Ernest Cline‘s Ready Player Two sequel novel launches November 24 in the U.S. and UK. To stoke sales, the author and Roblox have launched a virtual Ready Player Two-themed treasure hunt that takes ...

Cass Marshall is a news writer focusing on gaming and culture coverage, taking a particular interest in the human stories of the wild world of online games. A similar event happened in 2018, to ...

Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. To promote the sequel to Ready Player One — a book about a treasure hunt inside a ...

One Roblox player has changed their name 769 times, baffling the internet. The user has spent 769,000 Robux on name changes alone, equating to almost $10,000. It's unclear exactly how much real-world ...

A Roblox player spent over $8,000 changing their username. The player renamed their account 802 times, revealing unusual spending habits. One Roblox player has spent nearly a million Robux just to ...

A viral hoax claiming Roblox will shut down on 1 September 2025 sparked panic among millions of players, but the company has confirmed the gaming platform is not going anywhere.

Toy maker and media company Spin Master said its Sweden-based Toca Boca game studio will launch a multiplayer game experience globally later this year designed to provide a child-safe venue for ...

Ready Player One began with a virtual treasure hunt inside an online video game. It's only appropriate, then, that the sequel, Ready Player Two, kicks off the same way. Instead of reading about ...