Rocket League
2015 video game
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| 2025 | Rocket League World Championship format expanded to include Last Chance Qualifiers for the top 4 regions, Play-ins, and a 1v1 series. |
| February 12 2025 | Start of Rocket League Sideswipe's 20th Ranked Season, featuring Duel (1v1), Doubles (2v2), and Threes (3v3) playlists, and introducing a new space-themed stadium called Nebula Bay. |
| 2024 | Rocket League esports competition format changed to two regional splits with international Majors and a World Championship. |
| 2024 | FIFAe World Cup added a national team-focused Rocket League tournament following EA Sports' split from FIFA. |
| December 4 2024 | Season 17 update introduced Split Shot mode, featuring a wall dividing the arena and a unique demolition mechanic. |
| December 2023 | Psyonix removed player-to-player trading in Rocket League, aligning the game's item policies with Epic Games' standards and potentially enabling cross-game vehicle ownership in Epic's ecosystem. |
| December 8 2023 | Rocket Racing was released as a game mode in Fortnite, featuring cross-game inventory and car-related cosmetics. |
| April 26 2022 | Psyonix added Knockout, a Free-For-All game mode where players attempt to knock opponents into hazards to deplete their lives. |
| April 26 2022 | Knockout game mode was added, featuring a Free-For-All style with no goals and life-based gameplay. |
| 2021 | The game achieved 20 million downloads within the first forty days of its worldwide release. |
| 2021 | Game launched, receiving generally favorable reviews from critics, including high ratings from Destructoid (9/10), GameSpot (9/10), and Pocket Gamer (5/5 stars). |
| December 2021 | Rocket League Sideswipe became the most downloaded mobile game in December, achieving significant popularity in its release month. |
| November 2021 | Rocket League Sideswipe received a worldwide release, becoming available to mobile gamers globally as a free-to-play vehicular soccer game. |
| March 2021 | Psyonix released an alpha version of Rocket League Sideswipe exclusively in Oceania, marking the first public testing of the mobile spin-off game. |
| February 2021 | Limited-time Gridiron mode was released in celebration of Super Bowl LV, featuring football-style gameplay. |
| 2020 | RLCS Season X introduced a new competitive format with three regional splits, each having international Majors and a World Championship. The Season X World Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| September 23 2020 | Rocket League transitioned to a free-to-play model across all gaming platforms, eliminating console subscription requirements and moving the Windows version from Steam to the Epic Games Store. Players who owned the game before this date received 'Legacy' status and special cosmetic items. |
| May 2020 | Psyonix introduced the Modes of May event, featuring limited-time game modes like Dropshot Rumble, Beach Ball, Boomer Ball, and Heatseeker. |
| March 2020 | Psyonix dropped support for macOS and Linux versions of Rocket League, with online functionality ceasing for these platforms. |
| December 2019 | Blueprint update implemented, with Psyonix reducing blueprint completion prices by half following player concerns. |
| December 2019 | Crates system was replaced with Blueprints, and a new rotating Item Shop was introduced. |
| October 2019 | Cars and cosmetics based on the television series Stranger Things were added for the Halloween event. |
| July 2019 | The KITT car from the 1980s Knight Rider television series was added to the game during the Radical Summer event. |
| June 2019 | During the Radical Summer event, the Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters was released as a car pack. |
| May 2019 | Epic Games announced the acquisition of Psyonix, the developer of Rocket League, for an undisclosed amount. |
| February 2019 | Cross-platform play was enabled between PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC versions of Rocket League. |
| February 28 2019 | Psyonix announced that Rocket League x Monstercat Volumes 6 and 7 tracks would be released throughout the year and available in-game on their individual release dates. |
| November 30 2018 | Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 5 (Instinct) is released, featuring music from CloudNone, Grant, Hyper Potions, Nokae, Rogue, Rootkit, and Smle. |
| September 2018 | Psyonix introduced the Rocket Pass, a battle pass feature with challenges and unlockable customization options. |
| September 2018 | Sony altered its position on cross-platform play following Fortnite's release on Nintendo Switch, agreeing to review cross-platform compatibility for games on a case-by-case basis. |
| September 13 2018 | Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 4 (Uncaged) is released, coinciding with the game's Season Nine update, featuring electro house music from Bossfight, Infected Mushroom, Muzz, Pixel Terror, and Tokyo Machine. |
| May 25 2018 | Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 3 (Instinct-themed EP) was released, four days before the game's 'Salty Shores' summer update. |
| April 2018 | Development of Rocket League Sideswipe began with a 'very tiny' team at Psyonix, after founder Dave Hagewood identified a market for a mobile car soccer game. |
| April 2018 | WWE cosmetic items were introduced to Rocket League through a continued partnership between Psyonix and WWE. |
| April 2 2018 | Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 2 (Uncaged-themed EP) was released, coinciding with the game's 'Tournaments' update. |
| January 2018 | Monstercat established two new imprints: Monstercat: Uncaged (for bass-heavy artists) and Monstercat: Instinct (for melodic artists). |
| January 2018 | Rocket League reaches over 10 million sales and 40 million players. |
| July 2017 | A new feature was implemented allowing players to toggle specific music playlists and albums during gameplay and training modes. |
| July 2017 | A $75,000 Rocket League tournament was held at the Summer X Games, with NRG Esports claiming their first live Rocket League championship by defeating Gale Force eSports in the final. |
| July 2017 | An update introduced a one-year anniversary arena and cosmetic items based on the animated show Rick and Morty. |
| July 5 2017 | Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 1, an eighteen-track album, is released featuring contributions from Aero Chord, Conro, Darren Styles, Ephixa, Notaker, Slushii, Vicetone, and other Monstercat artists. |
| June 2017 | Monstercat announces collaboration with Psyonix to provide the soundtrack for Rocket League's second anniversary update. |
| June 2017 | Psyonix partnered with Zag Toys to release a series of pullback toy cars based on Rocket League vehicles, which included redeemable in-game customization codes. |
| June 2017 | Psyonix began filming and airing television advertisements for Rocket League. |
| June 2017 | Psyonix partnered with Zag Toys to release a series of pullback toy cars based on Rocket League vehicles, which included redeemable in-game customization codes. Television advertisements for the game also began airing this month. |
| March 2017 | Dropshot game mode was added, featuring a unique arena with hexagonal tiles and an electrified ball. |
| February 2017 | PlayStation 4 version was patched to offer PlayStation 4 Pro support, with 4K resolution and improved frame rates. |
| 2016 | After a recommendation on Reddit, Drunk Girl's track 'Don't Stop the Party' featuring vocalist Deanna was added to the Rocket League soundtrack. |
| 2016 | Mike Ault approached German producer TheFatRat to include his music in Rocket League. A remixed version of TheFatRat's 2014 track 'Infinite Power!' was added as the theme for the 'Rumble' update and appeared in its trailers. |
| 2016 | iam8bit published a three-disc vinyl version of the Rocket League soundtrack, covering the first two volumes of music. |
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