To the dismay of millions of children -- and the parents trying to keep them busy -- the popular gaming platform Roblox crashed Friday and is still down.

On the Roblox platform, players can create their own games and play with other users. It became wildly popular after the coronavirus pandemic closed schools and kept children indoors looking for ...

It is certainly not uncommon for games to crash and Roblox has reportedly experienced nearly ten major service disruptions already this year. Nevertheless, a rumor has spread that Roblox is gone.