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Rec Room's Class of '87 Reunion

Rec Room's Class of '87 ReunionFrom Jan 22 - 30th, Old Rec Room is back! Hang out in a classic rec center, explore community favorites from years past, and earn your very own alumni t-shirt!

Top Player News

Raising the Level Cap

Raising the Level CapWe’re raising the level cap from 50 to 87. This expansion means more XP to earn, new milestones to hit, and a whole new endgame for the community.

Room Boosts Expansion!

Room Boosts Expansion!Room boost chips are expanding to all creators in Rec Room, along with a special weekly leaderboard challenge to celebrate the roll-out!

Referee Levels Up!

Referee Levels Up!Read more about our new approach to detecting and deterring hackers & cheats.

Introducing Room Boosts

Introducing Room BoostsA new way to support rooms you love and be rewarded for it!

Updates to Paintball

Updates to PaintballRead more about our recent updates to one of Rec Room's most popular RROs!

An Update On Crash Rates

An Update On Crash RatesUnity 6 Update, What Happened, and How We're Making It Right

Roomie's ready for the spotlight!

Roomie's ready for the spotlight!Enter the Roomie Short Video Contest to showcase your creativity & win prizes! Submissions are open now through 7/20

Glitch Grenade Contest

Glitch Grenade ContestCompete to hit the most players with glitch grenades and win exclusive cosmetics!

Roomie Update!

Roomie Update!We’ve got an important update to share about Roomie.

Introducing Roomie

Introducing RoomieRoomie lives in your Backpack and is always ready to hang out, offer a second opinion on your outfit, crack a joke, or help you navigate the world of Rec Room.

Referee Update

Referee UpdateKeeping hackers and cheaters out of Rec Room is critical to making your experiences fun. That’s why we’ve retired EAC and handed the reins to Referee officially.

Moving to the Upgraded Bean

Moving to the Upgraded BeanWe’re retiring the classic bean with next week’s update on 6/2. We know how personal your avatar is, and this decision has not been made lightly. So, here’s a look at what’s changing and what to expect.

Run the Block BTS!

Run the Block BTS!Learn about remixing our first copy-able RRO and the features that went into creating it!

Welcome to the 2025 Build Contest!

Welcome to the 2025 Build Contest!Let your imagination run free as you bring your visions to life with our new Solar Punk themed Build Contest!

Automated Invention Review System (AIRS)

Automated Invention Review System (AIRS)We’re rolling out our new Automated Invention Review System (AIRS) at the end of next week. It’s designed to help us catch and remove violating inventions faster than ever. It scans for content that breaks our rules and takes automated action to remove the harm and keep Rec Room safe.

Maker AI: Early Insights & What’s Next

Maker AI: Early Insights & What’s NextJump in, experiment, and let us know what you think. Your feedback is shaping the future of this feature, and we’re just getting started.

Keeping Profile Photos SafeProviding more detail on one of our lesser known and newer systems – profile photo moderation.

Body Customization Sliders

Body Customization SlidersSliders are (almost) available for both FBA and Upgraded Bean, learn how to customize to your heart's content!

The Future of YOU in Rec Room

The Future of YOU in Rec RoomCheck out our roadmap for what’s new and planned for Avatars!

Referee Update is out now!

Referee Update is out now!We’ve been hard at work collecting your feedback and using it to help improve Referee since this update in December - including stopping around 27,000 attempts to lag switch. Click HERE to read more about what Referee has done and what’s next!

Introducing the Widget Watch

Introducing the Widget WatchWe’ve been working on updating our user interface and are excited to introduce the Widget Watch. Click to learn more!

CountdownClub

CountdownClubTime is ticking in our newest copyable room - CountdownClub!

Feeding-Frenzy

Feeding-FrenzyFight your friends to feed the Royal Whale in our new copyable game!

Temporary Rec.net Purchase Changes

Temporary Rec.net Purchase ChangesDue to changes in our payment processor, we want to inform our community of temporary impacts to store credit, rec.net purchases, gift cards, and RR+ subscriptions

Voice Privacy Settings Update

Voice Privacy Settings UpdateWe are updating our voice privacy settings, which will give you more control over who you hear, but also who hears YOU in the Room.

