Merry Christmas!

Hello, this post has been made just to ensure that everyone has a wonderful christmas. It has been very slow this year with Roblox News because of staff inactivity, I will be tackling this problem when 2015 arises. Thank you.

Giftsplosion 2014: The Percy Jackson of Christmas Events

Giftsplosion: the Timely Woe of Outdated, Useless Gifts

Hello readers, RayMan36 here with what we've all been waiting for: disappointment. Yes, I'm here to talk about the overly-impossible gift hunt, and maybe what would come out of these presents from the depths unknown, which all of you certainly bought.

DISCLAIMER: You have been juggling a broken teacup with a milkshake straw in your sock while dancing to the Canadian national anthem, all with your iron man costume in your baby pool on your 8th birthday party only if it was July 20th and it was a full moon. Otherwise, just pay me $40,000.

Place Review: TPS15

Recently, I have been finding myself play a game - quite well known - 'TPS 15'. Good game, nice, fun; very competitive. I mean, it's fun: ROBLOX engines are the only problem.

Inactivity Problems

Hello Roblox News, recently you may have noticed a large dip within the amount of content produced at Roblox News; I am going to tell you why. I haven't had much time. That's the reason, I'm very busy with exams, and my interest in ROBLOX has gone down recently because I haven't been able to do much. I will start rebuilding ROBLOX News over the christmas period, be wary of posts that are soon to come. :D

The Top 4 Murder Games on ROBLOX

Introduction

"So far, there's only 4 well-made murder games on ROBLOX"

Hello, my name is Darkie Roblox and today we're gonna list the top 4 murder games on ROBLOX. Let's start off on how murder games work.

How Murder Games Work 

The murder games has same purpose. Each of them are not exactly the same. I will not gonna say it all.

People will have random character name and outfit when they are on the round. Except from TT.

Innocents must survive the round. They must work each other to find out who's the murderer. They can call the sheriff for help if the murderer is already known.

Sheriff has a gun called "revolver". The sheriff must find out who and kill the murderer to win the round.

Murderer has a knife. The murderer must kill everyone and be stealthy to prevent not being caught by the innocents or they will call the sheriff for help.

(They are listed in descending order.)

Roblox: Game Studios.

Yes, I will make a game review. I just feel that this is an article I think people will like. Anyways, hello, my name is xLando and today I will 'tell' you about game studios, what they are, and how they work.

ROBLOX Chat Exploit Patch

Recently on ROBLOX with the new Chat Update, ROBLOX added a patch to the chat. They have established a system looking for any type of coding such as a sentence starting with: function(), etc.
This can protect ROBLOX Users on day to day basis to protect them from any exploiters in their game, yet ROBLOX hasn't successfully patched Cheat Engine, hopefully ROBLOX Engineers and Administrators will find a solution to completely protect our servers and games we create. Therefor in conclusion we all know that ROBLOX is planning a solution.

Resignation

Hello!

This is my final post, and it is to say goodbye!

~CYNICALCHRIS

ROBLOX Game Review: Goat Simulator

PLEASE NOTE: This is a ROBLOX version of the original game. If you are here for the real "Goat Simulator" which has all the information about the game, please click here.

Hello, my name is Darkie Roblox and i am a Game Journalist of RN. My ROBLOX user is lilsal5. You can add me if you want. Heard about the ROBLOX version of goat simulator? Here it is and we are now reviewing it!

About

Goat Simulator is a ROBLOX version of the original game and it's being developed by kenami. The game can be only played by paying 25 R$ due to the early development of the game. Like the real game, the player controls the goat which has the ability to stick objects to it's tongue by licking them, ram into objects and more! Rated 90% by most testers of the game, Goat Simulator is improving itself to make it's game fun to play. Made for fun like destroying stuff, making fun of NPCs and more.

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Online dating in Roblox: The truth.

Roblox Online dating: The truth.

Now, first of all, this review is going to be like my OTHER review on ROBLOX success (Which is going to be published soon, I hope.) Also, RN and I do not endorse online dating in ROBLOX, and we do not approve of it.

