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eSports betting site Unikrn has announced the Rocket League will join its roster of titles in Australia. However, the game’s developer Psyonix has moved quickly to disassociate itself from the move, with VP of publishing Jeremy Dunham telling GameSpot that: "Psyonix is not affiliated with Unikrn, nor do we support …
Read More »Pepsi’s Brisk sponsors the Rocket League Championship Series
Psyonix has announced that Pepsi Co’s Brisk brand has joined the Rocket League Championship Series as a sponsor. Brisk becomes a sponsor for Season 3 of the Rocket League Championship Series and according to a cryptic post from the developers “has a lot more exciting news for Rocket League fans …
Read More »UK inter-school eSports competition to take place as part of London Games Festival
The list of events that make up the London Games Festival have been announced and a surprise eSports competition is in the mix. The Digital Schoolhouse eSports Tournament Grand Final will take place on April 4th at the Gfinity Arena. 400 secondary schools and sixth forms have been competing online …
Read More »Psyonix to invest more than $2.5 million in Rocket League eSports this year
Rocket League developer Psyonix has announced that it plans to invest over $2.5 million into its eSports programs this year. The blog post in which the studio detailed its plans for this year revealed that the company will be supporting all levels of competition with the funds. Over one million …
Read More »Rocket League Championship Series returns with $300,000 prize pool
Psyonix has announced the return of the Rocket League Championship Series for its third season and a massive prize pool. $300,000 will be up for grabs in the third season and for the first time teams from the Oceania region will be able to compete. Open qualifiers will allow anyone …
Read More »Rocket League is getting the toys treatment
Cars-meet-football title Rocket League will be getting a line of car toys this spring, after developer Psyonix partnered with creator of licensed collectibles Zag Toys. The line will include 12 pull-back racer cars (see below), which will each come inside a miniature Rocket Ball. Some of these mini-cars will also …
Read More »Rocket League surpasses 25m players
Rocket League has surpassed more than 25m players, developer Psyonix has announced. The news comes just days after Sony named it as the best-selling game on the PlayStation Store in 2016. According to Psyonix, over 1bn games have been played since the game launched in July 2015. Of those 1bn …
Read More »Rocket League a big digital winner in 2016, according to Sony’s end of year charts
PlayStation store charts for 2016 put Rocket League out on top
Read More »Rocket League was the best selling game on the PlayStation store last year
Rocket League was officially the best selling game on the PlayStation Store in Europe and America in 2016. Despite launching way back in 2015 the car soccer title beat the likes of Battlefield 1, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Minecraft to the number one spot, proving that the young …
Read More »Rocket League scores victory as best-selling game on PlayStation Store in 2016
Rocket League was the best-selling game on the PlayStation Store in 2016, Sony has announced. Despite being released in 2015, Psyonix’s sports-action title took the crown on both the European and US charts, beating games such as Battlefield 1, FIFA 17 and the PS4 version of Minecraft to the number …
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