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New Esports Content Hitting Rocket League Next Week

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The new season of the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) is nearly upon us! But, before the teams kick off for the first regional of the Fall Split on October 15, new Esports Team Decals are coming to Rocket League!

Following a game update on October 5 at 4 p.m. PT (11 p.m. UTC) (pending first-party certification), the Esports Shop is being refreshed with 34(!) new Team Decals for teams across several regions. For the first time ever, this will include teams from South America and Oceania. All teams will get "Home Kits" that include Team Decals that were custom made by the esports teams themselves. Team Decals for Octane, Dominus, and Fennec will be sold individually for 300 Esports Tokens. Catch a glimpse of the included teams in the trailer above before they hit the game next week. Here's every team you can expect in the new Esports Shop:

Dignitas
Endpoint
Envy
eUnited
Evil Geniuses
FaZe Clan
Furia
G2 Esports
Ghost Gaming
Giants
Ground Zero Gaming
Guild
Karmine Corp
NRG
Pittsburgh Knights
PWR
Rebellion
Renegades
Rix.GG
Rogue
Semper Esports
SK Gaming
Solary
Spacestation Gaming
Susquehanna Soniqs
Team BDS
Team Liquid
Team Queso
Team Singularity
Team Vitality
Torrent
True Neutral
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XSET

These 34 teams are still just the beginning. As the RLCS 2021-22 Season progresses, we plan on adding more teams! Plus, look out for Away Kits and more later this season!

Stay tuned for full patch notes on October 5 prior to the update going live. Be sure to tune into all the RLCS action when it kicks off on October 15 for the Fall Split LIVE on Twitch and YouTube. We can't wait to see all the action from our biggest season yet! We'll see you on game day, and in-game repping your favorite esports teams!

RLCS 2021-22 format, schedule, prize pool, regions, and more

Psyonix's reveal of the 2021-22 season of the RLCS couldn't have been more jam-packed with juicy information. As well as the usual - dates, prize pools, and so on - we also got news of some huge expansion into four new regions, plus the confirmation that the RLCS is returning to LAN.

The RLCS 2021-22 season will span from October 2021 all the way through to the end of June 2022, and along the way teams from a total of eight regions will compete for a share of an enormous total prize pool of $6 million. Of the eight regions, four of them are brand new to Rocket League esports, meaning we will have a truly global competition this time around.

The season will include four live events which will take place in various destinations around the globe. There will be three Majors - one at the end of each of the three splits - and a $2 million RLCS World Championship at the end of the season.

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RLCS 2021-22 season features revamped, $2 million World Championship

The RLCS returns this October with the RLCS 2021-22 season. Doing away with the numbered seasons, RLCS 2021-22 really looks to shakeup Rocket League esports with new regions, a bigger prize pool, and a return to LAN.

That return to LAN includes the prestigious RLCS World Championship, which will be returning as a fully international event that will crown a global champion. While we're a long way off finding out where it will take place, we do know when - the Championship will run for a total of ten days, starting July 22 and ending on July 31.

The RLCS Championship will be split into two, with a Wildcard tournament and the 16-team Main Event. Prior to the Championship, eight of the best Rocket League teams will have auto-qualified, but the remaining eight spots will be contested for in the Wildcard stage. Each region in the RLCS will receive a certain number of spots at Wildcard, and only the top eight will earn a place at the Main Event.

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RLCS 2021-22 season sees large regional expansion for Rocket League esports

The Rocket League Championship Series will expand its list of eligible territories and regions for the RLCS 2021-22 season, bringing Rocket League esports to pretty much every corner of the globe.

Previously, only four main regions were represented in the RLCS: Europe, North America, South America, and Oceania. For RLCS 2021-22, three new regions are being added to the competition: APAC North, APAC South, and Middle East and Africa. These are all full-RLCS recognised regions that will compete at Majors and earn spots at the end of season Championship.

There is also a fourth Psyonix-supported region, Sub-Saharan Africa, which will not have teams attend Majors but will have the same three-split regional format as the seven main RLCS regions. Plus, Sub-Saharan Africa teams will have the chance to go to the Championship at the end of the season via the Wildcard event that precedes it.

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Rocket League targets Sweden for RLCS' return to LAN events

Psyonix has revealed the details for the RLCS 2021-22 season, and there is plenty for Rocket League esports fans to sink their teeth into. Arguably the biggest bit of news to come from the announcement is that the RLCS 2021-22 season will see a return to live international events.

There will be four LAN events across the season - three Majors at the end of each split, and the RLCS World Championship. Psyonix has also confirmed that Stockholm, Sweden will be the location for the first of these events, the Fall Split Major. Unfortunately, there are no plans to have a live audience at this LAN event, but Psyonix says it is a possibility for the other events and that it will "reevaluate" this in 2022. The Fall Split Major will take place December 8-12.

In a press event, Cliff Shoemaker, director of esports at Psyonix, says that "there will be very stringent and strict COVID-19 rules and regulations" for those competing at the event, with player safety remaining the developer's number one priority for the return to LAN.

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