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Psyonix: “We’ve survived changing tides as partners, so combining forces makes sense in many ways”
Read More »Epic buys Psyonix – because bringing Fortnite and Rocket League together makes perfect sense
Rocket League roadmap shows cross-platform features pushed back
Xbox One X support arriving soon, and there’s a new Rocket Pass coming, obviously
Read More »Psyonix publishes loot box odds for Rocket League
Crate expectations
Read More »The state of professional Rocket League: inside the game’s surging esports scene
There’s nothing quite like Rocket League in competitive gaming today. Sure, FIFA has its pro players, but that’s a serious, by-the-numbers simulation. Competitive Rocket League, on the other hand, challenges coordinated teams of three to blisteringly fast, acrobatic, aerial football battles in series of swift five-minute games. And they’re driving …
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 »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 »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 …
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