Roblox is set to have its best year ever by a wide margin, with its developer community expected to earn $250 million in 2020 alone and its active player count reaching a new record high. Roblox players are free to develop and even sell their own games made within the Roblox Studio creator, sometimes finding runaway success. That was the case recently when a game made in Roblox called Adopt Me! announced that it was adding Pet Rocks and gained over 680,000 concurrent players, later reaching more than 1.6 million concurrent play
Roblox has been going from strength to strength over the last 12 months. It is now one of the most widely played games in the world and has slowly been expanding its demographic to include more older players. It makes sense that the developer would want to increase the age of its userbase, as older gamers generally have more money to spend, potentially increasing the revenue that Roblox can m
Now Roblox is featuring a brand new tie-in event to coincide with Ernest Cline's new book, Ready Player Two . The Roblox website anticipates that this will be the biggest book tour event in publishing history, a bold claim inspired by a similar event the website hosted to celebrate the release of the Ready Player One film adaptation in 2018. That event drew in a whopping 13 million, and Roblox anticipates that this event will be even bigger. It will take the form of an online treasure hunt, similar to the ones undertaken by the main characters in the books themselves. The event kicks off on December 1st with a live Q&A between Ernest Cline himself and Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki. Keen Roblox fans will want to tune into this event, as it will feature hints that will help them navigate the treasure hunt. Apparently more hints can be found inside Ready Player Two itself, so players are encouraged to read the book in preparation when it launches on November 24th. Players who complete this quest successfully will earn free digital goods themed after the ev
This is a pretty exciting event for Roblox 's surprisingly extensive fanbase. Cline's clearly excited too, as he has gone on record stating that "Roblox is the closest thing to the Oasis in real life, and this contest is the closest thing to the treasure hunt in my book." This seems a bit generous; in Cline's books the Oasis is a massive VR wonderland where players can go anywhere and do anything that their hearts desire. It's wish fulfillment on the highest level, and it might be the case that such a fantasy is impossible to truly replicate in the real world. Roblox offers players a lot of freedom, but it's got a long way to go before it's on the level of the fictional Oa
Adopt Me! by Roblox creator DreamCraft announced a temporary Pet Rock as an April Fools joke and ended up with more players than Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord . Multiple video game development companies kept the April Fools' Day tradition of joke announcements alive this year, from the announcement of a Death Stranding movie to Mortal Kombat 11 's reveal that they were introducing a " family friendly " m
This is not the first go at an April Fool’s joke to come from Roblox games. Last year saw the April 1 st announcement of Roblox’s first console, which claimed to provide 8K graphics and 120fps performance. Roblox stated that the " console " will be in early access until the year 2999. It has since been revealed to be nothing more than a hat falling under Roblox’s accessory category. The Adopt Me! pet rock update garnered positive responses from players, with the only complaint seemingly being that the pet rock was most likely not going to be a permanent pet in their collection. DreamCraft hasn’t stated how long the pet rock will be available to play
There’s no one reason for the massive growth of Roblox recently, with its success tied up in the work of its creator community, policies set by Roblox Corporation, and likely the huge audience of potential players and developers with more time on their hands as they practice social distancing. Whatever the cause, Roblox is offering a platform unlike any other to independent creators and it seems like it’s only getting bet
One of the key factors to Roblox’s success over the years has been their platform which allows players to design and create their own games using Roblox’s creation engine, Roblox Studio . This gives users the opportunity to exercise their creative freedom and come up with titles that may go on to become successful and earn them money through in-game purchases. This ability has led to the release of thousands of titles, each quirky and unique in its own right. With games such as Jail Break, Flee the Facility, Super Hero Tycoon and Adopt Me!'s predecessor Adopt and Raise a Baby! , Roblox has become an unconventional avenue to mainstream success in the gaming indus
In a recent blog post, the Roblox Corporation expressed amazement at the amount of users they were now experiencing, and showed gratitude toward the many creators that choose to use their platform. To help celebrate their achievement, the company has released what they're calling a Goldenrow Shoulder Accessory, which creators can download for free to use in their own projects, and resembles two stacks of gold bars fixed browse around this site a character's shoulders. This limited-time offer expires on August 16, so Roblox fans that want to show their 100 million user pride only have a few days left to snatch theirs