Cheating & Hacking Prevention

Cheating & Hacking PreventionWe are soon releasing new updates to address hacking issues quicker and more effectively. Read more about it in this post.

Updates to Ranking Algorithms and Spam

Updates to Ranking Algorithms and Spam

Introducing ^BonkysInferno

Introducing ^BonkysInferno

Manipulate more with Place

Manipulate more with PlaceLearn more about our new Place update and what we're doing to make playing fun-to-be-with!

New Direct Message Settings

New Direct Message SettingsChoose who can talk to you (and who can talk to the hand) with new direct message settings!

Three Strikes Policy Update

Three Strikes Policy UpdateWe started implementing our three strikes policy over the past month, banning over 300 rooms that break the policy. We've also expedited our cheat detection and more - click for details!

Coming to Nintendo Switch™

Coming to Nintendo Switch™Want to stay updated and get a reward? Preregister now!

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The Bean Avatar is getting an Upgrade!The upgraded bean avatar sets the stage for amazing new features, smoother gameplay, and more ways to show off your style in Rec Room, including all the new drops from avatar studio creations.

Art Contest 7 Winners

Art Contest 7 WinnersCheck out our winners for our 7th Art Contest!

Full Body Avatars Deep Dive!

Full Body Avatars Deep Dive!The full body avatar beta is now available for everyone! To celebrate, we wanted to share some of the nerdy details on how we made the full body avatar work and a refresher on why we did it.

New Room Tagging System

New Room Tagging SystemTag - you’re it! We’re introducing more tags to so you can find rooms you would enjoy easily!

Room RECommendations

Room RECommendationsOur game plan for RECommending better rooms for you.

Full Body Avatar Beta Open to EVERYONEThe title is what it is! Now everyone can try out full body avatars!

Top Creator News

Improved Creator Moderation Tools

Improved Creator Moderation ToolsKeeping Rec Room safe and fun for players is a top priority for us, and we’ve heard from you that it’s not easy to moderate rooms. So, we are releasing new moderation features and tools for our creators and room moderators. Click to learn more about these new features!

New Tagging & Photo Controls

New Tagging & Photo ControlsTo give you more control over the photos you’re tagged in, we’ve made some important updates to photo tagging. Take a look at our new updates!

The Road to Rooms 2

The Road to Rooms 2We’ve leveled up a lot of tools in Rooms 2 thanks to feedback and testing with our creators. See what’s changed and what to expect next in the road to Rooms 2.

How to use our new ^PlatformTemplate

How to use our new ^PlatformTemplateAlready beaten the best on the block? It’s time to make your own! Check out this platformer obby template guide from the devs at Rec Room to jump-start your creation.

Controlling Room Access with Age Ratings

Controlling Room Access with Age RatingsWe’re excited to share some changes to the room publishing process designed to make it easier for you to control who can access your rooms.

Build faster with Asset Packs!

Build faster with Asset Packs!We’ve released new asset packs to speed up your building process! See how to download them in this post.

Outfit Chip Tags Out Now!

Outfit Chip Tags Out Now!

Rec Room Studio Expansion!

Rec Room Studio Expansion!We're starting to roll out Rec Room Studio Access to more creators. Best part is, you don't need RR+ anymore to get access!

Tee-rific Moderation Update

Tee-rific Moderation UpdateLearn about how we do Custom Shirt moderation, our new appeal system and how we're applying these lessons to Avatar Studio in this blog!

New 3 Strike Policy for CCOC Offenders

New 3 Strike Policy for CCOC OffendersWe're launching a new 3 strike policy to counter violators of the Creator Code of Conduct. Learn about each penalty in this article.

New Rooms 2.0 Tutorials!

New Rooms 2.0 Tutorials!Get familiar with creating in Rooms 2.0! Learn how to build assets, use hierarchies, circuits and player properties in your own 2.0 Room with these new tutorials!

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Commerce - ^TheHood

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Engagement - ^DormRoomPVP

Engagement - ^DormRoomPVPA different perspective of the infamous Dorm Room!

Rooms 2.0 Bonus - ^KONFRONT

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Rooms 2.0 Bonus - ^RecVideoChat

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