Rocket League News

Guild Esports signs its first team, opts for Rocket League

Guild Esports, the new esports organisation backed by legendary footballer David Beckham, has revealed its first roster.

The organisation will be making the leap into Rocket League and has secured the signing of one of the scene's most talented yet controversial players, Kyle 'Scrub Killa' Robertson. The young Scot, who is a former RLCS World Champion with Team Vitality, joins Guild after being without a permanent team for around four months after he left Mousesports just a few weeks into his "unreasonable" contract with them.

Scrub Killa will be joined by former Team Singularity duo Joseph 'noly' Kidd and Thomas 'ThO' Binkhorst, who recently played with Scrub Killa in a couple of events when he joined as a temporary stand-in. This makes Guilds' roster an incredibly young one, with noly and ThO both 18 and Scrub Killa, despite his experience, only being 17. The team will be overseen by ex-Team Vitality coach Mike 'Gregan' Ellis, who will reunite with Scrub Killa after helping the Scot and Vitality win its first World Championship last year.

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Rocket League will leave the Steam store once it's free-to-play on the Epic Game Store

If you have any plans to play Rocket League on Steam but don't have it bought, then you better get moving. The indie game will no longer be available to purchase on Steam once Rocket League's free-to-play update drops later this year. While the option for new players to get it through Valve's platform will be gone, however, the game will still benefit from full support for future updates and features.

The move coincides with the soon to be free game launching on the Epic Store. We knew that was on the cards since the Fortnite developer purchased Rocket League developer Psyonix last year, but what would happen to the game on Steam was uncertain. A press release had implied you wouldn't be able to buy it on Steam once it launched on Epic, but a clarification issued to USgamer then explained that no plans to stop selling it on Steam had been revealed at that point.

The free-to-play update also includes significant changes to the tournaments and challenge systems, though we'll have to wait until a later date to hear more about that. If you pick up Rocket League before the switch to free-to-play, you'll be granted Legacy status, which comes with various cosmetics like the golden cosmos boost and dieci-oro wheels. If you've purchased the game before now, you'll get the faded cosmos boost, too. The update will go live this summer, but we don't know exactly when.

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Rocket League is going free-to-play

When Epic Games bought Psyonix in May 2019, there were rumblings of change in the Rocket League atmosphere. The publisher suggested the game would be removed from Steam in time, and it looks like that time is finally here. That's because Rocket League is getting its biggest update yet and going free-to-play later this summer.

Psyonix made the announcement on the official Rocket League blog today, where it confirmed the game, which is currently celebrating five wonderful years, will be free for all and include cross-platform progression for item inventories, Rocket Pass progress, and Rocket League ranks, providing that players' accounts are linked to an Epic Games account.

It also means that yes, Rocket League is finally moving over to the Epic Games Store on PC this summer. But don't worry, if you already own it on Steam, you'll still be able to play the game with full support for future updates. Newbies just won't be able to download it on Valve's platform anymore.

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Three G2 Esports rosters agree contract renewals until 2022

G2 Esports has announced that three of its esports rosters have agreed to stay with the organisation until at least 2022 after a mass contract renewal.

G2's rosters in League of Legends, Rainbow Six Siege, and Rocket League have all committed to new contracts, ensuring some long-term stability (or at least some juicy transfer fees for players) over the next couple of years.

The biggest, but likely the most unsurprising, signing will be that of G2's LoL roster, which was already the only team in the League of Legends European Championship to remain unchanged during the off-season. G2 has dominated in European LoL for the last two seasons and reached the final of the 2019 World Championships, only to be defeated by FunPlus Phoenix. In a statement from G2, it is confirmed that the core five members of the roster (Perkz, Caps, Jankos, Mikyx, and Wunder) have all re-signed, along with coaches Grabbz and Duffman. Substitute ADC P1noy was not mentioned, despite recently getting some game time on the main roster.

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Season 14 Rewards and Rocket Pass 6 Extension

You have some extra time to hit your dream Rank and unlock items from the Pro Tiers in Rocket Pass 6! Both Competitive Season 14 and Rocket Pass 6 are being extended.

If you read our most recent blog about our plans for the rest of the year, you know we are hard at work on a major update for Rocket League coming later this summer. Because that work includes changes to competitive play, like new ranks for players at Grand Champion, we’re extending the current Competitive Season and Rocket Pass 6 to the live date of that update. We still can’t reveal the exact date of the update, but it will go live later this summer. Stay tuned for more info later in July. It’ll be worth the wait!

Since we’re talking about the end of the Competitive Season, that means it’s time to reveal the Season Rewards. Without further ado, the Season Rewards for Competitive Season 14 are new Player Banners and Avatar Borders. Check them out in all their glory below!

Of course, Grand Champion Titles have returned this season in both standard and Extra Mode Playlists. And, as always, you'll have to complete your 10 placement matches in any Competitive Playlist and fulfill the appropriate Season Reward Level to earn your rewards. See the full distribution below:

COMPETITIVE SEASON 14 REWARDS

Bronze I or higher – Season 14 Bronze Player Banner and Avatar Border
Silver I or higher – Season 14 Silver Player Banner and Avatar Border + lower Player Banners and Avatar Borders
Gold I or higher – Season 14 Gold Player Banner and Avatar Border + lower Player Banners and Avatar Borders
Platinum I or higher – Season 14 Platinum Blayer Banner and Avatar Border + lower Player Banners and Avatar Borders
Diamond I or higher – Season 14 Diamond Player Banner and Avatar Border + lower Player Banners and Avatar Borders
Champion I or higher – Season 14 Champion Player Banner and Avatar Border + lower Player Banners and Avatar Borders

COMPETITIVE SEASON 14 GRAND CHAMPION REWARDS

Competitive Grand Champion – ‘Season 14 – Grand Champion’ In-Game Title + Grand Champion Player Banner and Avatar Border + all Season 14 Player Banners and Avatar Borders
Rumble Grand Champion – ‘Season 14 – RNG Champ’ In-Game Title + Grand Champion Player Banner and Avatar Border + all Season 14 Player Banners and Avatar Borders
Dropshot Grand Champion – ‘Season 14 – Floor Destroyer’ In-Game Title + Grand Champion Player Banner and Avatar Border + all Season 14 Player Banners and Avatar Borders
Hoops Grand Champion – ‘Season 14 – Dunk Master’ In-Game Title + Grand Champion Player Banner and Avatar Border + all Season 14 Player Banners and Avatar Borders
Snow Day Grand Champion – ‘Season 14 – Blizzard Wizard’ In-Game Title + Grand Champion Player Banner and Avatar Border + all Season 14 Player Banners and Avatar Borders

(Note: Grand Champion In-Game Titles for Extra Modes are earned by achieving Grand Champion Rank in each individual Extra Mode)

We can’t wait to tell you more about the update we’re working on, so stay tuned throughout the next few weeks for the full reveal. For now, enjoy our Fifth Anniversary Event that’s live now, and some extra time to unlock Pro Rewards and complete your Weekly Challenges. Good luck out there!