Roblox is using M&A to bulk up its social infrastructure, announcing Monday morning that they had acquired the team at Guilded that has been building a chat platform for competitive gamers. The ...

Roblox users are getting a new way to connect with friends while playing games like Dress to Impress. Starting Monday, those who log onto the gaming platform will see a new way to chat called Party.

Discord, Facebook, Snapchat, and Roblox are the targets of a child safety lawsuit alleging they include addictive or harmful features that allowed an adult user to connect with and abuse a child.

Roblox's data shows that Party boosts engagement, too. When friends play together, their sessions are an average of 1.9 times longer than sessions of users playing by themselves.