Roblox is among the most well-known games in the industry due to many fans having played it as children. While Roblox is primarily played by young demographics, there are thousands of adults who enjoy the game. With this in mind, and Roblox's strong presence in the gaming atmosphere, KSI has teamed up with Roblox to bring a virtual concert for all ages of players.
KSI, also known on YouTube as JJ Olatunji, is a multimillion subscriber YouTube content creator who has made several transitions throughout his career. Starting as a casual creator before switching to video games, he has made a transition to music by producing his first official album, "KSI All Over The Place." Meanwhile, Roblox is one of the biggest games to play on Xbox without a gold subscription, and has a large audience, making it perfect for a team-up between KSI and Roblox.
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Similar to the Fortnite Ariana Grande event, players will be able to tune into the live event on Friday, August 13 at 4 pm PDT by playing the designated map the same as they would any other Roblox game. With Roblox supporting a wide variety of platforms (even a Roblox Switch release is a possibility), players will have a multitude of ways to join the event. As it stands, the live event will have an exclusive performance, Q&A, after-party, car-racing through the streets of virtual London, and plenty of KSI merch. Roblox also understands not everyone interested will be able to attend the live first event, so it will have continued re-runs of the event every hour on the hour until the following Sunday, August 15 at 11 pm PDT.
Many may think that Roblox is an old sandbox game, related heavily to childhood and young players. On the contrary, though, Roblox continually breaks player count records and seems to retain these players quite well. An explosive team-up of KSI, who sports 30 million subscribers across his two main channels on YouTube, and Roblox, which has about 1.5 million concurrent players, could become the cause for many older players of the game to return with nostalgic passion.
With the release of Roblox stock for public trading, and in turn an incredible amount of investment in the company, players may have a lot in store for the future of the game. This resurgence of popularity for Roblox may continue as the platform appeals to older audiences than it usually does.
Roblox is available now Mobile, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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