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Raigor

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After nearly five years, millions of players, and billions of soccar matches played, it's time to talk about the next chapter of Rocket League. The game wouldn't be where it is today without our dedicated and amazing community. Today, we're excited to announce that we're gearing up to make that community even bigger. Beginning later this summer, Rocket League is going free to play!

What does this mean for the Rocket League gameplay you know and love? The core gameplay will remain the same, but we are refining the main menus to make exploring the game easier. Plus, we're revamping and improving major features like Tournaments and Challenges, and introducing cross-platform progression! Rocket League action on the field will still be the same core, high-octane hybrid of sports and action you love today, and soon, even more players will share that love. That begins with Rocket League's release on its newest platform: the Epic Games Store.

Rocket League will release on the Epic Games Store on PC the same time it goes free to play. This version of the game will be identical to the version found on other platforms, and will feature cross-platform play anywhere you play Rocket League, including between the Epic Games Store and Steam.

Once Rocket League goes free to play, anyone who already owns Rocket League on any platform (including Steam) will be able to play and enjoy the game with full support for future updates and features. However, the Steam version will no longer be available to download for new players. To put it simply, wherever you play now (including Steam), you'll still be able to play in the future.

Anyone who has played Rocket League online before the launch of free to play will be rewarded with Legacy status, which includes:

 

criteriondog

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Oct 26, 2017
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I wonder how long the Steam version will get updates for after this.
Edit: article says it will apparently get the same updates for the future as the f2p/other versions.
 

Unicorn

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Oct 29, 2017
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I wonder how long the Steam version will get updates for after this.
Edit: article says it will apparently get the same updates for the future as the f2p/other versions.
Hopefully in perpetuity. They tested the waters initially and faced a huge backlash when acquired by Epic...
 

Kayant

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Oct 25, 2017
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There it is. Took them long enough as always. Happy that updates are still going to happen for the steam version after to switch to Epic Games for networking services.

Although likely means we may be switched to Epic games accounts for MP :( hoping they can do something similar like with their Psyonix accounts and not require explicit user creation.
 
Oct 25, 2017
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Funny how Microsoft has proven to be more committed to supporting Minecraft on its competitors' platforms than Epic has with Rocket League.
 

Judge

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