Hi Everyone!
What a week! We’ve just rolled out some amazing new features, from Custom Matchmaking to the Speech-To-Text API beta. We’re excited to see your creativity shine through these updates 
Remember - we keep information at a high level within these recaps. For more information or to leave feedback, please comment on their official announcements linked below.
Betas and Tests
- We’re providing you the Upload API, Recommendations API, and Moments Source Code to help you build your own in-experience creation and discovery features, driving engagement, retention, and new player growth.
[Studio Beta] Reimport for 3D content
- We know that a particularly painful part of iterating with external 3D files is having to re-do work in Studio. Reimport enables frictionless iteration with one-click, non-destructive updates from external files that preserve your Studio setup work, eliminating the need to re-do it after every change.
Studio Script Sync - Now In Beta!
- Studio Script Sync is now in public Beta, allowing developers to synchronize Roblox script Instances with Luau files on their local drive for use with external IDEs, tools, and version control.
- Key improvements since the early preview include folder syncing, automatic resumption, support for .lua and .luau extensions, a UI/UX overhaul, and support for up to 10,000 scripts per sync instance.
Continuing to improve the ‘Recommended For You’ algorithm
- Launching a series of learning experiments to improve the “Recommended For You” algorithm.
- We’ve heard your feedback about wanting more genre diversity on the home page, and we’re actively testing ways to broaden the definition of success on Roblox. This is part of that effort.
Announcements
Introducing New Tools for Your Community
- Category Permissions are now available, allowing communities to set roles and customize permissions per forum category.
- Community admins can now enable Slow Mode for Forums, which restricts the rate at which posts and comments can be posted per user.
- A new Account Age Join Requirement option has been added for Communities.
DevEx Processing - Thanksgiving Holiday 2025
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We recommend you submit your DevEx request by next week, November 17th to receive payment.
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Important Context: The November 17th date for DevEx requests is a recommendation, not a hard deadline. We will continue to process requests through the last week of November until our Thanksgiving break (November 26th - 28th), but submitting your DevEx request by November 18th is the most effective way to ensure you receive timely payment before the holiday.
[Full Release] Improved Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) APIs
- We’re excited to share an important update to the GeometryService Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) APIs that unify all Solid Modeling workflows - whether you’re scripting runtime geometry, building Studio tools, or creating custom solid modeling plugins.
Opt-in Your Pass(es) for the Buy Robux page
- Roblox will allow creators to opt-in their game pass(es) as a bonus item on the Buy Robux page.
- This is an opportunity to upsell your experience to more users as they buy Robux
Lights, Camera, More Highlights!
- The maximum limit for Highlight instances in a Roblox experience has been increased to 255.
- This change simplifies workflows for highlighting numerous objects (e.g., collectibles, interactive elements) by removing the need for workarounds, but creators should remain mindful of the performance costs associated with rendering and post-processing each highlight.
Introducing New Updates to the Haptics System
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HapticEffect:Endedevent allows for better memory management by reliably indicating when a haptic effect has finished playing. - Haptics are now integrated into some Studio Templates (Platformer, Laser Tag, Racing) to provide creators with out-of-the-box examples and inspiration for implementation.
Video Previews for your game’s page
- You can now upload gameplay videos, which will be the first thing a user sees when landing on your game’s page.
- Videos you upload will be viewable by MacOS users now, with other platforms to follow shortly.
Roblox launches Self‑Serve IP Licensing for IP Holders
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We’re opening up our self-serve licensing platform so any eligible IP holder can offer their IP for use on Roblox. This next phase is about further simplifying how creators and rights holders collaborate.
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By opening access, we remove friction for more IP holders to make licenses available and increase the variety of IPs you can pick from, all under strict verification and abuse safeguards.
Rewarded Video ads are now available to all ads eligible creators
- Rewarded Video ads are now available to all ads eligible creators, lowering the age requirement to 13+ (from 18+) and requiring public, unrestricted experiences with over 2,000 unique monthly visitors, 2FA, and an updated maturity & compliance questionnaire.
- New creator tools, including an in-platform forecaster to estimate potential earnings, more controls to limit ads to likely spenders, and improved reporting tools for better optimization of ad placements.
Evolving Today’s Picks in Marketplace
- Today’s Picks will appear less frequently on Marketplace, moving away from daily selections outside of major calendar moments.
- The space previously used for Today’s Picks will be repurposed for personalized recommendations to better help players discover items they love.
Data Stores Batch Processor is now Open Source
- We’re excited to release the Data Stores Batch Processor CLI as a fully open-source tool! This is a powerful, flexible, command-line tool built to orchestrate large-scale, custom operations on your Data Stores
- It’s designed to run on your local machine or a server, leveraging the power of Open Cloud APIs for LuauExecutionSessionTasks, Memory Stores, and Data Stores to perform work, separate from your live game servers.
- We have a number of exciting updates for you around Extended Services — an option for those with very large experiences who are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible on the platform to purchase and obtain additional service usage beyond the platform limit.
Update on Verified Badge Requirements for Experiences
- We have updated our verified badge requirements, expanding eligibility from just owners to include contributors who receive at least a 10% automatic group payout from an experience with over 1 million playtime hours in the last 90 days.
