Roblox Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

Universal Music Group and Republic Records have announced the launch of Boombox, a new product being integrated into Roblox to allow players to stream in-game music that artists can monetise and have count toward Billboard charts.This collaboration will start in the Twice Square experience, a level in Roblox where players can leave messages for the K-pop girl group, play minigames, and collect virtual items. With Boombox, players will be able to “share and collectively enjoy” Twice‘s music, with each playback being monetisable, as well as counting toward Billboard charts.Boombox is apparently the first “scaled music product across the Roblox platform”.

Roblox studio boss Stefano Corazza has hit back at claims the gaming platform “exploits” children.In 2021 a video from People Make Games claimed that online game creation system Roblox was taking advantage of its young playerbase by selling them the dream that they could become entrepreneurs with their creations and earn “serious cash” in the process.Anyone can create a Roblox experience via the platform’s ‘Create’ tool, which also offers tutorials and support. However, game developers are paid with in-game currency Roblux, with Roblox taking a 75.5 per cent cut of all profits.

Roblox as a way of showing support for Palestine in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.Kotaku spotted a post on X (fka Twitter) describing a pro-Palestinian protest on Roblox: “y’all my cousin is 15 and couldn’t join a protest so she just went to one on [Roblox] bro i’m crying”.They added that their cousin wasn’t able to drive herself to a protest in real life due to her age and that there was no one else available to take her there, so she settled for a virtual show of support instead.The kids are ok https://t.co/VBifgRJL7W pic.twitter.com/HzYQGv0uSP—

BLACKPINK The Palace is a new immersive experience for fans of the K-pop girl group built inside Roblox.Karta is the metaverse developer behind BLACKPINK The Palace, and it has previously brought immersive experiences for Amazon Music and Unilever into being in Roblox. The palace is not a limited time event either and will benefit from brand new content releases throughout the year.“Inside the palace, fans can meet, socialise, and enjoy content from the band, visit various spaces designed around BLACKPINK’s iconic music video scenes, and enjoy some of the artists’ favourite things – from digital fashion to signature choreography,” the press release reads.There are even caves below the palace which are a source of crystals that can be harvested with a BLACKPINK lightstick-shaped hammer to power in-experience items.YG PLUS and Karta were keen to emphasise how Roblox players are now able to host authentic BLACKPINK-themed parties in the game with the new items at any time they like.“We look forward to welcoming fans from all over the world to a beautiful virtual palace where they can party, connect, and experience everything BLACKPINK beyond the constraints of time and space,” YG PLUS’ head of IPX division, Hyojung Lee, said.

Roblox to reveal the team’s new football kit.The limited edition event, which coincides with the kit’s real-world launch, gives players the chance to get their hands on a digital third kit jersey by winning a game of Football Rush in Puma And The Land Of Games. The offer is available for two weeks.

Roblox developers have criticised the lack of support from the Roblox Corporation in providing adequate anti-cheat tools, saying it’s becoming “demoralising and exhausting” to create within the platform.Back in April, a developer named Hutch took to the Roblox Developer Forum to start a thread titled “Developers are not equipped to deal with exploiters” (via PCGamesN). In his initial message, he wrote “This is a post targeting the severe lack of tooling and support provided by Roblox in regards to exploiting and dealing with generally abusive users.”Are you a Roblox dev? Exploiters have you burnt? Tell me about it: https://t.co/dCbWmnNVeF— Liam Hutch (@LMH_Hutch) April 27, 2022“Despite my best efforts to build functioning anti-cheats and arm my moderators with tools I will never be able to build a better culture for my communities so long as Roblox as a whole fails to address exploiting in a more hands on way,” they added.Yesterday (August 2) Hutch posted an update, saying that since Apocalypse Rising 2 went free-to-play, their moderation team have handed out nearly 3000 bans with another 25,343 bans coming through anti-cheat software.It's been a month since #ApocalypseRising2 released for free! In that time we gained 6M visits.

