Timeline of Roblox history/2021

==January 2021==
*January 5 - A new teleportation API was released into beta.https://devforum.roblox.com/t/new-teleport-api-opt-in-beta/964928
*January 6 - Roblox combines the Favorited games section on the user's home page into the Recently Played games section for some users. 
*January 7 - The combined Favorites and Recently Played games section update was rolled out to users worldwide. This update has sparked criticism over social media.
*January 12 - Phantom Forces becomes the 23rd game to reach 1 billion visits.
*January 13 - Roblox created a new official Japanese version of their Twitter account.
*January 14 - The Favorites and Recently Played games category was made into separate categories for some users.
*January 15 - Attributes were put into beta for Roblox Studio.
*January 18 - The Rthro game category was removed.
*January 19
**Roblox begins to roll out a darker shade for avatar headshots.
**An update was announced for Roblox Studio which will make the keycodes the same as the Roblox client.
*January 20 - The upload and selling fees change is being rolled out for some users. This update has already caused criticism on social media.
*January 25 - The avatar shop removed almost every bot clothing from the past (for some users). This was done most likely from the years of complaints of users trying to get Roblox to remove botted clothing from the avatar shop.
*January 28
**Roblox created a new official French version of their Twitter account.
**Roblox implements new lighting technology into game clients, which is called Horizon-Based Ambient Occlusion.
*January 30 - A new security measure is added to the website. Every time the user logs out of their account without a verified e-mail, Roblox will ask them to link their account to an e-mail address.
==February 2021==
*February 2 - Adopt Me! reaches 1 million concurrent players for the 7th time.
*February 3 - Roblox is nominated for the "Favorite Video Game" award at the 2021 Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards.
*February 4 - Roblox created a new official German version of their Twitter account.
*February 9 – Roblox announces on the Developer Forum a new feature called Display Names.
*February 10 - Voting for the 8th Annual Bloxy Awards has opened to the public.https://twitter.com/Roblox/status/1357015002029322241
*February 10 - Roblox releases a new feature called Quick login.https://digistatement.com/roblox-quick-login-feature-added-how-it-works/
*February 11
**The quick login feature is added to the Roblox website.
**When paying out group funds, players now cannot payout to any new members of the group anymore. Members can be paid after 2 weeks of group membership.
* February 12 - Roblox creates a new official traditional Chinese version of their Twitter account.
*February 17 
**Roblox starts to roll out Display Names in Germany, but it got removed an hour later.
**Voting for the 8th Annual Bloxy Awards has closed to the public.
*February 23 - Roblox search bar has been changed to include icons and autocompletion.
*February 24 - The Status section on profiles was removed.
*February 25
**Brookhaven surpasses Adopt Me! by over 280k concurrent players.
**David Baszucki officially becomes a billionaire.
==March 2021==
*March 2 - The new Games page is being rolled out to some users.
*March 3 - There are now pop-ups telling users to add an email or change their password if there is suspicious activity on their account.
*March 4 - Why Don't We Launch Party event has started.
*March 7 - Why Don't We Launch Party event has ended.
*March 8
**The Hockey Mask gets re-worked, most likely for copyright reasons.
**There is now an option for a typewriter effect for text in games.
*March 9 - One of the Roblox Testing sites was open accidentally due to Roblox changing the server software from Microsoft IIS to Nginx, causing random users to be able to access the API sites, along with the main site, although the test site was closed again on March 10.
*March 10 - The Roblox Corporation officially goes public in the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker RBLX.
*March 12 - Roblox gets unbanned in the United Arab Emirates.
*Middle of March - The Games page was reverted.
*March 15 - The friends list is reorganized to be in the order a user most recently added someone, instead of being in alphabetical order.
*March 16 - Quick login was disabled.
*March 18 - Brookhaven reached 4 billion visits.
*March 22 - The friends list is updated back to alphabetical order.
*March 23 - A new game template "Baseplate (2021)" was added to Roblox Studio, which is bigger than the "Classic Baseplate", has a grid texture that aligns with stud measurements, updated lighting, and a neutral skybox.https://devforum.roblox.com/t/new-studio-template-baseplate-2021/1127446
*March 25 - A gamepad virtual cursor feature was put in beta on Roblox Studio.https://devforum.roblox.com/t/gamepad-virtual-cursor-studio-beta/1130918
*March 27 - Winners of the 8th Annual Bloxy Awards are announced.
==April 2021==
* April 2 - Piggy becomes the fourth game in Roblox history to reach 8 billion visits. Adopt Me!, Tower of Hell, and MeepCity has also reached this milestone.
