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Wednesday7th Aug 2019
News Rocket League Is Ditching Paid, Randomised Loot Boxes
Nice shot!
Rocket League sure has gone through a lot of changes, hasn't it? Since it exploded in popularity right off the bat in 2015, developer Psyonix has been admirably committed to improving and expanding the quirky sports game. At one point, that included the introduction of Crates -- paid loot boxes you had to buy keys to open. For some, they...
Wednesday5th Jun 2019
News Rocket League's Radical Summer Event Brings 80s Themed Cars, Items, and Modes
Ghostbusters, Knight Rider, and more represented
Rocket League is one of PlayStation 4's less talked about service games, but it's been brilliantly supported over the years. Psyonix has provided near constant updates to its crazy game about cars playing football, with all kinds of themed events, DLC, new modes, and more. It's just unveiled the...
Wednesday1st May 2019
News Rocket League Developer Psyonix Acquired by Epic Games
Deal to close within a month
Epic Games, the company behind the Unreal Engine and, of course, Fortnite, is set to acquire Rocket League studio Psyonix. The developer has announced the news today via its Rocket League blog, which you can read through the link. The deal, which will be finalised by the start of June, will presumably mean Epic will...
Tuesday19th Feb 2019
News Rocket League's Friends Update Allows You to Create Cross-Platform Parties
Everyone's invited
Last month, Rocket League joined Fortnite as one of PlayStation 4's only games to support cross-console compatibility. Psyonix's evergreen arcade game has featured cross-platform play from the beginning between PS4 and PC, but now, players on any system can play together. With this new game update, it'll also be much easier to do...
Monday14th Jan 2019
News Cross-Console Play Arrives in Rocket League on PS4
Compete against all other systems
Remember cross-console play? It was a hot button topic in the gaming industry for all of five minutes, until Sony announced a Fortnite beta and no one ever mentioned it again. Well, Rocket League is the second game to join the programme, meaning that from today, players on “PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox...
Friday7th Dec 2018
The Game Awards 2018 Rocket League's Next DLC Pack Features McLaren Cars
Taking things up a gear
You know Rocket League is a big deal when it partners with a leading car manufacturer. The next DLC for the hit arcade football game is set to feature McLaren, specifically the McLaren 570S line of cars. You can take a look in the above trailer. The car pack is available now on PS4. Will you be picking up this DLC for Rocket...
Wednesday5th Dec 2018
News Even Rocket League Has Something Lined Up for The Game Awards 2018
The gang's all here
Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know full well that The Game Awards is right around the corner. On 6th December, Geoff Keighley will walk on stage and kick off his show, which combines the glitz and glamour of an awards ceremony with the relentless announcements and reveals of an E3 press conference. It seems like...
Thursday18th Oct 2018
News Rocket League Delays Cross-Play Party System into Next Year
PS4 about to get an invite?
Rocket League already supports cross-play in various permutations across a number of different platforms, but Psyonix’s big priority has been building a party system which will work across devices. Unimaginatively dubbed RocketID, this feature was set to launch later in the year on non-PlayStation platforms at least,...
Sunday30th Sep 2018
News Rocket League Cross-Play Seems Likely on the PS4
Open goal
Now that Sony’s opened its doors to cross-play on the PlayStation 4, another title seems likely to jump aboard. Rocket League, which is one of the games that the Japanese giant’s previous policy blocked, is looking like it’ll support players across Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PS4 soon, as
Friday31st Aug 2018
News Rocket League's Fortnite Inspired Rocket Pass Kicks Off Next Week
Mavericks
Does anyone else feel like they need a degree to understand games these days? FIFA Ultimate Team has become borderline impenetrable with its set collecting systems, and now Rocket League – one of the simplest games on the planet – is adding a Fortnite-esque Rocket Pass model to its gameplay progression. Okay, so Rocket Pass 1 will run...
Thursday5th Jul 2018
News Rocket League Anniversary Event Kicks Off Next Week on PS4
Happy birthday
Time sure does fly when you're smacking a giant ball around with rocket-propelled cars wearing hats. Rocket League is three years old this week, but its predecessor, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, is turning 10. As you might expect, Psyonix is looking to celebrate both birthdays with an in-game Anniversary Event...
Monday4th Jun 2018
News Well, There It Is - Jurassic World DLC Pack Stomps into Rocket League This Month
Hold onto your butts
Rocket League is no stranger to crossover content. You may remember a while back, when the DeLorean from Back to the Future became available in Psyonix's ever-popular arcade game, as well as the Batmobile from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Continuing its run of movie tie-ins
Wednesday23rd May 2018
News Rocket League's Salty Shores Update Brings Summer Fun to PS4 Next Week
Beach party
Rocket League, the perennially popular arcade sports game, is getting another content update, and it's very much Summer themed. From 29th May, Salty Shores will be available as a free update to the game, and as usual, it brings with it a variety of new toys to play with. First and foremost is the new arena, which takes Rocket League to...
Tuesday20th Feb 2018
News Rocket League Raises the Bat Signal from 5th March
Animated series next?
Two classic Batmobiles are set to join Rocket League’s growing vehicular roster from 5th March, with the Christopher Nolan-era Tumbler and the iconic 1989 Tim Burton-era roadster both scheduled to be added to the title as part of the DC Super Heroes add-on pack. Of course, the DLC includes more than merely two new vehicles,...
Tuesday13th Jun 2017
E3 2017 Sony Seemingly Skips Rocket League Cross-Console Play
This will go down well
Whoever’s fielding interview questions for Sony at E3 2017 may want to work with the PR department to come up with a good response, because Rocket League is the latest game to support cross-console play between the Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC – but not the PlayStation 4. So why doesn’t PlayStation support...