First of all, let's understand the concept of what online dating in roblox is. People who online date on roblox (referred to as ODer's by some.) Games, such as the different town of robloxia, endorse this  kind of thing. People commonly have relationships with complete untrustworthy strangers. Of course, most people have come to disagree with online dating, but some disregard all the hate, and keep on doing it. So I am going to list some of the reasons why I think people do it. Also, I recently had a "falling out" with my girlfriend, so I  may seem harsh on online daters, I apologize in advance.

Disclaimer:
Online dating anywhere is hazardous, do not trust anyone online, for they can always lie. NEVER give out personal information to strangers via ROBLOX.

1. They are children.  
All Irony about this aside, people who aren't old enough to date, wish to date, but can only do it on roblox. Multiple traits of a person who commonly Online dates, is someone who has poor grammar and writing/speaking skills. Some other key evidence is that they dress, and act in an immature, and improper fashion

2.They feel,look, and act differently on ROBLOX.
Another fact is that people who are young generally feel more insecure about their looks, (more tweens-teens, but you get the idea.) and fake it all on roblox. So, say you weren'ts an athlete, you might play sports on ROBLOX to create a small illusion that you are. Based on this, people who try to have relationships on roblox tend to act and look a different way in real life. For example, a sane human being would not go on the street and yell "123 for a boyfriend!" over and over.


Obviously, no one who plays ROBLOX is likely to be able to dress like this in real life.











3. They are alone and out of options/unable to find "love"
This option is my least favorite, since I think most people are capable of finding someone in this world of nearly two billion, who likes them for them. Of course, some people just can't connect with others, so the y turn to a world where they can be someone their not, a world in where anything is possible no matter how you act or look in real life. It is also unlikely, since almost all if not all roblox users sign up to use roblox as their dating site.


Thank you for reading my short article on one of the aspects of ROBLOX, have a wonderful day.

P.S
Still here? Great! I just wanted to say thank you. To all my readers, to everyone who has supported me. Not only in real life, but on ROBLOX. And I would like to thank a special few,

• Arbirator. This wonderful man accepted me into ROBLOX news and helped me become the journalist I am today.
• Zakkeh. Zak, without your tedious corrections to my faults,  I would have never survived here at RN.
• CYNICALCHRIS. Cyn, my old friend, we started at the bottom, now we're here. You have always been a great friend, good luck. Keep on trucking!
• Finally, I would like to dedicate this article to my intern, Razecept. I hope to teach you much about this new and exiting world of ROBLOX journalism. 

RŌBLOX Hat Review: Ghosdeeri

                                    After 1 ½ years, through several holiday sales, DarkGenex's Ghosdeeri: The Cursed Spirit was published. On the last day of this year's BLOXtober 13 Days of Gifts, Big Gift of the Phantom Hunter came across us, and Ghosdeeri happened to be the result. The hat is the same as the retexture, expect Roblox added some blue smoke to jazz it up a little bit.

Game Review: BLOODFEST

Hello, I am Darkie Roblox. I haven't introduced myself yet. My roblox username is lilsal5. You can add me if you wish. I am the new Game Journalist here at Roblox News. This is my first game review. I hope you enjoy!

You probably saw a game called "BLOODFEST". A zombie-shooting game that became popular about a week ago. This game is one of the runner ups of the Game Creation Challenge. The gameplay and the features in this game are outstanding!

Place Review: Twisted Murderer

It's another murder game, and one that has been here for quite a while now (actually for almost a month). For those of you who don't know what I'm referring to (or are too busy playing The Mad Murderer, Murder Mystery, or some other game), I'm talking about Twisted Murderer. Made by taymaster (creator of games like Twisted Racing and Twisted Plastic 2), let's see just how twisted this game is! (Note: This review [or comparison] will focus on the differences between Murder Mystery, The Mad Murderer and Twisted Murderer. Also, this review was written before the release of the Spooky Update, and thus will not cover the things in the update.) 