*April 8 - Brookhaven passes Jailbreak for the 6th most visited game of all time.
*April 10 - Brookhaven becomes the 6th game in Roblox history to reach 5B visits. Brookhaven is also the second game to reach this milestone in under a year along with Piggy.
*April 11 - Tower of Hell becomes the second game in Roblox history to reach 11B visits.
*April 14
**A bug occurred that made all Roblox Badges disappear.https://devforum.roblox.com/t/all-badges-are-gone-on-profiles/1166979/39
**Islands reaches 1B visits.
**Display Names have been rolled out to some users.
**Quick login was re-enabled.
*April 15 - Metaverse Champions event starts.
*April 19 - The bug which made all Roblox Badges disappear was fixed.
*April 25 - Roblox increased the number of people a user can block, from 50 to 75.
*April 26
**Adopt Me! becomes the first game in Roblox history to reach 22B visits.
**Roblox increased the number of people a user can block for the second time, from 75 to 100.
**The Sidebar now shows an icon of the player next to their username.
*April 30 - Cage Mesh Deformer is rolled out to some Roblox Studio developers.https://devforum.roblox.com/t/cage-mesh-deformer-studio-beta/1196727
==May 2021==
*May 1 - Roblox temporarily suspended the ability for players to make Classic shirts, Classic T-shirts, and Classic pants due to a Roblox API incident.
*May 7 - Jailbreak becomes the seventh game in Roblox history to reach 5B visits.
*May 8
**Brookhaven passes Royale High for the 5th most visited place of all time.
**MeepCity becomes the third game in Roblox history to reach 10B visits.
*May 10 - Brookhaven becomes the fifth game in Roblox history to reach 6B visits. Joining Adopt Me!, Tower of Hell, MeepCity, and Piggy.
*May 14 - The Games page was renamed to the Discover page, and “Games” were renamed to “Experiences”.
*May 15 - Epic Minigames has been renamed to Epic Miniexperiences, although a lot of game components still have the old name. The name was reverted later.
*May 16 or before - When starting a game, it now says "Roblox is now loading, get ready to visit"
*May 17 - Gucci Garden event has started.
*May 18
**Zara Larsson Dance Party event has started.
**Some notable developers get SIM swapped, thus having their credentials, including their Roblox accounts, compromised.https://devforum.roblox.com/t/sim-swapping-explained/1234357/5
*May 20
**The "Join Game" button has been renamed to "Join".
**Metaverse Champions event has ended.
*May 23
**A lot of branded clothing was removed, and as a result, many clothing makers involved were punished.
**Zara Larsson Dance Party event has ended.
*May 28
**Bubble chat was changed to support further customization.https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/articles/bubble-chat
**Roblox Corporation was sued for not refunding Robux when deleting items.https://www.insider.com/roblox-accused-in-lawsuit-deleting-in-game-items-without-refunds-2021-5
*May 29 - Roblox Corporation was sued further for many Billing problems.
==June 2021==
*June 1
**Gucci Garden event has ended, more than a day than scheduled.
**When a game is private, it now says "Sorry, this experience is private".
*June 4 - In the Heights Block Party event has started.
*June 6 - Captcha is now required for some users to follow someone else.
*June 7
**Roblox announces that Microsoft Internet Explorer support will end on July 7.
**Display Names have partially rolled out to the USA.https://twitter.com/Bloxy_News/status/1401981732916645893
**Group Shout changed its location.
*June 8 - Display Names have been rolled out to users worldwide.
*June 10 - Roblox Corporation gets sued again for using copyrighted audio without permission.https://www.wsj.com/articles/music-publishers-sue-roblox-for-letting-game-creators-use-songs-11623271976
*June 12 - The People category on Mobile now shows the entire avatar instead of their faces.
*June 15
**The API issue where only one page of Badges could be retrieved has been fixed.
**When experiences fail to load, a new notification would appear.
**The Connect feature has been rolled out for everyone using the Roblox Mobile App.
*June 16 
**The authenticator app option for 2-step verification is now in closed beta.
**The Roblox App for Android 4.4 (KitKat) is no longer supported. Roblox now requires an app that supports Android 5.0 (Lollipop) or later (devices from 2012-2013 or newer). 
*June 20 - In the Heights Block Party event has ended. 
*June 21 - Build It, Play It: Mansion of Wonder event has started.
*June 22 - Stranger Things: Starcourt Mall event started.
*June 25 
**When starting a game, it now says "Roblox is now loading, get ready"
**The flatten terrain tool in Roblox Studio is now rolled in beta.
* June 29 - A new in-experience cursor has been introduced, replacing the old cursor with the new one.