Tuesday28th Mar 2017
News Rocket League's Incredible Popularity Has Resulted in Ongoing Server Issues
Developer issues statement and apologises
Push Square overlord Sammy Barker may have predicted Rocket League's success a long time before it actually released, but we don't think that even the most optimistic onlooker could have guessed that it would become this popular. Almost two years after its summer 2015 launch, the game is still selling well,...
Monday13th Mar 2017
News Dropshot Is Rocket League's Latest New Mode
Update drops next week
Psyonix is readying up its latest content update for its evergreen multiplayer smash Rocket League. The headline addition this time around is Dropshot, an all-new game type that introduces yet another way to pit rocket cars against a giant ball. The objective in this new mode is to use the ball to deal damage to segments of...
Tuesday14th Feb 2017
News Rocket League Runs in 4K at 60 Frames Per Second on PS4 Pro
Patch coming next week
One of the most played PlayStation 4 games is about to get a facelift, with Psyonix pledging PS4 Pro support for Rocket League starting 21st February. This is a full, native patch and not a Boost Mode improvement, meaning that the title will now run in (checkerboard) 4K at 60 frames-per-second across all arenas in...
Thursday9th Feb 2017
News Holy Moly! Rocket League's Getting Hot Wheels DLC
Like, licensed Hot Wheels
Rocket League's rapid ascension from cult indie classic to mainstream monster could probably be marked by the addition of the Batmobile, but we reckon these Hot Wheels classics are arguably even cooler. Psyonix has announced that Bone Shaker and Twin Mill III are launching as DLC cars starting 21st February. They'll cost...
Thursday2nd Feb 2017
News Of Course Rocket League's Getting a Line of Toy Cars
OMG!
Back when we described Rocket League as the PlayStation 4's killer app in 2014 – long before #ColinWasRight, we simply have to snipe – we could never have imagined how popular it would actually go on to become. Well, here's a reminder that the release is no humble indie these days: it's getting a line of licensed toy cars. We're being...
Thursday12th Jan 2017
News Over 1 Billion Rocket League Matches Have Been Played
A load of balls
Rocket League launched on the PlayStation 4 back in the summer of 2015, and it was an instant hit. The simple but incredibly effective concept quickly caught on with all kinds of players, and the title has confidently surfed its wave of popularity ever since, with developer Psyonix Studios providing regular game updates for good...
Saturday19th Nov 2016
News Rocket League Scores Custom Training Mode
Coming in the upcoming Fall update
Rocket League is truly a game that keeps on giving, and more than a year after its release, Psyonix is still releasing free content in the form of the Custom Training mode. This allows players to create their own training scenarios by choosing the difficulty, map, and whether you want to be a goalie or striker,...
Saturday1st Oct 2016
News Rocket League Will Probably Score PS4 Pro Support
OMG! OMG!
A bit like when Psyonix pooled community interest in the PlayStation 4 release of Rocket League and we posted about how it absolutely had to happen because it would be the best thing since sliced bread, Psyonix now wants to know whether you want a PS4 Pro update for the car-soccer smash. Which, of course, you do, so we're glad that's...
Friday9th Sep 2016
News Rocket League Receives New Mode in Gigantic Update
Let's get ready to Rumble
We're now well over a year into Rocket League's life, and Psyonix doesn't appear to be slowing down on the post-launch support. The much-loved multiplayer game, still a firm favourite of yours truly, has just received its latest patch, and it's another big one, introducing new items, systems, and even an extra Rocket Labs...
Monday8th Aug 2016
News Rocket League's Free New PS4 Mode Is Party Focused
Rumble in the jungle
Rocket League's appeal has always been its purity, but with the core mechanics mastered, there's always room for a bit of madness. Rumble, which will be added for free in September, is a brand new mode which will bring a bit of chaos to the core formula in the form of power-ups. These include the ability to freeze the ball,...
Wednesday20th Jul 2016
News Rocket League's PS4-Xbox One Cross-Network Play Is Ready to Go
But the ball's still in Sony's court
Oh right, we'd forgotten about this. Those of you with really long memories will recall Microsoft suddenly changing its policy regarding cross-network play a few months back, putting Sony on the spot by suggesting that it wants Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players to play together. We're sure that the current...
Tuesday12th Jul 2016
News Rocket League to Receive Paid Crate System
Crates will only contain cosmetic items
After Reddit user TheSgtPunishment uncovered an image from Rocket League's source code suggesting that a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive-style crate system (in which players pay money in exchange for crates containing random items) would be coming to the game at some point, Psyonix's Vice-President Jeremy...
Tuesday21st Jun 2016
News Rocket League's Neo Tokyo Update Is Massive
GG, Psyonix
It seems that, to win the favour of gamers these days, ongoing support for your game is just as important as the game you launch. Psyonix knows this, and its post-release content drops and feature-adding patches have kept swathes of players happy since the seminal sports game launched last year. Rocket League's latest patch, version...
Friday10th Jun 2016
News Rocket League's Neo Tokyo Arena Says Konnichiwa to PS4
OMG! OMG! Wow
The environmental design in Rocket League has always been one of its understated assets, but it looks like its all-new Neo Tokyo arena will take things to the next level. Available for free from 20th June, this sweet looking stage is absolutely bursting with detail, and while there's nothing especially original about a neon-soaked...
Tuesday26th Apr 2016
News Rocket League Hoops Laces Its Hi-Tops in PS4 Patch
Net it now
Rocket League Hoops, the free basketball-inspired spin-off mode for Psyonix's future sports smash, is available now for free on the PlayStation 4. You should net the title's latest patch, v1.17, the moment that you boot up your console, which includes access to the new mode and arena. The update also includes support for all of the NBA...
