Roblox, a global online platform bringing more than 120 million people together through play, recently announced the results from the 7th annual Bloxy Awards, a celebration of the passion, talent, and creativity of the Roblox community. 

At its peak, nearly 4 million concurrent players were on the Roblox platform, including more than 600,000 players and creators watching the awards ceremony unfold in real-time within the Bloxy experience, while helping raise money for two non-profit organizations: Make-A-Wish and Code.org. 

For the first time, the awards ceremony, which took place on Saturday, March 21, was fully-animated and streamed live on the Roblox platform, bringing the community virtually together to watch the Bloxys with their friends from within a custom-made viewing experience, complete with a lazy river with floaties, racing scooters as well as quests to complete and souvenirs to collect. This year’s Bloxys also featured exclusive, community-made virtual items supporting two nonprofit organizations: Make-A-Wish and Code.org. The $100,000 raised from the sale of the six items made by Roblox creators EvilArtist, Beeism, and supernob123, will go directly to these organizations 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.” 

“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.” 

The Bloxy Awards show will play every hour inside the Bloxy experience on Roblox until March 31. Roblox’s mission is to bring the world together through play. For more information, visit corp.roblox.com.