Hallow's Eve - Bloxtober Event Full Review (Part 1)

It's that time of the year again: Bloxtober! Last year, the ROBLOX Games Team brought us "The Witching Hour". This year, the Games team has brought us "Hallow's Eve". We all knew it was coming, and let's be honest, we were expecting something that lacked excitement and entertainment. I guess you can see we were wrong!

Halloween Gift Guessers: Day 10 - Reverse Gift of the Undertaker

Hello! It's xxMarvelBobbyxx, Catalog Analyst! Day 10, brought us a very evil gift, with a very interesting and revealing mesh. The Assistant Editor of Roblox News will be sharing his thoughts, on what will come out of the day 10 BLOXtober gift.

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The Return of Halloween Items - 2014

 Returning of Halloween Items

2014

Hello! I'm the new Catalog Analyst, xxMarvelBobbyxx! Recently, about three of the classic ROBLOX Halloween items have just went on sale, and I would like to inform everyone of these items!

A Promotion and a New Event!

Hello readers of Roblox News. Some of you may know me, some of you way not. My name is CYNICALCHRIS, and I've worked here at Roblox News for some time now. I started out as a game journalist, and I was just recently promoted to "Game Journalism Manager" thanks to Zakkeh! I very much appreciate the promotion. I had the idea of making a new event for Roblox News, so let's talk about that!

New Intern! [Divyesh]

I could start out by saying that my name is Divyesh and that I am an intern at Roblox News but you probably already know that. I bet you search my name on the Roblox website every day and stalk my profile until my status says "online". I would go so far to even venture a guess that you probably have tried to send me a friend request and maybe even tried to invite me to a party. Satire aside, I'm extremely excited to be writing for Roblox News and cannot wait to share what I want to bring to the entire Roblox News community. 

Outside of Roblox, I usually go to school, play tennis, compete at national debate tournaments, and sleep - I'm so normal right there!

On Roblox, I'm a Lua scripter and a hardcore designer, so I hope to  teach people Lua operations so they can be make their own successful titles. I'll also go into constructive analysis of a wide variety of games and break down the elements that all successful games have in common. The end goal is that readers will learn new ways to make their games more engaging and more fun in every way possible. 

I'm hoping the internship with Roblox News will help me connect with a wide variety of aspiring Roblox developers. I hope to meeting all of you very soon, and I'm extremely excited to be writing articles that everyone can see. 

Thanks,

~Divyesh

Halloween Gift Guessers: Mystical Gift of the Arbor

Mystical Gift of the Arbor

May the gifts of the season continue to grow.

Day 4 came with the first questionable gift - what it contains is honestly a mystery to me. Oh, and sorry about the late post today - the gift came out pretty early and I wasn't home at all today. Anyways, this is the Mystical Gift of the Arbor, and it's basically a tree stump with an axe in it and a bow on the side - it's 250 Robux, and I'm somewhat clueless as to what this gift contains.

A New Opportunity

Hello everyone, I am currently the Editor of Roblox News while Arbirator is away, and I am looking for a manager, I need department managers. Apply here:

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Halloween Gift Guessers: Gift of the 9th Great Power

Gift of the 9th Great Power

Perhaps the 9th time is the charm...

Day three is upon us, and this gift comes as no surprise to me. Every year we get a coffin gift, and a similar item is inside - but I'll get to that later. Anyways, this gift is the Gift of the 9th Great Power, and it is priced at 300 Robux.

Halloween Gift Guessers: Gift of Robloxians Past

Gift of Robloxians Past

What remains after everything else is gone?

Day two of BLOXtober is underway! Last night, the first gift, Batty Gift of Affordable Style, was released for 50 Robux. Tonight, we got the Gift of Robloxians Past - a very unique gift indeed. It's priced at 100 Robux, and has a very unique mesh that resembles a skull, possibly hinting at what's inside...

Halloween Gift Guessers: Batty Gift of Affordable Style

Batty Gift of Affordable Style

It's batty, it's affordable, it's stylish.

After a long year of waiting, It is BLOXtober once again! This year, we're once again getting the usual 13 days of gifts, and then an event. Anyways, today we got the very first gift: Batty Gift of Affordable Style. And of course, it's another bat-themed gift like last year. 

