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Read More »Lightning McQueen is coming to Rocket League
Epic Games’ Fortnite helped pave the way for the relatively recent trend in gaming which sees all manner of IPs crossover with various live-service titles. Despite not having characters per-se, Epic has now announced that Lightning McQueen from the Disney Pixar film ‘Cars’ is coming to Rocket League. Making the …
Read More »Rocket League is removing player-to-player trading
One of the more interesting mechanics introduced in Rocket League was the ability for you to trade your acquired items with other players, allowing you to coordinate for specific items, or simply to pawn off any duplicates you’ve gained over the many hours of playing. Unfortunately, this feature is now …
Read More »Rocket League’s latest update adds a Battle Royale mode
Rocket League surprised many when the rocket car-powered football inspired game managed to not only feel good to control, but was also adaptable enough to cross into other sports. Now, as with MANY other games, Rocket League has gotten a battle royale mode. Announced last week, Rocket League Knockout Bash …
Read More »Rocket League finally gets 120Hz mode on PS5
While the Xbox Series X|S previously received next-gen patches for Rocket League which brought the game up to a maximum FPS count of 120, the PS5 – due to the nature of its backwards compatibility – was unable to do so. However, it looks like Sony has been working on …
Read More »Rocket League hits new record of 1,000,000 concurrent players
Despite launching over 5 years ago, Rocket League continues to become more and more popular. With Rocket League going free to play recently, it appears the rocket powered soc(car) game is already reaping the rewards of this move, as Rocket League has now, for the first time, surpassed 1 million …
Read More »Rocket League is going free-to-play
Rocket League recently held its 5 year anniversary, and now the team behind the popular title has announced that Rocket League will be going free-to-play for everyone this Summer...
Read More »Rocket League exceeds 75 million players
Rocket League most likely represents one of the greatest indie success stories of the current generation. The rocket-powered competitive “Soccar” game which was released in 2015 has come a long way. As the sports title hits its 5th anniversary, the studio, Psyonix, revealed a number of lifetime stats and figures …
Read More »Psyonix explains why Rocket League on macOS and Linux is scrapped and offers refunds
Rocket League players on macOS and Linux got some bad news last week, as Psyonix is dropping online support for both platforms. The online-removing patch will arrive in March, at which point players will only have access to local multiplayer. At the time, there was little explanation as to why …
Read More »Rocket League to remove online features from Linux and macOS versions
Rocket League players on macOS and Linux are getting some bad news this week, as Psyonix is dropping online support for both platforms. The online-removing patch will arrive in March, at which point players will only have access to local multiplayer. According to an update to the Rocket League support …
Read More »Epic Games acquires Psyonix, Rocket League’s future on Steam called into question
Psyonix grew into a very successful studio thanks to the release of Rocket League several years ago. In fact, the game is so successful that it might be easy to forget that Psyonix is actually an independent studio. That won't be the case for much longer though, as Epic Games …
Read More »Rocket League is finally getting a cross-platform party system this month
After a three-month delay, Rocket League finally joined the PlayStation Cross-Play Beta program in January, seeing matches comprised of players from any platform. Developer Psyonix asked for a little patience regarding its party and friend systems, which are finally set to arrive on February 19th. Despite pairing players from PC …
Read More »PlayStation 4 finally joins Rocket League’s cross-platform play efforts
Rocket League was meant to shortly follow in the footsteps of Fortnite: Battle Royale last October, adopting full cross-platform play. Although developer Psyonix found itself delayed until this year, Rocket League is now a part of the PlayStation Cross-Play Beta program, allowing players across PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and …
Read More »Rocket League’s full cross-platform play has been delayed until next year
Shortly following Sony’s change of heart, Psyonix announced that it was working on making Rocket League fully cross-platform as it was always intended to be. While this was expected to land before the end of the year, the developer has seemingly hit a bump in the road causing a delay …
Read More »Psyonix is working on Rocket League’s full console cross-platform play
Following Fortnite’s introduction as the first fully cross-compatible game, developer Psyonix is working with Sony to implement the same level of openness with Rocket League. Despite building the vehicular game to be cross-platform from the start, the studio has cautioned fans that this could take some time given the logistics …
Read More »Rocket League has been played by 25 million people
Rocket League continues to be one of the most popular games in the world and developer Psyonix really puts that into context for us when it claims that over a billion matches have been played. That shouldn't be too surprising though, as throughout the life of the game more than 25 …
Read More »Steam Workshop support coming to Rocket League in December
One of the keystones of Rocket League's popularity, has been the developer's willingness to not settle with a single effective game mode, but continued releasing new ones that shake the experience up for all involved. Starting in December users will be able to help with that too, with the introduction …
Read More »Rocket League developers claim 19 million battle car pilots
Psyonix, the company behind the enormously successful rocket car-based football title, Rocket League, has announced that the game now has 19 million players. While this likely includes a lot of freebie downloaders on the PlayStation platform, it's quite a milestone for what is essentially, an indie title. Rocket League is …
Read More »Rocket League PC vs Xbox One play now possible
One of the best aspects of Rocket League – beyond doing sweet, wall-ride aerials – is that it's allowed PlayStation 4 and PC gamers to face off against one another in titanic match ups of console vs PC from the get go. Xbox owners missed out on that phenomenon, but …
Read More »Rocket League season 2 begins, did you get your crown?
It's a sad day for those that were on the threshold of entering a new division, as Psyonix has brought an end to the first ever season of Rocket League. However, we're moving right into season 2 and things are going to work a little differently from now on. On …
Read More »Rocket League Season Two will scrap rankings, use skill instead
The second season of the car-based football title, Rocket League, is set to commence at some point in February, bringing an end to the first and the traditional ranking system it employed. Instead of basing people's rank within the game on their wins and losses, instead Rocket League Season Two …
Read More »Rocket League season one to end in February
Rocket League, one of the biggest break out successes of 2015, has been running its first season of ranked play for several months now, with no initial announcement about how long it would be. Well now we know, roughly. Psyonix' first update of 2016 will bring an end to Season …
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