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How to get a Golden Pumpkin in Rocket League

Wondering how you can get a Golden Pumpkin in Rocket League? The jet-powered sports game has kicked off its latest seasonal event: Haunted Hallows. The update adds heaps of Ghostbusters-themed cosmetics, most of which can be purchased from the item shop, but there are some free goodies that players can earn as well, not to mention up to five free Golden Pumpkins.

Veteran players will note the first ever return of a licensed vehicle in Rocket League, although the Ecto-1 is still on available for purchase. For fans of free cosmetics (that should be everyone, to be honest), there are some that can be earned by completing specific event challenges, including Ghostbusters Wheels, a Slimer Topper, and a Mood Slime Boost.

However, most players will be excited about the free Golden Pumpkins that can be earned during the Haunted Hallows events. Golden Pumpkins unlock items from the Turbo, Nitro, and Vindicator Series, so there are some highly sought after treats waiting to be cracked open. Fortunately, the method for getting these is very simple. Unfortunately, it requires a bit of grinding.

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The making of Rocket League

October 7, 2020 From the vaults: this feature was originally published on February 16, 2016.

Did you know Rocket League is a sequel? If you've heard of 2008's Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, then the answer is probably yes. If not, you might be surprised to know that over two million people downloaded the now eight years old PS3-exclusive and forerunner to last year's cars-in-a-cage slant on football that launched developer Psyonix into stardom.

Let me be frank with you: I was aware that Battle-Cars existed before, but had no idea until well after Rocket League's release last July that the two were related. And yet they're almost the same game.

"This time I think we were just able to do everything right across the board, whereas before we had a much smaller team," Psyonix's director of development Thomas Silloway suggests. "This time, we made a really good game, we had a really good marketing plan for getting the word out there, and then it kind of went viral as we were getting close to release. A bunch of people picked it up on Twitch from our betas and it just started getting a lot of hype."

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Rocket League tips and tricks to help you become a top goalscorer

Looking for Rocket League tips and tricks? The mechanical accuracy required in Rocket League makes it unlike any other action-sport game out there. As with any sport, there are many techniques that have been developed to make you hit harder, move faster, and win more. Since the game became free to play, the player base has grown massively, recently breaking one million concurrent players - and as the player numbers continue to multiply, we're bound to see even more interest in Rocket League's exciting competitive scene. There's never been a better time to start improving your Rocket League skills - perhaps you could be the next player to show off in the community tournaments, or eventually maybe even make the jump to pro.

If you're looking to top the leaderboard, here are nine of the easiest-to-learn Rocket League tips and techniques to take your game to the next level and help you climb the ranks in everyone's favourite carball simulator. It should be noted, however, that even though these techniques are relatively simple to achieve, this is a high-level guide for experienced players.

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Rocket League, which you can no longer get on Steam, is now number four on Steam

September 24, 2020 Rocket League player counts have reached another milestone.

Rocket League is now free-to-play, and as you'd expect, that means a whole lot of new players have jumped in. While the server status was shaky in the opening hours, record numbers of people have been playing - and it seems that includes a lot of lapsed players, too. Even on Steam, where it's been delisted, Rocket League is setting new records.

You can no longer pick up Rocket League from the Steam store - now that it's free, it's an Epic exclusive. However, if you purchased the game on Steam at any point since its 2015 launch, it'll still be available and playable in your library. As SteamDB shows, a load of existing owners have come back with the free to play hype.

Rocket League hit an all-time Steam concurrent player record of 132,747 yesterday, up from the previous record of 119,337 back in March. As of this update it's now the number four title on Valve's platform, sandwiched between the sudden megahit Among Us and the venerable action-RPG Path of Exile.

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Rocket League goes free-to-play, servers immediately crash

As promised long ago, Rocket League is now free-to-play, though on PC the new version is only available on the Epic Games Store. Even without the benefits of Valve's platform, however, the influx of players on Epic and the consoles has left the game's servers in a good bit of trouble.

Rocket League's servers have been down since shortly after the free-to-play launch. The issues are affecting "online play, challenges, and tournaments", developer Psyonix says on Reddit. On Twitter, the devs say that this is part of a broader degradation of Epic's online services, which are now serving Rocket League. It's likely down to the popularity of the now-free game.

The official Rocket League Twitter promises "updates to follow". Even on Steam, where Rocket League is now only available to those who previously purchased it, the game nearly hit a new concurrent Steam player count record - it was just a few thousand shy of its previous record of 119,337 back in March, as SteamDB shows, before the servers came tumbling down.

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