Roblox Place review: ROBLOX Success

Greetings dear readers, my name is xLando, and in the midst of my inactivity I bring you an article to celebrate our beloved Zakkeh. Congratulations, Zak, you have thought me almost everything I come to now know and utilize in Roblox News. Best wishes, xLando.


Now, this isn't a run-of-the-mill game/place review, it's something new, I like new, bold, forever wild and never tamed. Kidding, naturally, but this is going to be a type of article when I review Roblox and more specifically, Roblox game's and their nature. I will now be talking about the mentality of success, the feeling of making the front page and having a successful page, and what it truly means.

Game Review - le bote

Hello, guys! I'm EpicOculus, a new Game Journalist.

I just finished my homework, and decided to play le bote, a naval combat game that has been very popular among ROBLOXians.

Roblox: Games with 20 Million Visits

So, guys here is just an article to update people on the Most Popular Games of All Time - The Top 20. All this article will do will be to list the Top 20 games, giving each a brief description + a lot of information, some of which may be irrelevant to what you need to know to play the game.

The stats will change, but this is just an update. I will put capitals in names, even if they don't have capitals because I am very pedantic.

Interview with Clan Battle Winners: owen0202!

1.How did you choose the members that make up your 100 strong clan? Was there special criteria?

The effort was lead by our Head Battle Overseer VideoGame5, along with our other colonels they were in charge of selecting whom was eligible for the clan. Unfortunately me and SilentSwords couldn't get too involved because we are very busy working on our next big shooter 'Hex'. One thing we have always been very serious about in WIJ is that we don't use mercenaries and everybody who took part was a real member of WIJ. If you were in WIJ, had the drive to be active and knew how to fight there was a pretty good chance you were going to be selected.

Game Review: The World of Boxtrolls

 

At the time of this review The World of Boxtrolls had

2,877 Thumbs up

386,001 Visits

And was favourited 10,671 times

Top Catalog Items of the Week: 14/09/14

Hi there! Welcome to a new Roblox News series where we scour the catalog for the single best hat and gear item released in the last seven days (it may also include packages and faces, but this depends on how many have been released). To qualify for this prestigious position, the items will have had to be on-sale in the ROBLOX catalog in the past week so it could be obtained - collectible items are eligable to be chosen. This means items that have special requirements such as achievement rewards, gamecard exclusives and contest prizes are not eligable to be chosen.

The point of these articles is to highlight the very best official ROBLOX content and to help those on strict robux budgets get the best items can money can buy at reasonable prices. Factors that will influence our final choices are the look and variety of the items, and how they appear on a ROBLOXian character, but also their price (value for money) and their abilities if they are a gear item. So without further ado, let's get into our first article!

Welcome ZeTripod: your moderately new Intern!

Hello all curious Robloxians, and welcome to the long awaited arrive of my Bio! I am ZeTripod: your basic, yet random, and curious enough ROBLOXian to join this Blog!

I started playing Roblox in 2009, when I was in fifth grade. I was on my old profile back then, miniman2605. My friend got me hooked when a new Halo RPG came out, resulting in explosions, Bloxxed Robloxians, and of course, sparked my love for team vs. team wars. This lead to my love of Groups, and I tend to become very sucked into groups very easily. I accept Friend Requests often, Answer all PM's and am currently working on Re-vamping my group, Infesco Armed Forces. But anyways, you guys aren't here to hear about that! Here is my life in a nutshell...

DevCoffee: RN Summer Intern

Hello there! Im DevCoffee, or you can just call me Zach.

As some of you may know, I am one of your newest interns at ROBLOX News! As you read along this, I will be telling you mainly about myself and what brings me here to RN.

Game Review: Very Important Person

By:

charcle

At the time of this review V.I.P had

3195 thumbs up

397,207 visits

And was favourited 13,055 times

Introducing myself! The new Intern! Cthonus

Hello there! My name is Cthonus, I'm a 14 year Computer IT dude thingy. Everybody considers me a Russian even though I was born in America; specifically Florida; and I still live in the same town! My favorite hobbies....are computer related stuff...and that's it. I'm just a homosapien sitting in a chair while typing this on my custom built PC.

