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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 distances itself from gambling site Unikrn
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 »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 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 has made $110m
Car-football title Rocket League continues to be a smash hit for developer Psyonix. Speaking to Forbes, the studio’s VP of comms Jeremy Dunham aid that the game has raked in an impressive $110m in sales. That does not count the times it was downloaded on PlayStation Plus on its launch. …
Read More »Psyonix: Cross-platform play is good for eSports
Rocket League studio Psyonix says that PS4 and Xbox One players being able to compete with each other will be a big boost to the eSports industry. The firm’s VP of marketing and communications Jeremy Dunham has told MCV that the No.1 reason the studio is urging Sony and Microsoft …
Read More »Rocket League physical release coming from 505 Games
505 Games has signed up as the exclusive worldwide publishing partner for the physical version of Psyonix’s Rocket League. A Collector’s Edition of the game will be released on PS4 and Xbox One in Q3 2016. The game launched digitally on PS4 and PC last July and arrived on Xbox …
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