What is Roblox & Why is it Popular? The Video Game Worth Billions of Dollars | Roblox News

Описание: Popular online gaming platform Roblox has just gone gangbusters on the stock market, with the company's value skyrocketing to almost 60 billion dollars! So what exactly makes these little block guys so popular? In less than 24 hours, the share price surged by more than 60%, with Roblox's value hitting almost 60 billion dollars. That makes it the most valuable gaming company ever to go public! Users can choose from a stack of online games, like delivering pizza or surviving an attack from Peppa Pig, or you can even make your own. You can also create a virtual pet, meet up with virtual friends, and have virtual chats. In a year where everyone's been stuck inside, Roblox users have skyrocketed by 85%. Roblox now has about 200 million monthly users and more than half of them are kids under 12.

CAM SMITH RETIRES
The NRL season kicks off tonight with the Sydney Rabbitohs taking on defending premiers Melbourne Storm. But the Storm will have to play without club legend Cam Smith. He shocked fans by announcing his retirement at the unveiling of his statue in Melbourne.

FLIGHT SUBSIDIES
The Australian Government has announced it's going to pay for your holiday! Okay not really, but they have said they'll halve the price of flights to certain holiday spots around the country. From April 1st to July 31st, 800,000 Aussies will be able to book flights for half the normal price thanks to new government subsidies. It's part of a $1.2billion package aimed to get people travelling again after a rough year for airlines. It comes just in time for the end of the Jobkeeper program, which many parts of the tourism industry have relied on so far, and they hope that travellers who might normally go overseas will be encouraged to spend more time and money in Australia. At the moment, travellers have a choice of 13 destinations, and the government is hoping it'll be able to add more destinations in the future.

PLAYMOBIL SHIP WORLD RECORD
Forget sending messages in a bottle, these brothers from Scotland send toy ships! Adventure 2 has just completed a trip from Guyana in South America to Miami, and the boys are busy celebrating. They've been recruiting kids around the globe to help them score the record of world's most travelled toy ship! Now, they're waiting for a special solar charger so they can send the boat back home to Scotland!

ALBATROSS FACE PLANT
Albatross coming in for landing! Oops, face plant! This clip captured by a 24 hour live stream in New Zealand has soared in popularity overnight, turning the bird into a bit of an internet sensation.

SCHNITZEL MADE FROM AIR
How would you like to try some new air schnitzels? Made from thin air! Sounds impossible right? Well this company in Finland says they've done it! It's 95% oxygen, hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen. The other 5% is made up of microbes and nutrients, so not all air. The company hopes to take its product to supermarket shelves by 2023.

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