Roblox, a global online platform that brings together more than 120 million people through play, today announced the results of the 7th annual Bloxy Awards, a celebration of the Roblox community’s passion, talent and innovation. Nearly 4 million concurrent players were on the Roblox network at its height, including over 600,000 players and developers watching the awards ceremony unfold in real time inside the Bloxy interface, thus helping to raise funds for two non-profit organizations: Make-A-Wish and Code.org.
The awards ceremony on Saturday, 21 March was first held in its entirety and broadcast live on the Roblox website, which practically put the group together.
Watch the Bloxys together with their mates from inside a custom-made viewing environment, complete with a lazy river with floats, racing scooters as well as complete quests and souvenirs to collect. Also included this year’sBloxys were special, community-made interactive objects that benefited two charitable organisations: Make-A-Wish and Code.org. The $100,000 raised from the selling of the six pieces created by EvilArtist, Beeism, and supernob123 creators from Roblox will go directly to these groups and their worthy causes.
“We take our role in helping people connect very seriously, and the Bloxys was a great demonstration of the Roblox community coming together to support one another and give back, particularly during these very difficult times,” said David Baszucki, Roblox CEO and co-founder (a.k.a. Builderman). “Our developer community continues to push the boundaries of our platform in remarkable ways, engaging millions of players around the world and inspiring countless more budding creators.”
“We are honored to have the support of the Roblox community”said Alice Steinglass, Code.org President. “
“We are honored to have the support of the Roblox community,” said Alice Steinglass, Code.org President. “Now when online learning is more important than ever, we thank the Roblox community for making it possible to continue our work in bringing computer science to the world’s students.”
“The outpouring of support from this event was a bright light for us during a challenging moment. It’s such a comfort to be able to gather virtually—from across the world—when we can’t come together in person,” said Betsy Biern, Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area CEO. “Many of our wish kids are part of the Roblox community and I know the generous support from the community brought them all so much hope and joy.”
Hosts at the ceremony, including YouTube’s Roblox Video Star Leah Ashe and JParty’s Roblox emcee, declared the winners in 14 categories and premiered new, groundbreaking YouTube music videos by creators like Loginhdi, Cybernova Kawaii and Kunicorn. Record breaker Adopt Me for 2019! And its developers, DreamCraft, have received various awards at home including Best Game Update of the Year and Best Studio of the Year. ROLVe’s coveted Game of the Year award went to Arsenal, while the BuildermanAward of Excellence was awarded to both Super Striker League by Cinder Studio and Dungeon Quest by vCaffy.
“We are honored and excited to accept the game of the year. It’s been a long journey of development and hard work but we are glad that it paid off,” said Bluay from ROLVe. “The support of the community and Roblox means the world to us.”
“My heart is so full to be a part of celebrating Roblox creators and this amazing community,” said Leah Ashe, Roblox Video Star andBloxy Awards co-host. “The Roblox team worked very hard to create this incredible experience for this year’s Bloxy Awards, and I was truly honored to be part of it.”
The Bloxy Awards show will play every hour inside the Roblox Bloxy experience between now and 31 March.
