Tag Archives: Rocket League

Less than a year from its official arrival, Epic is winding down post-launch support for Fortnite’s Rocket Racing game mode.

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 …

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 …

Back in late 2020 Epic Games announced and launched its Fortnite Crew service – an $11.99 monthly subscription which includes access to the game’s Battle Pass as well as ‘free’ V-bucks and some monthly cosmetics. In a surprising move, Epic Games has now added Rocket League’s Battle Pass to Fortnite …

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 …

2K Games has been working towards expanding its sports game offerings for some time now. Aside from licensed projects with traditional sports organisations, 2K is also reportedly working on a competitor to Rocket League called “Gravity Goal”. According to reporter, Tom Henderson, writing for Exputer, 2K has been working on …

We’ve known about IKEA’s partnership with ASUS ROG for a while now. The two companies began planning ‘gaming furniture’ back in 2020 and in January, this line of products officially launched in China. Starting next month, IKEA x ROG gaming furniture will also be available in the UK, and there's …

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 …

Ever since its launch in 2015, Rocket League has become a major player in the industry, with well over 50 million users. Following its success on consoles and PC, Rocket League is now tackling the mobile market with Rocket League Sideswipe, “a new, standalone Rocket League experience built from the …

For a little while now, Epic Games has been facing a class-action lawsuit over loot boxes sold in Rocket League and Fortnite. This week, a settlement agreement was reached, which will see Epic Games providing in-game currency. The lawsuit was filed after Epic Games removed randomised loot boxes from Rocket …

As we start to spend more time with the new next-gen consoles out in the wild, the differences between the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 are becoming more apparent. One of the big differences seems to be how backwards compatibility is implemented, which is holding the PS5 back from running …

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 …

Yesterday was a big day for Rocket League, as the game officially made the switch to being free to play. Unfortunately, the transition wasn't completely smooth, as servers quickly began to buckle under load.  Rocket League's switch to free to play, combined with the launch of a new competitive season, …

Earlier this year, it was announced that Rocket League will be going free to play and re-launching on the Epic Games Store. The big change is officially kicking off on the 23rd of September, at which point, Rocket League will no longer have a price tag.  In an announcement made …

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...

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 …

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 …

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 …

PlayStation’s online store has become a beacon for discounted games over the last few years. It seems that there are always a number of games on offer, allowing gamers to enjoy the best that PlayStation has to offer, but at a reduced price. With that, the company is currently hosting …

Psyonix has been through some major changes this year. First off, the studio behind Rocket League was acquired by Epic Games and now, another major change is coming, with Rocket League set to cut out randomised loot boxes. Crates in Rocket League were first introduced in 2016 as a way …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Psyonix has been one of the forces behind the industry's push towards cross-platform multiplayer gaming. In order to help push the boundaries further, Rocket League is set to get a new ‘RocketID' feature, which will allow friends across different platforms to party up and play together. Initially, we were expecting …

When it comes to loot boxes in video games, one of the big topics of conversation has surrounded the disclosure of drop rates for certain items. A few publishers have revealed drop rates for their games, and now Rocket League is joining in. Rocket League is set to get a …

Rocket League fans were treated to their first bout of DC Comics licenced content around February 2016 in support of Batman v Superman. It seems that Batfleck has some competition, however, as players will be able to argue the point that either Michael Keaton or Christian Bale is better by …

Rocket League has had an interesting history to say the least. The game had its launch as a free PlayStation Plus title, which instantly propelled it to fame. From there, things snowballed, with PC and Xbox One players also joining the fray. Now, Rocket League sits at 34 million players …

They won't have rocket power in their rear, or be able to double jump and flip, but the upcoming range of “pull-back” racers inspired by Rocket League will be faithful to the original car designs. Zag toys is set to create 12 miniatures taken straight from the game, with a …