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Rocket League is coming to Nintendo Switch, and features cross-platform play
Rocket League, Psyonix’s car-based game of put the ball into the hole, has been announced for the Nintendo Switch, during a Nintendo Direct on Tuesday. Those of you looking to take Rocket League on the move have your answer in a version for the Nintendo Switch, which will be coming …
Read More »Rocket League anniversary event brings music, customisable engine noises
Rocket League is celebrating its second birthday in July. Don’t worry if you forget to get them anything, because the car-based sports-em-up has you covered, with it’s anniversary event bringing a host of new features. Firstly the event, launching on July 5, brings an end to Competitive Season 4 as …
Read More »War Child’s Wayne Emanuel on Game On and the charity’s aim to hold it’s first esports tournament
Gaming and charity have had a long and varied history together, with many initiatives looking to get gamers and those who enjoy gaming to donate to charity. War Child are one of the charities that seems to have really embraced this. For the last several years, the charity has worked …
Read More »Psyonix and Tencent team up for Chinese Rocket League release
Psyonix has announced a partnership with Tencent Holdings Limited to bring Rocket League to China. Psyonix is the developers of Rocket League, the phenomenally successful ‘cars playing football’ game that’s captured the imagination of competitive organisations around the world, and Tencent is the Chinese holdings company that owns, among its …
Read More »Rocket League Season 3 World Championships head to LA
The Rocket League Championship Series Season 3 World Championship will take place in Los Angeles in early June. The Wiltern Theater will host the event between June 2nd and 4th, with the best teams from across the world, including two from the new RLCS Oceania region, competing for the title …
Read More »Psyonix says Rocket League server performance is ‘unacceptable’
The developer of online smash hit Rocket League has apologised for the game’s recent connectivity problems. In regards to both backend issues, and game server performance, we agree that the server outages and recent lengthy matchmaking times are totally unacceptable,” CEO Dave Hagewood said. We sincerely apologize to all of …
Read More »Gfinity reveal Rocket League as the third Elite Series game
Gfinity has announced that Rocket League will be the third and final game to be a part of its Challenger and Elite Series competitions. Rocket League joins Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Street Fighter V as the games for the competition. With all three games now know the Challenger Series can …
Read More »Psyonix distance themselves from Rocket League gambling
Developer of Rocket League, Psyonix, has spoken out against the game’s inclusion on a real money gambling service. Unikrn, a gambling platform that allows users to bet on competitive gaming, has recently added the RC car and football mash-up to its list of available games for its Australian members. The …
Read More »Psyonix speak out over Rocket League betting
"Psyonix is not affiliated with Unikrn, nor do we support or endorse online betting for our game."
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