ROCKET LEAGUE
Kenneth Shepard Jun 1, 2021. 1 minute read
Gays Can Drive Now With Rocket League’s Pride Month Celebration
If you, like me, are a gay who cannot drive, you might find that a little bit easier in Rocket League as Psyonix is bringing new music and cosmetics to the car/soccer hybrid to celebrate Pride Month. This includes a new car called Love ISLV Wheels and a collection of music…
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NEWS
Imran Khan Mar 24, 2021. 1 minute read
Rocket League Comes to Mobile as Sideswipe
When Epic Games bought Rocket League developer Psyonix, the company promised they had things in mind for how to expand the player base for the car-based soccer game. At the time, people assumed that meant making the game free-to-play, which they did, and bringing it to mobile platforms, which they are…
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NEWS
Kenneth Shepard Jul 21, 2020. 2 minute read
Rocket League is Going Free to Play, Finally
After five years on pretty much every active platform, Rocket League is shifting over to a free to play model later this summer. Developer Psyonix made the announcement through a post on the game’s official site, where it laid out its plans for how the car-based soccer game would make the transition…
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John Warren Apr 9, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanbyte Morning News April 9, 2020
Here’s your audio roundup for this morning’s news! Direct link here or use the embed above. You can find our Morning, Evening, and Sunday edition short podcasts on the Fanbyte FM feed of your favorite podcatcher.
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PODCASTS
Jordan Mallory Dec 4, 2019. 3 minute read
Everybody Mad: Rocket League’s New Loot System Edition
Welcome back to Everybody Mad™, an apparently ongoing series that aims to chronicle those times in which, verily, Everybody Mad™. As promised last October, Rocket League developer Psyonix fully revamped the game’s loot system with today’s v1.70 patch, replacing the existing randomized loot box system with a more legislation-friendly “blueprint”…
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NEWS
Matthew Forde Nov 26, 2019. 5 minute read
10 Video Game Music Tracks to Boost Your Run (Or Any Exercise)
Music is an important, under-looked element of any video game. A good soundtrack can elevate moments to heights not possible in any other medium. Music is designed to complement everything from blockbuster action setpieces, to smaller, tenderer sequences often driven by impactful dialogue. There are plenty of pieces that lend…
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LISTS
Jordan Mallory Oct 1, 2019. 2 minute read
Rocket League Blueprints Replace Loot Boxes This December
Psyonix today unveiled its loot box replacement system for Rocket League, which edges ever closer to a gambling-free future. Starting sometime this December, “Blueprints” will take over as the primary method for obtaining items. Unlike Rocket League‘s existing “crates,” which contain a mystery item and require a separate key to…
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John Warren Aug 7, 2019. Less than a minute
Late Lunch August 7, 2019: Exclusive Skeletons
Niki introduces John and Andrew to a world of exclusive skeletons. Also, Disney+, Pokémon Sword & Shield, and loot boxes! Late Lunch is Fanbyte’s live video podcast that airs every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 1pm PST on Twitch. We’ll put the VODs up on the site and the audio will…
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TRENDING
John Warren Jun 17, 2019. 3 minute read
Rocket League’s New Modes Punctuate Radical Summer
Rocket League is getting new modes over the next couple of months as part of their Radical Summer event. Last week, the first phase of Radical Summer began with a celebration of 80s blockbuster films, like Back to the Future, The Goonies, and (most prominently) Ghostbusters. Aside from being able to play…
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Nerium May 8, 2019. 1 minute read
Fanwidth Episode 015: Randall’s Boo Boos
There aren’t a lot of video games coming out right now, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t video game news! We just wish it was better. Niki is out on vacation this week. However, merritt and Steven got together for a little bit to discuss the wild and tragic state…
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PODCASTS
John Warren May 1, 2019. 2 minute read
Rocket League Dev Psyonix is Joining Epic Games
In a blog post released today, Rocket League developer Psyonix has announced it is joining Epic Games. The full nature of the relationship is not clear from the text itself. However, the post script of the blog mentions “customary closing conditions” and the word “acquisition,” which clears things up a bit.…
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Jordan Mallory Jan 14, 2019. 3 minute read
10 Games That Don’t Star Pigs, but Should
This morning I looked out my bathroom window and saw a gigantic black pig, just sniffin’ around doing pig stuff. He was totally chill, not at all a wild boar or something that I would have to call animal control about. Just a big ol’ fat piggy-wiggy shufflin’ his big…
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LISTS
Dillon Skiffington Oct 27, 2018. 3 minute read
Rocket League’s Rocket Pass Is Better Than Fortnite’s Battle Pass
Rocket League‘s Rocket Pass is straight up better than Fortnite’s Battle Pass. There. I said it. That’s not really surprising, given that Epic used the system before Psyonix. The company is locked into certain structures, like weekly challenges, and its current experience system, which hasn’t really changed since Season 2 when the…
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Kris Ligman Jun 1, 2016. 2 minute read
Rocket League has already brought in more than $110 million
Less than a year from release, Psyonix's jet-assisted car soccer game is enjoying high revenues and more than 5 million copies sold.
READ MORE >Kris Ligman Apr 26, 2016. 1 minute read
So that basketball prototype of Rocket League? Now you can actually play it
There's nothing in the rules that says a jet-assisted buggy can't play basketball.
READ MORE >Kris Ligman Apr 7, 2016. 2 minute read
Fallout 4 and Rocket League win big at BAFTA game awards
The annual award event hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts has just wrapped up in London, with Fallout 4, Rocket League and Her Story earning major nods.
READ MORE >Laura Michet Mar 18, 2016. 5 minute read
The past lives of Rocket League
Open-world Rocket League? F2P Rocket League? Here are some even weirder types of car soccer that we (luckily, probably) never got to see.
READ MORE >Kris Ligman Mar 2, 2016. 2 minute read
Love Rocket League? Now you can play it professionally
Popular 'car soccer' sports game takes aim at the big leagues with Twitch streamed championship.
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