Building Contests Have Returned!

Ayeeee, pbjms here, and with the return of building contests, you also get the return of me! I haven't written a post in ages, mainly because I've been busy with life, or I just didn't feel like writing anything, because you know, 5 minutes of writing is too much, right?

Anyway, back during a BLOXCast in December of 2013, your favorite fella pbjms asked a wonderful question: Will building contests ever make a return? And Arbirator has been asking this question long before this, since the dawn of time it would seem. Now, with my luck, the question wasn't answered on the BLOXCast. But don't fear my friends, because it was answered in a follow-up Blog Post! So basically, they said that Building Contests will come back at some point, but they just need to figure out how to balance them out.

PaleEclipse: New Summer Intern!

Hi, I'm Pale a new summer intern at Roblox news.

I joined in 2013, when a friend of mine was moving away he gave me my ROBOX account as a present.As soon as I started playing the first game I played was Paintball, by daxter33. I was hooked on it, I played it every day for atleast a couple of months before I got builders club.
Now I'm more into GFX designing than anything, I enjoy it and find myself spending more time doing GFX designing for people than I do playing games with friends. I enjoy making Profile Thumbnails the most as I can play around with the effects on Paint dot Net. And I love seeing how good the finished product is.

Speed Run Game Review

Game Review : Speed Run

Today's game review is Speed Run created by lolbunnyface, a new game that has recently popped up onto the front page of Roblox. What is Speed Run? Well as the title suggests, it is a classic styled obstacle, sped up.

Labor Day Weekend Sale: Day 4

Day 4 was perhaps the most pivotal day of the entire sale: it was actually Labor Day! On this day we saw a number of new hats and gear items, and a couple of limiteds. Whilst it wasn't the most exciting selection, it was still a fine way to end the four-day long holiday sale. Unfortunately there weren't many discounted items - but most of those were added at the weekend so that users had the most time possible to purchase them. The new items themselves weren't fantastic, but they served a purpose. Let's get into the summary!

Labor Day Weekend Sale: Day 3

As the third day of the Labor Day sale arrives, it starts off with disappointment, and progressively gets better. For the third day we see new hats, gears, discounts, old items going limited, and even a brand new face! Let's get to the items, shall we?

Labor Day Weekend Sale: Day 2

With a multitude of items made limited, put on sale, and new versions of old gear, there is something for everyone (provided you have a small amount of robux). I will be listing the items that are featuring in this catalog sale and will be giving them a rating and a recommendation as to whether I would purchase them or not. Of course, as I am writing this in the opinionated style of a reviewer, you may take this in the subjective manner that is intended. You are welcome to make your own decisions on whether a sale item is for you or not. I will just be aiming to look for good value-for-money traits. So let us get into this second overview!

Duck Hunt '14

Feast your eyes on the Roblox News Duck Hunt 2014, it's going to be - amazing!

Labor Day Weekend Sale: Day 1

So it's the first day of the Labour Day Weekend sale and it is already off to a good start. With a multitude of items made limited, put on sale, and new versions of old gear, there is something for everyone (provided you have a small amount of robux). I will be listing the items that are featuring in this catalog sale and will be giving them a rating and a recommendation as to whether I would purchase them or not. Of course, as I am writing this in the opinionated style of a reviewer, you may take this in the subjective manner that is intended. You are welcome to make your own decisions on whether a sale item is for you or not. I will just be aiming to look for good value-for-money traits. So let us get into this first overview!

Meet razecpt, Your New Intern!

Hello, I’m razecpt a summer intern here at Roblox News.


 I found roblox back in 2010 when I saw a friend playing it, So I made an account. As soon as I started I got hooked to the idea of user made games. So I made several accounts finally settling on razecpt. I played lots of games back then: Flight simulators, Obbys (it got old really fast), tycoons and First Person Shooters. Now I’m more of a builder.