Roblox has had a selection of internal documents stolen, which have now been posted online.According to a statement from Roblox, the publication of the documents is part of an extortion effort against the company. The statement given to Vice reads: “Roblox has been actively investigating a phishing incident, which involved a Roblox employee being targeted by cyber criminals [through social engineering tactics/using highly personalized scare tactics].”The statement continues, “These stolen documents were illegally obtained as part of an extortion scheme that we refused to cooperate with.

Spotify took its first step into the metaverse by partnering with Roblox to create the company’s first island and yesterday (May 24) it unveiled K-Park, a “homage to all things k-pop”.An off-shoot of Spotify Island, the limited-time world will allow fans to interact with Stray Kids and Sunmi through signed digital merch and virtual meet and greets.

Roblox has confirmed it has banned a developer who created a game that advertised a new Kim Kardashian sex tape.The game came to light on a recent episode of The Kardashians, in which Kim and Kanye West’s six-year-old son Saint saw a pop-up advert featuring his mum’s name while he was playing Roblox.Explaining the situation to the audience, Kim said: “There was a picture of my cry face and it said something super inappropriate like ‘Kim’s new sex tape’. This is supposed to be unreleased footage from my old sex tape.

Roblox Corporation has announced that PinkPantheress will perform a virtual concert in Roblox in collaboration with the BRIT Awards 2022.The partnership will introduce the first-ever virtual VIP Party for an awards show on Roblox. It will feature PinkPantheress – winner of the BBC Sound Of 2022 – in avatar form performing some of her most popular tracks, including ‘Just For Me’ and ‘Pain’ from her critically acclaimed debut mixtape, ‘To Hell With It‘.Starting today (February 8) through to February 14, BRITs nominees and honorees will be jumping into the VIP Party world for in-game, virtual meet and greets with fans.

David Guetta will perform in its online game Roblox.Created in partnership with Warner Music and the Roblox developer, David Guetta’s DJ set will premiere on February 4 at 4 PM PT / 12 AM BST and continue throughout the weekend in an interactive universe powered by the latest Roblox technology and visual enhancements. However, players can jump in and witness the pre-show experience today (February 1).David Guetta will perform as his avatar self in an intergalactic themed set, where attendees will be able to navigate the show through an asteroid-traversing obstacle course.

Roblox vice president and head of music Jon Vlassopulos believes some artists will be able to “launch and sustain successful careers virtually” without ever having to play real-life gigs.Speaking to NME about the future of virtual gigs, Vlassopulos said: “As we continue to push the limits of what music can be on Roblox, we see an opportunity for new forms of entertainment to emerge.“There will be new virtual music products and services for fans to buy and some artists will be able to launch and sustain successful careers virtually without ever having to play a real world show,” he explained.“We believe the metaverse will democratize the music industry, allowing any band or artist of any size to promote their music and connect with their fans directly. They can set up their profile and start spending time on the platform building their virtual Roblox fanbase,” he continued.

Roblox have shared their 2021 report, revealing that the game has grown from 32.6 million daily active users in 2020, to 50 million.It’s also been revealed that their Twenty One Pilots concert experience was one of the most popular events of the year, attracting over 30 per cent of users in the 17+ age group.Available to watch over one weekend in September, the Twenty One Pilots experience was “a pioneering interactive virtual concert powered by the latest Roblox technology” released to promote their 2021 album ‘Scaled And Icy’.In-game events from Poppy and Tai Verdes followed later in the year. The Gucci Gardens experience and NIKELAND also made the top five, alongside Twenty One Pilots and The Fashion Awards 2021.Elsewhere in the report, it was revealed that 26,953 experiences reached 100k or more visits while 107,737 experiences reached 10k or more visits.

People Make Games has uncovered the dark side of collectable trading in Roblox.Roblox is a platform where users can create and share content. Often this content is sold for an in-game currency that can later be transferred to real-world money.

