Gardens are winning over guns. The delay of Grand Theft Auto VI may just be the reason why millions of gamers are flocking to a surprisingly peaceful alternative, Grow a Garden, a viral Roblox game.

A teen’s weekend project on Roblox has taken the gaming world by storm. Created in a mere 3 days, Grow A Garden launched back in late March with simplistic gameplay and straightforward objectives.

SAN FRANCISCO—At the Game Developers Conference Monday, Roblox rolled out a new set of AI tools designed to let the company's millions of player-creators create usable game code and in-game 2D ...