Editorial: Overall Impressions of the Summer Games

So it's nearly been a month since the ROBLOX Summer Games ended and it's about time I shared my thoughts on the event: both the positive and negatives aspects which users and myself have noted. I will be breaking down my thoughts on the different sections that made up the Summer Games, including: the user-sourced games chosen, the gameplay, the prizes, and of course the somewhat controversial use of playerpoints and an exclusive leaderboard system to calculate winners. During this article, I will be making some comparisons to other official ROBLOX events, but please note I will be judging the event purely on its own merits.


Before we dig in, let us first take a step back and discuss the background of the event itself. Following in the footsteps of the largely successful ROBLOX Winter Games which could be played throughout February 2014, the Summer Games sought to build on its achievements. This Summer's event utilised the new 'Playerpoints' introduced by the ROBOX team - points earned in-game, distributed by the developer as they see fit for in-game activities and achievements. Each game has a pot of playerpoints to distribute, with the exact number of points dictated by the amount of Robux spent by players on things such as game passes and consumables. This means the playerpoints pots can de facto run-out, an issue I will be covering later in this editorial. Playerpoints earned are displayed on player profiles next to the white star symbol and players are placed on a leaderboard for weekly, monthly, and all-time playerpoint scores. The key similarity with the Winter Games is that the games chosen were user-created. The main difference is that these games were not purpose built for the Summer Games like some of those featured in the Winter Games, but already existed before the event. However, that's enough background. Time to get into the editorial!

Place review: Attack On Titan [Pre-Alpha]

Good day, readers, I am xLando. I would like to apologize ahead of time if this article appears to be rushed, or unfinished; I have a big deadline tonight, and I want to give all of the readers a new article. Anyways, as always I will try my best to succeed in quenching your thirsts for knowledge.

Place/Game Review:

Attack On Titan [PRE ALPHA]

By: RemonSama

About Me, lukebloxx, Your 2014 Summer Intern

Current Character

I'm a new Summer Intern here at ROBLOX News. Here is some things about me. 

I live in the Lone Star state (Texas), I am experienced Writer as I've won many awards, at my school for my writing. I am also a Front End Web Developer, If you don't know what that is, it's a developer who helps design the website in the front end, sliders, fonts. Etc.   In my free time I enjoy biking and BMXing at my Local track. (won many awards). 

Interns: Purple vs. Green

We're all looking forward to meeting our interns, and possible future staff. When you saw the intern post you probably thought 'same old same old' - but actually, this year there is a twist! Intrigued? You should be..

SmashBlox: The New Platformer on the Block

The platformer-fighter game genre is relatively new, only being around since 1999, yet it's now one of the most beloved and recognizable game types of all time. Haven't heard of it? Maybe you've heard of Super Smash Bros - the first, most successful, and arguably best platformer-fighter which takes memorable characters from Nintendo franchises (and some third party), pits them against each other on a multitude of stages with references to all of the deep corners of Nintendo's history.

SimplestLogic: New Intern 2014

Hello everyone. I am a new summer intern at Roblox News. I saw other interns writing and introduction about themselves, so I thought I would make one too. I am looking forward to the possibility of working at RN for a full-time job as a catalog analyst.

A Little Bit About Me, Astrionics, Your New Intern

Hello there Roblox News readers!

     I'm one of your new interns, and I hope to learn alot during this internship and stay with Roblox News thereafter! Just a short bio about myself, I'm from Canada, you know that big hunk of land up north on the opposite side of Russia. I snowboard, paintball, develop games on Roblox, and I am also currently learning how to script. I also aspire to be an aerospace engineer when I finish school, and most obviously, I am a Roblox user, just like you. 

Meeting Agenda

We will be hosting a meeting tonight at 9:30PM GMT, however we request people arrive at 9:20PM GMT. Click here for details on the agenda.

Place review: Contact | Alpha

Greetings, I am xLando, I apologize for lack of content. I have been at boarding school for the past month, and have had little time to work on Roblox News. Here is my newest Place review:

Contact | Alpha

By:
ContactGame

Changes for the Worst - Info

Hello, this is just telling everyone a few things about the CfoW Weekly articles. I just want to set a couple of things straight to start this article.

