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.

Psyonix Studios plans to provide a Rocket League roadmap every few months to give you a look at what content is coming in the next quarter or so.  As May is now here, it's time to take a look at the roadmap for summer 2018!

May

In late May, we plan to release a Content Update including:

• A brand new Arena
• The start of Competitive Season 8
• Competitive Season 7 Rewards
• New in-game music with the release of ‘Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 3’
• And more!

June

Following the Content Update, June will bring additional activities both in-game and out:

• New, summer-themed in-game Event
• The RLCS Season 5 World Championship live from London (be sure to tune in for Fan Rewards)!
• New Licensed Premium DLC

July

Every July we celebrate Rocket League’s birthday, and 2018 is no exception.  In July, we’ll kick off a big Anniversary in-game Event with some special throwback content for our long time fans as well as a lot of cool goodies to earn. Stay tuned for additional details as we get closer!

Summer Feature Update (July-August)

We also have another huge Feature Update planned for late Summer.  Some of the highlights include:

Cross-Platform Friends & Parties

• Register an in-game ID that is a combination of a name with a unique code, like Scarab#7777
• Add friends from other platforms by entering their ID into the new, in-game friends list
• Party up with your new cross-platform friends and play online!

Progression 2.0

• Leveling Updates
  • We’re removing the level cap of 75 and re-balancing the entire level-up curve. Levels will take a fixed amount of XP to earn instead of becoming exponentially longer as you level up.
  • You’ll be converted to a new level appropriate for how much you’ve played Rocket League in your career.
  • Leveling up grants you an Uncommon, Rare, Very Rare, or Import item (instead of these drops being randomly-timed as they are currently)
  • You can earn new Titles and Banners at level 100 and beyond to show off your status

• XP Updates
  • As part of the leveling updates, XP is going to become Online-only
  • XP will now be based on Time Played in matches in addition to your Score.
  • New XP Mechanics!
    • Match Completion Bonus (for finishing games)
    • Consecutive Games Bonus (for staying in Casual lobbies)
    • Party Bonus (for playing with friends)
    • Leaver Penalty (to punish quitters in all modes)
    • Double XP Weekends
    • And more!

“Rocket Pass”

Alongside the XP and leveling updates, we’ve also been working on a new system to give you new ways to earn items and make progress while playing Rocket League.

Our “Rocket Pass” system consists of multiple Tiers of earnable content.  You increase your Tier by leveling up normally and you’ll unlock new, unique content as you go.  Each “Rocket Pass” will last for a few months before it’s retired and a new Pass will take its place with new content to unlock.

The “Rocket Pass” has both Free and Premium tracks so everybody has something to work for.  The Free track contains new cosmetic items as well as Decryptors and exclusive in-game Titles, while the Premium track will have a flat cost to unlock. You will be able to preview Premium track content before you buy the unlock to access it.

We are still developing the “Rocket Pass” system and we’ll  have more details to share as we get closer to launch!

That’s just a quick look at a few of the major highlights that are coming up this summer.  We’re really excited about all of the planned updates and hope you enjoy everything we have in the development pipeline.  Thanks for playing!

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!