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Last Chance to Enter the LEGO Ideas Building Contest
The entry period for the LEGO Ideas Building Contest is coming to a close! If you want the opportunity to have your work immortalized as little plastic bricks, you’ve got a little over two days to enter your piece.
| July 18, 2014 -
ROBLOX Arrives on Android
You’ve been asking for it for months. We’ve been teasing it for weeks. Finally, after all the anticipation and waiting, ROBLOX has arrived on Android and you can get it now for free in the Google Play store! Hurray!
| July 16, 2014 -
From ROBLOX Game Dev to Steam Sensation
If you’ve been on ROBLOX for a while, DeadzoneZackZak is probably a familiar name — he’s made some of this platform’s biggest games, including Battlefield and Deadzone.
| July 11, 2014 -
Game Devs Have Now Earned $300K+ with DevEx
t’s been about 10 months since we unveiled our Developer Exchange program and in that time game developers have earned a total of more than $300,000.
| July 10, 2014 -
Keyrut Brings ROBLOX HQ to the Virtual World
During our BLOXcon livestream event, Alan and I took viewers on a virtual tour of the office, walking through and interviewing various members of the staff. One intrepid ROBLOX builder by the name of Keyrut saw the video and was inspired to recre...
| July 8, 2014 -
Keyrut Brings ROBLOX HQ to the Virtual World
During our BLOXcon livestream event, Alan and I took viewers on a virtual tour of the office, walking through and interviewing various members of the staff. One intrepid ROBLOX builder by the name of Keyrut saw the video
| July 08, 2014 -
The Latest and Greatest in ROBLOX Gameplay Streaming
We’ve now made it through month four of our collaborative venture into the gameplay streaming hub that is Twitch.
| July 7, 2014 -
We Slay Some Guests with Spark Studios
Guest Defense has become a fixture atop multiple sorts on the Games page over the last couple months. It features addicting gameplay, where players battle to survive wave after wave of increasingly powerful AI attackers, and maybe more importantly
| July 05, 2014 -
There’s Still Time to Enter the LEGO Ideas Building Contest
At the beginning of June, we launched our LEGO Ideas Building Contest, giving the entire community an opportunity to create a ROBLOX-inspired LEGO set and maybe even have it become a real-world, boxed set by way of the LEGO Ideas program. The orig...
| July 3, 2014 -
Whoa: Six Builds That’ll Make You Say That
You know what they say: travel broadens the mind ( Who says that? They, I say!). That’s why I spent a part of an afternoon traveling ROBLOX far and wide, hunting for unique places to showcase in this article. It’s rewarding every now and then...
| July 1, 2014 -
How Many Hat Combinations Are Possible on ROBLOX?
At ROBLOX we love hats, which is apparent from the thousands of them filling the catalog. When it comes to character customization and showing off your individual style, combining hats with clothing and gear provides a lot of ways to stand out.
| June 30, 2014 -
Compete for Fantastic Prizes in the ROBLOX Summer Games
You didn’t think we’d only celebrate the winter, did you? After the favorably received Winter Games, we’re back with another seasonal celebration, this time kicking off the official start of summer.
| June 28, 2014 -
Maker Faire Kansas City Is This Weekend — And We’re There
The season of Maker Faires continues this weekend with a big event in Kansas City, Missouri! Not only will ROBLOX Staff members chiefjustus and Effward be making the trek to help set up and staff the booth
| June 26, 2014 -
Highlights and Award Winners from Virtual BLOXcon 2014
As a collective sigh of relief is simultaneously exhaled by all members of the ROBLOX Communications team, Virtual BLOXcon 2014 has come to an end. With over 125,000 individuals tuning into the six-hour+ stream
| June 25, 2014 -
Physics Update Enables Rocket Jumps, Jump Pads, and More
Today, we launched a couple minor updates to the ROBLOX physics engine that carry rather exciting implications. These updates give you more control over the deadliness of explosions in your games
| June 24, 2014 -
A Pair of Player Experience Updates
The Monday after Virtual BLOXcon 2014 brings a couple minor updates! While relatively small, they both serve to improve the player experience for all the millions of gamers in our corner of the internet.
| June 23, 2014 -
Who Knew Working at a Pizza Place Could Be So Fun?
Ask any working professional — you’ve got to start somewhere. As I author this blog post, I remember being 15, getting paid in cash to repair mountain bikes at a small shop in my hometown, while my friends worked as dishwashers at IHOP or pizza maker
| June 19, 2014