Gaming

Roblox has made $1 billion on mobile since it launched for Android and iOS in early 2016, according to market analyst Sensor Tower. The kid-friendly multiplayer platform game has had 290 million downloads on mobile. About $677 million of its revenue, or 67%, has come from the U.S., while Great Britain is No. 2 with $89 million, or 9%. The Google Play store has been the source of most of the…

Over the last twelve hours or so, people trying to play Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 have had trouble connecting to the game, but at last Bungie support says it has found a resolution. However, fixing the issue in Destiny’s “core services” required restarting the servers and kicking everyone out again. So if you’d finally managed to log in and are now looking at a loading…

Gotta go fast … to Arby’s. The fast food chain has announced that will give away Sonic the Hedgehog toys with its kids meals in the U.S. from December 1 to February 29. These are toys made of discs, as you can see above, and they feature Sonic and his friends like Tails, Amy and Knuckles, along with villains like Dr. Eggman and Shadow (OK, I think he may be more of situational ally now, but…

Minecraft Earth came out in the U.S. in early access form on November 12, and the augmented reality take on the popular exploration and creation game hit 1.2 million downloads in the country in its first week, according to market analysts Sensor Tower. Minecraft Earth is available for Apple and Android devices. You can use your smartphone’s camera to place a Minecraft world into the real…