We’re inching closer and closer to the start of the ROBLOX Winter Games 2014. As we’ve explained in the past, this competitive event, powered by the new game universes technology, will feature games created by some of our top developers, a hub world specially built for the Games by asimo3089, and leaderboards ranking you and your fellow competitors. We’re in the process of putting the finishing touches on the user-created games — that is, adding the prizes — but we wanted to take today as an opportunity to show you how cool a few of the competitions are going to be.

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As you can see, there are some actual winter sports — and then, in the spirit of ROBLOXian imagination, there’s a not-so-traditional zamboni-tank battle game, which looks to be awesome. There will be a few games running simultaneously, and we’ll swap in new ones at the halfway point of the event. You’ll find a global leaderboard for the Winter Games at the lodge, as well; if you’re really skilled, the whole of ROBLOXia will know it.

Again, the big event starts at the very end of January. We’ll have more news about it as the launch approches. Everyone is invited, so get your training gear on and start preparing today!