The Roblox shutting down hoax is a hoax based on the popular children's building game, Roblox. The rumor states that the game would shut down on August of 2022. The whole rumor itself spread around to multiple news articles and some Youtuber talked about it such as KonekoKitten, Bills Channel, and ChloeGames. Bills Channel debunked the theory by going to the official Roblox Twitter account and seeing that the tweet was never posted.
The tweet[]
On an unknown date in 2020, a mockup image showed a Photoshopped tweet from the official Roblox Twitter account. The tweet read "Hi ROBLOXIANS. We needed to clarify the situation that is currently taking place. We have decided to shut ROBLOX down - We apologise for this inconvenience and we will speak more about it." This tweet was sent around many news outlets and Youtube. This was proven fake because there was no other fake tweet to explain why Roblox would "shut down".