock Wednesday, suggesting it could be embraced by the army of retail traders that’s boosted the share prices of GameStop and other companies. The Silicon Valley company behind a massive world of social video games went public Wednesday after a year of explosive growth. Roblox just became Wall Street’s hottest new tech stock - but your kid was probably a fan already. 1 bestselling gaming and office chair on Amazon Gaming influencer among 6 killed in head-on car crash ‘Tetris’ book author: Movie producers stole my work - and threatened to sue

Roblox shares plummet after online gaming platform misses quarterly projections