==July 2021==
*July 6 - Roblox Corporation partnered with Sony Music Entertainment to develop music opportunities.
*July 7
**It is now possible to deselect a gender in settings.
**Roblox website on Microsoft Internet Explorer is no longer supported.
*July 13 
**The leaderboard was now implemented on mobile devices.
**Roblox launches in China, known as LuoBu as a mobile app for iOS and Android, alongside the Nezha's Devil Boy Descends Into The World event starting.
*July 20 - Users can now view bundles in their inventory.
*July 22 - Stranger Things: Starcourt Mall event has ended.
*July 23 - Build It, Play It: Mansion of Wonder event has ended.
*July 29 - Nerf Hub event started.
*July 31 - When a user requests to join a group, they will receive a notification from their notification stream that they have joined a group.
==August 2021==
*August 1 - Roblox collaborates with Monopoly to release a Roblox-themed gameboard.
*August 2 - The Task Library feature has released on the Developer Forum.https://devforum.roblox.com/t/task-library-now-available/1387845
*August 4 - Users can now delete and update costumes on mobile devices.
*August 6
**The Talent Hub is now in open beta.
**Making a new account before August 6, 2021, would automatically generate a message from , but now is generated by .
*August 9
**KSI Launch Party event started.
**The Pivot Point Editor starts to roll out to users at Roblox Studio.https://devforum.roblox.com/t/pivot-editor-full-release/1403027
*August 10 - Roblox Corporation acquires Bash, a video chat/conference platform.
*August 12 - Nezha's Devil Boy Descends Into The World event ended.
*August 15 - KSI Launch Party event ended.
*August 16 - Roblox Corporation acquires Guilded, a chatting platform.
*August 17 - The in-experience menu is slightly redesigned.
*August 19 - Luobu Mystery Box Hunt event started.
*August 23 - A new verification method had started to roll out to users worldwide.
*August 28 - Brookhaven becomes just the fourth game in Roblox history to reach 10 billion visits. Other games that have reached this milestone are Adopt Me!, Tower of Hell, and MeepCity.
==September 2021==
*September 1 - Roblox promises to release Gold Balloons but it is never released.
**Nerf Hub event ended.
**Vans World event started.
*September 3 - Roblox releases experimental Spatial voice to a group of developers.
*September 6 - Bakugan Launch Party event started.
*September 8 - Twenty One Pilots Concert Experience event started.
*September 11 - Luobu Mystery Box Hunt event ended.
*September 15 - Roblox experiments with a new friends list layout. This layout only lasted for a few hours before being reverted to the older friends list layout. This new list was most likely for A/B testing.
*September 16 - Bakugan Launch Party event ended.
*September 18
**Brookhaven reaches over 724,000 concurrent players, surpassing the previous record done by Adopt Me!
**Mandatory two-step verification is added to trades; this is likely to prevent the use of scams, gambling sites, and bots.
*September 20 - Twenty One Pilots Concert Experience event ended.
*September 22
**The new friends list layout that was tested on the website one week earlier is possibly rolled out to players worldwide.
**Roblox Studio was updated so it can no longer force shutdowns when an update is available.https://devforum.roblox.com/t/roblox-studio-graceful-updates/1478197
*September 23 - Roblox adds the ability to enable Spatial voice in Roblox Studio.
*September 24 - Roblox begins rolling out minor changes to the marketplace and Avatar Editor moving the body type option in the avatar editor to be in Body > Scale and moving the search bar to be on the left side of the avatar shop instead of the right.
*September 27
**Roblox adds a "Chat Filtering" option to the Account Info section of My Account.
**Roblox Corporation and National Music Publishers Association settle the $200 million copyright lawsuit started in June.https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/roblox-national-music-publishers-association-nmpa-settle-copyright-lawsuit-1235075154/
**Roblox introduces open cloud allowing developers to publish their places with API keys.https://devforum.roblox.com/t/open-cloud-publishing-your-places-with-api-keys-is-now-live/1485135
*September 29 - Roblox begins rolling out an update for under-13 users which adds a Parental Controls section to My Account.
*September 30
**Roblox updates the Lua breakpoints in Roblox Studio.https://devforum.roblox.com/t/better-breakpoints-beta-logpoints-conditional-breakpoints-more/1489321
**Roblox adds search autocomplete to the library and Roblox Studio.https://devforum.roblox.com/t/autocomplete-for-studio-marketplace/1489722/12
**Roblox introduces new options for the animation editor in Roblox Studio.https://devforum.roblox.com/t/new-settings-available-in-the-animation-editor/1489673/11
==October 2021==
*October 1 - Vans World event ends.
