Roblox Recap: January 2024

Catch up on the latest and greatest Roblox platform news, updates, and announcements for the month of January 2024.

Bloxy News
2 min readFeb 1, 2024

Hello, Robloxians! Thanks for tuning in to the Roblox Recap monthly newsletter, a quick and easy way to get caught up on everything happening each month on the Roblox platform. Here’s a summary of the latest and greatest news, updates, and announcements for January 2024…

New Features

  • Generalized Shapecasts in Studio ↗️
  • New Collaboration options for Groups on the Creator Dashboard ↗️
  • Live Scripting is now the default scripting experience in Studio ↗️

Updates

  • New requirements for uploading to Avatar Marketplace ↗️
  • Price floor for non-Limited face accessories raised to 50 Robux ↗️
  • Immersive Ads: Expanded Publisher Eligibility and Brand Suitability for Advertisers ↗️
  • Avatar Item sales are now integrated into Recurring Payouts for Groups ↗️
  • Access and modify Assets metadata using the Open Cloud Asset API ↗️
  • Refreshed and modernized Racing template in Studio ↗️
  • Botted followers no longer count towards Verified Badge eligibility ↗️
  • Updates to Terms of Use and Privacy Policy ↗️
  • Minimum Part Density Change for Enhanced Air Buoyancy ↗️

Coming Soon / Testing

  • Sell assets using real-world currency, new additions, and other changes to the Creator Store (Marketplace) ↗️
  • Have greater control over Voice Chat properties with the Audio API ↗️
  • Brand Developer Directory on the Talent Hub ↗️
  • Thumbnails in place of icons on the Home page ↗️

Events

  • A look back on how RDC 2023 was made possible by FNTECH ↗️
  • 2024 Developer Challenge ↗️
  • New peak concurrent user count of 9,714,443 users online at the same time ↗️
  • Builderman (Dave Baszucki) celebrates his 61st birthday! ↗️

In case you missed it…

Check out the 2023 Recap below for a full list of news, updates, and announcements revealed last year!

That’s a wrap! Check back next month for a new Recap, and follow Bloxy News on your favorite social media platforms to keep up to date with the latest and greatest Roblox news! Whatever’s happening on Roblox, it’s all here.

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