Firstly, for the FSA article I did point out that it was a personal experience, and I was hurt by being exiled. I also would like to say, although I got my rank quickly, I still put time and effort in to help the group and by a week or so later, I had already earned it properly.

Secondly, I don't mind getting hate, I see it as no big deal. Yet, although hate is no biggie, using cuss words and swear words is not welcome on the Roblox News website, so please refrain from using them.

Alright, the Changes for the Worst Weekly articles are a brand new thing brought in only this Tuesday. I, obviously, cannot just randomly pick a group and criticize it. Instead, I need YOU to send in stories from your own personal experiences and I will choose one on a weekly basis to upload onto here as an article.

Remember, the topic must be either about:-
The Leader going/gone corrupt
HRs AA'ing/Bullying/etc
Groups deteriorating as a whole

Thank you, that is all. Please send in your personal experiences NOW! - Do this via PM'ing Prolixen.

I need to get some Private Messages please!

-Prolixen

Mission, The Forgotten City: An Interview with the Creator

Today Roblox News brings you an interview with djbrian2, the creator of Mission, The Forgotten City - an interesting post-apocalyptic game with a slick interface and matchmaking system and great use of cut-scenes to push the story forward. It features blood-thirsty monsters and bosses, atmospheric lighting, and the option to play either single-player or multi-player. To get insight into djbrian's thoughts on his game, check out his interview responses below. 

Changes for the Worst - Weekly Group Article

Hello guys, here is the first of a Weekly Article Topic. This article topic is based around groups that have not advanced like you would expect, but have instead deteriorated dramatically, leaders that have become corrupt, or high ranks that go bad. This week, the group is The Federal States of America (FSA) and the main topic is their leader.

New Site Theme Overview!

Hello readers, RayMan36 here with the reason I'm a god among men. I'm talking about the brand spankin' new Roblox site theme, which only 20% of the community has. There is a screenshot below:

I'm kidding.

Place review: Prison Life v.03

Hello readers, xLando here reviewing a game, not ready for the front page.

Warning: I will be entering biased against this game, it does have some pros, such as having a mediocre map, and decent graphics.

Interview with Summer Games Winners, Part 3

Welcome to the third article in our five-part series where we interview top players from each of the ROBLOX Summer Games. In this particular interview I caught up with OneWithEvil, a top daily player at ROBLOX Hiking and we discussed his feelings on the event and tips for users attempting to get the much-valued Player Points. He had a daily score of 3,987 Player Points and held first place for daily score on Thursday. Check out his responses to the questions below. 

Place Review: Paintball 2

Paintball 2 is a brilliant game to showcase during the Summer Games, with hardly any faults I can think of. It is a fantastic specimen of a great first-person shooter. It is one of the three Summer Games I enjoy playing; and it's definitely one of my favourites.

Roblox News: Summer Interns 2014

It's that time of year again; Summer! For the past three years Roblox News has run a successful internship programme. We select a handful of promising applicants and introducing them to the world of gaming journalism. Last year we had a fantastic batch of fresh writers - some of which stayed on at Roblox News to perform full-time roles on the blog. Roles include site journalism, game journalism, and catalog analysis! The scheme has harbored some great accomplishments for Roblox News, and through this method of recruitment we are able to better develop the skills of future employees and better tailor them to our blog than we would through a simple recruitment process. 

How do they work?

Each intern will be assigned to a specific member of staff called a 'mentor' to 'shadow' them. They will observe the staff member's role on the blog; learning about the articles they publish and how they can produce articles of the same high quality. From the staff member, the intern will learn job specific skills. The intern will be focussed on one section of RN's site, whereas a staff member may be performing several different roles at the same time. This gives the intern the ability to study their area closely and develop experience relevant to it. It will be the mentor's responsibility to private message their shadowing intern after each one of their posts with four positives points and one target to improvement in the next. This is important so the intern can build on their skills, but mentors can also practice responsibility and leadership skills through the programme.


