At the Roblox Developers Conference, Roblox showed its developers more tools that are like stepping stones to the metaverse.

Nick Tornow is joining Roblox as VP of Engineering for its developer team, leaving his former post as Twitter Platform Lead. He also spent a decade at Zynga.

This weekend, Roblox will host the annual Roblox Developers Conference, where it's expected to announce it's on track to pay developers $70 million this year.