The sequel to Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, Rocket League expands on its successful pedigree with improved graphics and physics systems, a robust new single-player campaign, considerable customization options, and a fully-charged multiplayer game geared for a next-generation action-sports experience.

Rocket League is a futuristic action-sports game where players pilot rocket-powered vehicles in an enhanced version of soccer by driving their vehicles into the ball and other players in a variety of arenas. Rocket League uses an advanced physics system to simulate realistic interactions between cars and the ball, where mass and momentum determine how hard balls and cars hit each other, creating a unique and visceral playing experience.

The first Rocket League update of the year will be going live next week on Feb. 7! This marks the beginning of a new way we’re approaching updates in Rocket League, as we will be alternating between Content Updates and Feature Updates throughout 2018.

From releasing the February Update to launching the Tournaments Beta, we’ve got plenty in store for early this year.

We’re testing out a new update schedule this year that alternates Content Updates - which include things like new Competitive Seasons (and rewards), Maps, Events, and DLC - with Feature Updates that focus on new functionality like Tournaments or Cross-Platform Parties.

This alternating schedule lets us update on a more frequent and regular cycle, guarantees you won’t have to wait too long between Competitive Seasons, and lets us spend more time perfecting and bug fixing features before they go live.

With that in mind, here are the highlights of what you can look forward to in the months ahead.

February

• February Content Update
  • Competitive Season 7 Begins
  • Competitive Season 6 Rewards
  • New Crate
  • New RLCS Fan Rewards
• Tournaments Beta
  • Steam public beta for our upcoming Tournaments Feature

March

• New Licensed Premium DLC
• Spring Event

Spring (March-April)

• Spring Feature Update
  • Tournaments
    • Play against other players in bracketed, single elimination tournaments
  • Quality of Life Updates
    • Item Stacking
    • Better Item Filtering, Searching, and Sorting
    • Equip to Blue/Orange Team for Painted Car Bodies
    • New and Expanded Options
      • Packet Send/Receive Rate and Bandwidth Limits
      • “Team Quick Chat Only”
      • Disable “One Minute Remaining”, etc. messages
  • Connection Quality Info
    • See notifications for Packet Loss, Latency Variance, and Server Performance in-game
    • Will help us and the community better differentiate between “server issues” and connection problems
  • Switch Performance & Visual Quality Updates
    • Performance Mode - 900p (Docked) / 720p (Handheld) @ 60 FPS with infrequent dynamic resolution scaling
    • Quality Mode - Native 1080p (Docked) / 720p (Handheld) @ 30 FPS with added visual effects

April and Beyond

Once we’re past the Tournaments release we’ll begin talking more about our roadmap for the summer and beyond with posts like these every few months. As a quick reminder, here are some of the features that are still being developed for 2018 release:

• Cross-Platform Parties
  • Party up and matchmake with players from other (participating) platforms
• Progression Updates
  • Make XP relevant again
  • Earn Decryptors through play
  • New Banners, Titles, and other rewards for reaching high levels
• New Arenas
• New Features
• Xbox One X - We are now targeting Xbox One X support for late 2018

That’s just a quick look at the major highlights that are coming up this year, and look out for the February Update next week (pending first-party certification approvals) when it launches on all platforms February 7.

However Psyonix Studios also revealed that any planned cross-platform support will not introduce cross-platform trading with the new party system.

Key Features:

• New Season Mode: Players now can enjoy a full single-player experience with Season mode, bolstered by extensive vehicle customizations, unlockable items, multiple arenas, and more.
• Fully Upgraded Online, Local and Splitscreen Multiplayer Modes: Fans of the original will love the returning options for two- to four-player competition, from on-the-couch split-screen competition to the robust online play.
• Team-focused Gameplay: Rocket League’s team-oriented play compels gamers to learn short- and long-term tactics and strategies to stay in the game, challenge their friends, and stay atop the monthly leaderboards.
• Physics-driven Vehicle Interactions: Built with rocket-equipped vehicles capable of aerial attacks, passes and shots, and physics-driven ball action, Rocket League is a wild, visceral action-sports experience.
• Content Overload: Rocket League builds upon its predecessor with a healthy array of completely new unlockable vehicles, arenas, more than 100 customization items, and other surprises.
• Dedicated Gameplay Servers: Super-smooth online gameplay guarantees an even better Rocket-Powered Battle-Car experience.
• Broadcast-Quality Replays: Gamers can play with, stylize, and create the ultimate replay of entire games with the new replay system. Fast forward, rewind, or view the action from anywhere in the arena!