You Can Still Experience Much of the Virtual BLOXcon

By Andrew Haak - September 22, 2013

Virtual BLOXcon was a fantastic event. We had tens of thousands of ROBLOXians from around the world drop in to watch our five-hour live broadcast, view recorded footage from each of our summer BLOXcons, and play contest-winning games with ROBLOX staff. We even saw #BLOXcon become a trending topic on Twitter in multiple countries — that’s what roughly 10,000 tweets will do. We poured a lot of effort into presenting the event, but it would have been nothing without your participation and enthusiasm.

While Virtual BLOXcon may be over, it’s not too late to experience everything it offered. We suggest starting with the recording of the livestream; it features two Q&A sessions, product demos, an awards ceremony, gameplay streaming and more.

Virtual BLOXcon Is Live!

By Andrew Haak - September 21, 2013

Virtual BLOXcon is now live! To join the fun, don’t delay; go to ROBLOX.com/bloxcon.

The event consists of three “stages.” There’s the Livestream Stage (roughly 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), where we’re streaming gameplay, Q&A sessions, product demos and awards shows from ROBLOX HQ. The World Tour Stage features content we collected from each of our three in-person BLOXcon events this summer. Then there’s the Game Stage, which is home to seven contest-winning games, a couple fan favorites from the last year, and an articulated physics demo! However you decide to participate in Virtual BLOXcon, you can’t go wrong.

Presenting the ROBLOX Shop

By Brad Justus - September 20, 2013

Yet another awesome facet of Virtual BLOXcon! We’re proud to present the first-ever official ROBLOX Shop. Now everyone at home has the same chance to purchase exclusive ROBLOX items and real-life gear that attendees to our city BLOXcons snapped up.

Visit shop.roblox.com to see what we have available — from t-shirts, hoodies, and fedoras to pins, patches, trading cards, and more — we’ve got a lot of stuff for you to drool over. We’re opening the shop to run in line with Virtual BLOXcon tomorrow, but will be keeping the Shop open for (at least) a full month after the event takes place, in case you need some time to snag that one (or several) item(s) that you really want.

Building Virtual BLOXcon, from Schedule to Stage

By Alan Fackler - September 18, 2013

Fresh off our BLOXcon “world tour,” we’re taking our annual fan convention online for the first time with the Virtual BLOXcon! The event takes place this Saturday at ROBLOX.com/bloxcon, starting at 9 a.m. Pacific Time. We’re hard at work putting the finishing touches on our schedule and setup, so we thought today would be a good time to show you a tentative schedule for the day and share a few photos.

Welcome to our makeshift Virtual BLOXcon staging area! We picked the largest area of our lobby, and set up shop. You can tell Andrew is thinking, because he’s touching his beard (it gives him sound advice).

Let the Countdown to the Virtual BLOXcon Begin!

By Andrew Haak - September 14, 2013

Virtual BLOXcon is now just one week away! The online event will give everyone in the ROBLOX community a chance to experience our annual fan conventions via a livestream from ROBLOX HQ, recorded BLOXcon footage, and a lineup of great games. On top of that, ROBLOX staff will be playing games and chatting with you all day, so you could very well get to meet us – virtually, at least.

Last Chance to Enter the Virtual BLOXcon Game Contest

By Andrew Haak - September 7, 2013

This is it, folks: your last opportunity to enter your BLOXcon-themed place or game in the Virtual BLOXcon Game Contest. Whether you’ve got a work in progress or are going to challenge yourself to build something from scratch in roughly 32 hours, it’s time to get down to business. The submission period ends promptly on Sunday, September 8th at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.

In case you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past couple weeks, here’s how the contest works.

Vote for the Final ROBLOX Hall of Fame 2013 Winners

By Andrew Haak - September 2, 2013

We’ve already announced a whopping 16 Hall of Fame 2013 winners, but there’s so much fantastic stuff being built on ROBLOX that we’re going to announce another six winners (in six new categories) at the Virtual BLOXcon later this month. The Hall of Fame 2013 will ultimately span four BLOXcons and 20+ awards, making it our biggest celebration of your work yet — and a veritable who’s-who of building and game development.

Best of all, each of the final six categories will be decided by you. We came up with a list nominees; now it’s your turn to cast your vote with this quick survey!