The hit of auto-soccer Rocket league It will receive an update later this summer that will make it free, developer Psyonix announced today, on the game blog. Rocket league It will also be released in the Epic Games Store when that update arrives, and will no longer be available for download from Steam.
As part of the free update, Rocket league (currently selling for $ 20) will finally support cross-platform progression by linking player inventories and competitive rankings to a unified Epic Games account. And while the game will no longer be available to new players on Steam, those who already own the game there will be able to launch and play it from the Steam client. Psyonix says the free update will also bring changes to the way in-game tournaments and reward challenges work, as well as giving existing players some additional cosmetics.
The news comes right after Rocket league He spent his fifth anniversary earlier this month. The surprise hit originally came out on PC via Steam and on PS4 as a free game for PlayStation Plus subscribers. While the main game of driving cars really fast and hitting a giant ball in a net to earn points remains the same, Rocket league has undergone a number of other changes during that time, including switching from random loot boxes to a blueprint system where players can pay money for the specific cosmetics they want to customize their vehicles. While it is an improvement over the standard ankle boots, this system is still less than ideal and done Rocket league you feel like a free game long before today’s announcement that it will officially become one.
The loot boxes departure came shortly after Psyonix was purchased by Epic Games in May last year. The company stated his intention to move Rocket league to the Epic Games Store at the time, and the free game is in keeping with the success of the hugely popular Epic Fortnite.
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