*October 5 - Roblox adds new community rules to include off-platform harassment/crimes, and encouragement of physically dangerous activities in the real world.https://en.help.roblox.com/hc/en-us/articles/203313410
*October 6 - Roblox updates the rules once again for further clarity after community backlash due to bad clarity the day prior.
*October 7 - Roblox adds a minor delay to the in-experience purchase prompt, likely to prevent spam and accidental purchases on deceptive GUIs.
*October 12 - Roblox introduces a "Avatar Items for You" section on the Home Page. This feature is only available in parts of the world.
*October 14 - Search autocomplete was added to the marketplace search bar.
*October 21 - The Developer Forum is updated with a reorganization of categories, archival of old posts, and a Roblox dark theme.https://devforum.roblox.com/t/forum-maintenance-upcoming-features-improvements/1519068
*October 22 - Roblox surpasses 3 billion registered users. The third-billionth user, , is a YouTuber named Henry Stickmin with 14 thousand subscribers.
*October 26 - Halloween on Roblox event started.
*October 28–31 - Starting at approximately 4 PM PDT, Roblox servers begin experiencing major, platform-wide system disruptions across the website and APIs due to a hardware failure, leading to website services like the Avatar Editor being unable to load and in-experience performance being very slow. Roblox Studio also begins to function improperly due to these issues.
**For the first time since August 2016, Roblox is confirmed to have 0 users online.
**Data loss did not occur, but login streaks were lost platform-wide. Advertisers also lost money to never-to-be-seen advertisements. They were later refunded.
**On October 29, after 18 hours of website outage, at 10 AM PDT, the maintenance webpage is seen on the Roblox website for the first time in 2 years, last seen in 2019.
**On October 31, Roblox incrementally allowed some users back onto the website at around 7 AM PDT after an unprecedented 63 hours of downtime. Later, after 66.5 hours of downtime, Roblox begins rolling out the platform across regions, at approximately 10:30 AM PDT. At 4:45 PDT, Roblox officially opens worldwide, almost 73 hours after first going out.
***This is one of the first times that Roblox has greeted people through the announcement bar.
==November 2021==
*November 4 - Roblox announces on Twitter that the ability to login with Facebook will be removed by the end of November. Users tries to log in your Roblox account with Facebook, which may require an password to be added in your account. Once the user is added the password in your account, you will no longer be able to login with Facebook.
*November 7 - The ability to enable 2-step-verification via an external app of the user's choice is added into My Account/Security.
*November 8 - Spatial voice is released to the public. It was announced on September 3, with the release of Spatial voice experimental.
*November 9 - Halloween on Roblox event ends.
*November 10 - Tai Verdes Concert Experience event started.
*November 14 - Tai Verdes Concert Experience event ended.
*November 18 - Nikeland event started.
*November 20 - Roblox Careers was launched.https://twitter.com/Bloxy_News/status/1461810012280569861
*November 21 
**The ability to post on My Feed is removed.
**Roblox suffers a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack, allowing exploiters to use a malicious form of Avatar Shop and Library spamming to potentially compromise devices.https://twitter.com/RBLXTradingNews/status/1462543649066127365
*November 23 - Roblox Corporation files a $1.65 million lawsuit against content creator Ruben Sim, accusing him of breaching their user contract and violating anti-hacking laws.
*November 24 - The "Don't Get Locked Out!" prompt is replaced with "Finish Account Setup Before Log Out".https://twitter.com/RBXNews_/status/1463614143693529093
*November 25 - You can now see mutual friends when you receive a friend request.https://twitter.com/Bloxy_News/status/1463623759772798977
*November 26 - Funky Friday becomes the 24th game to reach 1 billion visits.
*November 28 - Roblox removes the ability to log in your account with Facebook.
*November 29 - The Fashion Awards 2021 event started.
==December 2021==
* December 2 - Roblox founder and CEO David Baszucki made Bloomberg Businessweek's list of the top 50 people and ideas that defined global business in 2021.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-12-01/david-baszucki-ceo-who-took-roblox-rblx-public-bloomberg-50-2021https://twitter.com/Bloxy_News/status/1466164720885399552
*December 8
**Ralph Lauren: The Winter Escape event started.
**The Fashion Awards 2021 event ended.
*December 10 - Corner Clipping has been patched, thus leading to obbyists getting angry and quit.
*December 11 - The Library is renamed to Creator Marketplace for some users.
*December 13 - Roblox experiences technical issues, twice in a row. Similar errors to those on December 9 started to appear.
*December 16 - ROliday 2021 event started.
==References==
Category:History
Category:Timelines