Activision Blizzard has been overtaken by Roblox as the most valuable gaming company in the US, despite the recent release of Call of Duty: Vanguard.As spotted by Gamespot, shares of Roblox increased by 40 per cent on Tuesday, following the release of its earnings’ report. The company is now valuated by the stock market at $62billion (£46billion), overtaking previous industry leader, Activision Blizzard, which stands at $52billion (£38billion).

TikTok superstar and pop musician Tai Verdes has announced they will be playing a virtual, ingame concert on Roblox this weekend.Kicking off on Saturday (November 13) at 7pm GMT, an avatar of Verdes will perform a four-song set, including recent single ‘Let’s Go To Hell’, from a Venice Beach-inspired boardwalk that uses the latest technological advancements available to developers, MELON.

Roblox is finally back online. The cause behind the outage has not been revealed by its developers, though there’s plenty of speculation as to the cause.Roblox Corporation explained in a Twitter post that it had “identified [the] root cause and solution,” but did not go into detail as to what the issue actually was.

Roblox.Taking place from October 22-25, the World Party EDC is the first virtual festival to take place inside Roblox.

Roblox Corporation is rolling out a new age verification system for its game creation platform Roblox, starting today (September 21).The massively popular game platform has nearly 200million users each month, with nearly 50 per cent of them over the age of 13 as of Q2 2021, according to a new official post from the company.In light of the continuous expansion of the community, senior product manager Chris Aston Chen wrote, “We want to make sure that everyone can express themselves in a safe and

Takeover Tour, Twenty One Pilots have announced they will play an online concert in virtual platform game Roblox.The Twenty One Pilots Concert Experience is “a pioneering interactive virtual concert powered by the latest Roblox technology” and designed in close collaboration with the band. The performance launches midnight, September 18 BST (4pm, September 17 PDT) and will be available to rewatch in Roblox until 7am, September 20.

Roblox, as an invitation only beta started yesterday (September 2) for developers on the platform.The blog post detailing spatial voice is a little vague, but Roblox chief product officer Manuel Bronstein did say “with spatial voice, Roblox creators will begin to test developing experiences where conversations can happen in a realistic way, mirroring how we listen and respond to the world around us each day.”One of the aims with Roblox‘s spatial voice is that communication throughout experiences

Roblox is suffering from experiences that aim to recreate mass shootings, with more and more being made over time.This was reported by The Verge, who spoke to Anti-Defamation League researcher Daniel Kelley, who says he found mass shooting recreations on three separate occasions.

Roblox has signed a new deal with Sony Music Entertainment that will see the platform host innovative music experiences for players.The deal, which Roblox announced yesterday on its website, will offer Sony artists “commercial opportunities to reach new audiences’”Several Sony artists have already worked with the platform, including Lil Nas X and Zara Larsson.

Roblox players can now access a Stranger Things playable location in the form of season three’s Starcourt Mall.The Stranger Things: Starcourt Mall Experience is a new level that includes four mini-games based around the popular Netflix show’s central location in season three.Those four mini-games include Hawkins Lab Escape, a 5 vs.

Roblox marketplace for more than the price of the bag’s real world equivalent. The Gucci ‘Queen Bee Dionysus’ bag originally only cost 475 Robux (or $5.50), but due to it only being available for one hour day on two days, the price skyrocketed. In the end it sold for 350,000 Robux, or $4,115.This comes after a virtual ‘Gucci Garden’ space opened its doors for two weeks in May.

Roblox will be hosting a virtual premiere for the film adaptation Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights.READ MORE: Gamers are gamers – so stop trying to pigeonhole usAccording to the event listing, there’s going to be a “virtual block party” running between June 4 to 20 that will allow players to “experience the vibrant Latinx community of Washington Heights—visit iconic locales from the movie like Usnavi’s shop, enjoy an ice-cold piragua, create a community mural, and learn Spanish phrases.”The