Ligue 1 table-topper Paris Saint-Germain has confirmed its entry into the professional Rocket League esports scene. PSG’s three-person squad consists of Dan ‘Bluey’ Bluett, Thibault ‘Chausette45’ Grzesiak, and Victor ‘Ferra’ Francal, who readers may recognise as the former members of European esports outfit Frontline. The trio had previously qualified for …
Read More »Rocket League reaches 34m players worldwide
Rocket League just debuted a new banning system to make sure it’s a harassment-free place,” creator Psyonix just revealed. This follows the developer’s announcement that Rocket League has just reached an impressive 34m players worldwide. Announced by Rocket League’s community manager Devin Connors in a blog post, the new ban …
Read More »Cloud 9 sign The Muffin Men, a Rocket League team that isn’t from Drury Lane
Cloud9, the North American esports outfit, has signed a Rocket League team previously known as The Muffin Men. The three man team, who have just snatched a Rocket League victory at Dreamhack Atlanta 2017 last week, are comprised of Americans Kyle ‘Torment’ Storer and Jesus ‘Gimmick’ Parra, in addition to …
Read More »Why Rocket League could be the mainstream esports hit of the generation
Psyonix’s car-based kickabout Rocket League is two years old this month, and while most toddlers can’t even string a sentence together, Rocket League has managed to mark itself out as one of the most promising esports of the generation. Over those two years, Rocket League has picked up 33m players, …
Read More »Rocket League boosts to 33 million players
Psyonix release new stats to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the breakout hit
Read More »Why Rocket League could be the breakout esports hit of the generation
Rocket League, the vehicular game of kickball that took the world by storm when it launched on PlayStation Plus to little fanfare in July 2015 turns two this month. In two years, it has established itself as one of the breakout esports successes of this generation, a poster car both for …
Read More »Psyonix always gets ‘same answer’ from Sony about cross-platform Rocket League
The developer of Rocket League has said that at least one person from its team has been in touch with Sony every day since launch, and that the topic of cross-platform play has always been met with the same answer. It was confirmed at E3 that the Switch version of …
Read More »Team EnVyUs sign star Rocket League squad
Team EnVyUs has announced that they have signed three Rocket League stars to create a competitive roster for the title. The three players signed: David ‘Deevo’ Morrow, Nicolai ‘Masetro’ Bang and Remco ‘Remkoe’ Den Boer are Rocket League Championship Series World Champions for Season 3 and used to play for …
Read More »FACEIT’s Michele Attisani on why FACEIT and NBC chose Rocket League for $100,000 tournament
After NBC earlier this week announced it’d be working with FACEIT and Psyonix to produce a $100,000 Rocket League tournament, reaction to the news was met with confused enthusiasm. People are happy that NBC are getting involved in esports in a big way, but many commentators and fans were confused …
Read More »NBC Sports moves into esports with $100,000 Rocket League tournament
NBC Sports has announced it’s leaping into the esports arena, with a $100,000 open tournament for vehicular kickabout Rocket League. It’ll be partnering with FACEIT and Psyonix to launch the tournament, which will take the form of a 2 v 2. The tournament is going to get a lot of …
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