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A married couple is facing severe financial distress as a direct result of Roblox, the wildly popular online game that draws millions of daily users. This is because their 11-year-old son secretly used the family’s savings to purchase Roblox gift cards without their knowledge.

Epic Games has announced its overhauling how building works in LEGO Fortnite Odyssey. Starting with update 42.00, Guided Build is being replaced by Quick Build. The new feature will allow players to complete massive creations in a fraction of the time. Creator Builds are also finally coming to the LEGO Fortnite mode.

There is a now-predictable path through video games for younger players. Roblox is their first stop, offering an endless arcade where almost every portal leads to another free game. Eventually, many of the millions of players move on to Fortnite, where the competition gets more intense and knowing the difference between Peter Griffin and Solid…

Epic Games surprised players by announcing that a Fortnite Kernel Hearts collab is coming in September. However, players can unlock the FortniteFernet skin right now, over a month before it arrives in the Item Shop, through a special method.

Roblox’s child-safety crisis has escalated into a U.S. Senate investigation after the company disclosed 65,381 instances of suspected child abuse in 2025. That number puts a sharp spotlight on the moderation burden created by massive UGC platforms, especially ones built around social play, messaging, and persistent user interaction.

Roblox has been ordered to preserve records related to child safety and exploitation August 18, 2026 Prefer PocketGamer.biz on Google

Fortnite Cube Hours is happening today as part of Sprite Spree Week. For 24 hours, players will have an increased chance of finding Cube Sprites while also receiving several bonuses that make collecting and leveling up Sprites much easier. Here is when Fortnite Cube Hours starts in every region and everything featured on August 18.

If you have ever tried to find out whether a specific game has a working VR mod, you know why that matters. The answer usually exists. It is just scattered across a pinned Discord message from 2023, a Reddit thread with three contradictory replies, a GitHub release page with no context, and a community spreadsheet…

The United States Senate has opened an investigation into popular user-generated content platform Roblox over concerns about child safety.

Eagle-eyed fans have spotted a new hint in Fortnite’s Chapter 7 Season 4 trailer hinting at a new Doom collab next season, adding to the plethora of crossovers already set to feature.