How do you apply? *Deadline 12:00am PST Monday 4th August*

This year we are running the exact same programme (with the exception of the mentor's new duty) and will hopefully be accepting even more interns! Anyone who wishes to take on an internship here at Roblox News must send an application via private message to arbirator on ROBLOX. Applicants should have fairly good experience and knowledge of the ROBLOX site, including the games, catalog and forum sections, and should have competent English skills.

The application should include:

• Your favourite aspect of the ROBLX site
• Your ambition on ROBLOX
• Why you want to become a summer intern at RN
• Which staff member you wish to shadow and why

Optional:

• A sample article of your choice - anything to do with ROBLOX. Place reviews and item reviews are  a favourite among applicants, but you could try something more adventurous! 
• What new type of article you would like to see on RN, and why. 

Internships are a great way of helping people deepen their knowledge as well as giving them experience with other staff members and developing social skills. RN interns are likely to be asked to stay on as full time staff after the programme finishes.

Thanks, and good luck!

-Arb

Editor of Roblox News 

Look of The Week: Dress Up as an Animal

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't had a Look of The Week in a while, but I have been thinking about what to do with it next. So here is my idea:

The First Themed Look of The Week event! This is where I have to give you a theme, and if the person wins, they will get a small reward! The theme is: 'Dress as an animal of your choice!'

You can only enter ONCE, so give it your best shot!

I will be awarding first place on one of my games (I will tell you the name when it's finished)
There will be no second and third place, sorry!

The winner will receive a small prize of 100 Robux.

There has to be a minimum of 4 participants for this competition to work. I am going to give you a week to enter, so good luck!

Supermario311

P.S. If you have won before, or entered before, you can still enter again! 

Introducing Arbirator's ROBLOX Merchandise Shop!

Many of you are probably aware that I acquired a large amount of ROBLOX merchandise from the London BLOXcon 2013, courtesy of Becky Lee H (username: ReeseMcBlox) whom I am very thankful to. I have been allowed by the ROBLOX team to sell the majority of this stock and therefore I will be adding the fedoras, t-shirts and the luxurious hoodies to my online Ebay shop.

I have set up the items on Ebay for UK users to buy (and possibly EU and US customers once I have worked out the postage and packing costs). At this current point in time I have one item available, the official ROBLOX Fedora; you cannot buy this item anywhere else at the moment (ROBLOX have taken down their online shop after the 2013 BLOXcon and they are very rarely seen on Ebay and similar websites). The list below details the current items on sale with: prices, descriptions and all the postage and delivery information. The fedoras have been listed on my Ebay account with the t-shirt and hoodies soon to follow!

Clicking on the title item will take you to its Ebay page where you can purchase it from!

Items on sale 

Official ROBLOX Fedora (BLOXcon Merchandise 2013) -Beechfield black-

Price: £9.99

Description: 
Genuine ROBLOX Fedora from the London BLOXcon 2013. Official merchandise sold at the event. 

One size fits all. (The white band is just for packaging purposes and is not part of the hat). 80% polyester, 20% cotton. 

Official ROBLOX World Tour T-Shirt (BLOXcon Merchandise 2013) -Fruit of the Loom-

Price: TBA

Description:
Genuine ROBLOX T-Shirt from the London BLOXcon 2013. Official merchandise sold at the event. T-shirt features ROBLOX World Tour 2013 and Maker Fair design.

Official ROBLOX Hoody (BLOXcon Merchandise 2013) -Fruit of the Loom-

Price: TBA

Description:
Genuine ROBLOX Hoodie from the London BLOXcon 2013. Official merchandise sold at the event. Hoodie features large ROBLOX plain logo. 




If you have any enquiries about these items, please do not hesitate to contact me! You can send a private message to Arbirator on ROBLOX, tweet @arbirator on Twitter or ask a question about the item directly through Ebay's system. Feel free to leave comments and questions also in the DISQUS section below this blogpost! 

-Arbirator

Editor of Roblox News