Rocket League News

Someone call 2004, Fortnite's next big event looks set to feature Eminem

Fortnite’s next big live event, dubbed “The Big Bang’, will take place on December 2, and, in addition to bringing about “a new beginning” for the game, looks like it’ll feature a cameo from rapper Eminem.

Yes, that Eminem. The guy who was very cheeky and popular in the late 90s and early 2000s, and has remained kind of cheeky and popular ever since. He can still do a decent tease though, as the grandmothers of the world have found out.

Following a bunch of speculation that Mr Nem might be participating in the event or at least receiving his own in-game skin, the rapper has shared a teaser for his arrival in Fortnite on Twitter. In the short clip, we get a nice shot of the Earth that soon zooms in on a family’s television, which is soon emblazoned with the Fortnite logo followed by a backwards letter E.

Hey all!

We wanted to give you an early look at some incoming changes to Rocket League's Play Menu next Season.

To start, the Play Menu is getting a facelift for the first time since Rocket League became playable for free in 2020. Featuring a new squared-off design, each submenu will have a streamlined layout which will help old and new players alike navigate through the Play Menu easier and more quickly.

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Along with a fresh look, we are changing where some Online Playlists and other modes live in the new Play Menu. We are combining Competitive Playlists and Extra Modes Playlists into one new Competitive card, which allows you to queue for up to six different Competitive Playlists at once. Fulfilling a long-standing community request, you will finally be able to queue for modes like 3v3 Standard and 2v2 Hoops at the same time.

As part of this consolidation, we are going to alternate between Competitive Snow Day and Dropshot each Season. Next Season will feature Competitive Snow Day, the one after that will include Competitive Dropshot, and so on.

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Big changes are coming to the Casual card as well, including two new Arcade Playlists. These will rotate weekly through Extra Modes like Heatseeker, Spike Rush, Rocket Labs modes, and more! Dropshot and Snow Day will also appear in the Arcade rotation whenever one is not an active Competitive Playlist, so expect to see Dropshot pop up next Season.

Along with these new Playlists, 4v4 Chaos is evolving into a new Big Party Playlist, rotating weekly between 4v4 Chaos and Knockout.

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Exhibition Mode, Season Mode, and Workshop Maps will now live in their own Play Offline card, and the new Private Match card contains both Private Match and LAN Match options. Training has all the same options you know and love, just with an updated look.

Finally, we’re making a few additional quality-of-life changes to the Play Menu:

You can join an existing Private Match directly from Training or an Offline Match.
Load and launch a different Workshop map when in a Workshop map already.
When in a party, you can now see your Rank even when you are not the Party Leader.

While this covers what you should expect alongside the next Season, we’re not quite done with changes and additions to the Play Menu. Our goal in the first few months of 2024 is to give you even more influence over the modes that appear in the Arcade Playlist, which we’ll talk about more in the new year.

Along with new, different ways to play, we’re actively working on other quality-of-life improvements that touch on important community-driven topics, including smurfing and skill placement improvements. As we drive towards the next Rocket League Season and an exciting holiday season, expect to hear more on these changes and improvements in 2024. Thanks, everyone!

Season Rush Returns to Rocket League

Season 12 has entered the home stretch, and Season Rush is back to help you unlock whatever Rocket Pass Tiers remain between you and your goals for the end of the Season!

Season Rush is longer than ever before, with more Challenges – and Challenge Rewards – than ever before as well! Complete Challenges to earn Level-Ups and Customization Items like the Pressurance Wheels, Beanie Topper…or load up on bread before kickoff with the Carb Paint Finish. See the full list of Challenges below.

Hit the ball 30 times in Online Matches
Get a Goal and a Win in 3 Online Matches
Get 2,000 total Points in Online Matches
Get 35 Clears or Centers
Play 15 Online Matches
Get 7 Saves in Online Matches
Gain 3 XP Levels
Score 10 Goals in Online Matches
Hold the other team to zero Goals in an Online Match
Win 3 Online Matches in a row
Get an Assist and a Save in 15 Online Matches
Win 10 Online Matches (Repeatable Challenge)

Boomer Ball is back as the first Season Rush LTM now through November 27, followed by Dropshot Rumble from November 27 through December 1.

Hop in Rocket League now – Season Rush is live from November 20 through December 1!

Is Rocket League on Steam?

Is Rocket League on Steam? Now Rocket League is free-to-play, just where you play it has changed since its launch back in 2015. Rocket League was removed from the Steam store in 2020, but there are still various ways to play it through Steam depending on when you purchased or downloaded the game.

Rocket League is now a Epic Games exclusive and you can only download it for free through the Epic Games Store by either visiting the store directly or via the Rocket League website, which directs you to the Epic Games Store. Here's how and whether you can still play it on Steam.

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Lightning McQueen is coming to Rocket League, marking the game's first alive car

In what might be Rocket League's most concerning crossover yet, the one and only Lightning McQueen from Pixar's Cars is coming to the game.

Rocket League, for the uninitiated, is a game where you drive around as a car playing football. It's ridiculous, wacky, and when you get the hang of it pretty dang fun too! But up until now, there haven't been any crossovers where the car itself is alive. Sure, there was a Knight Rider crossover featuring KITT, a sentient car, but it's just a robot. Yet yesterday, developer Psyonix announced the Lightning McQueen bundle, which is adding in the iconic car portrayed by Owen Wilson in the original film (though no Wilson to be found in this particular bit of DLC).

The bundle includes the Lightning McQueen car, of course, which is the first car in the game to "feature dynamic expressions! Lightning will look around the pitch while you cruise the Arena, then narrow his eyes in focus as you approach supersonic speeds." This raises several concerns. Has Lightning McQueen been transported from another universe to take part in these games? Is he a particularly good footballer? And more pressingly, what does this say about the rest of the cars in Rocket League?