Epic Games has acquired Rocket League developer Psyonix [Up: No Announced Plans to Stop Selling Rocket League on Steam] [Read Staff Post & Threadmark]

[Coolduderedux]

"Leverage" is a weird word to use.

Also, this PR bullshit about bringing Rocket League to "new audiences" doesn't make sense considering this a new platform born from segmented audiences where Rocket League was already available.

 

[Senor Spielbergo]

Phil asleep

 

[Letters]

Ugh. Better grab your steam copies fast if you were thinking of getting it there.

 

[SteveWinwood]

well this wont end well

 

[Imitation Of Life]

Cool, hopefully we can get a RL2 sooner rather than later now then since they have a real backing. Wonder if it'll come to Steam though?

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No it won't.

 

[Unkindled]

Fucking hell they must have paid shit ton of money for that to happen, Rocket league is huge.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Sounds like Rocket League will become an EGS exclusive then.

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yep.

what's not said in this statement answers more questions than what was actually said.

 

[SamWilson]

Honestly I lost interest when things started getting crazy with the loot boxes and keys and battle passes and all that jazz. The game used to be so pure.

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You don't have to do that stuff if you don't want. Not an ounce of it adds any gameplay changes and they still add in tons of stuff to unlock with crates.

 

[Twiz]

I just hope rocket league 2 is also on PS+

 

[Deleted member 4093]

I mean, you don't even have to speculate at this point. Rocket League will be leaving Steam inside of 6 months.

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Probably if epic own it

 

[Jade1962]

This what people wanted right? Buying developers for exclusives is ok but single games are an issue.

 

[foppy79]

Seems like a good investment

 

[Crawl]

dat tencent money

 

[kurahador]

Guess the game will be removed from Steam soon.

 

[freakybj]

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I spit out my drink laughing when I saw this

 

[LightKiosk]

I just hope rocket league 2 is also on PS+

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That's not gonna happen again. RL on PS+ was used to get the game out and spread word of mouth, which clearly helped it. RL2 won't need such a thing.

 

[SteveWinwood]

This what people wanted right? Buying developers for exclusives is ok but single games are an issue.

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well some people think that yes

 

[Dust]

Heh, moneyhats going Super Saiyan 2.

 

[Tempy]

Hmmm, that FAQ is missing a few questions...

 

[Sephzilla]

I just hope rocket league 2 is also on PS+

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I highly doubt RL2 will be a PS+ game

 

[Godfather]

This is deeply concerning to me since RL is my go-to game for short bursts of free time.

 

[Mentalist]

Huh, so what, Epic's becoming a proper publisher now?

Interesting.

 

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[Komo]

Welp uninstalled and I'm done with the game now.

 

[Deleted member 6730]

Ew. Don't like this at all.

 

[Cronogear]

Ruh roh.

Rocket League 2 exclusive to EGS? Or timed exclusive updates/content for the original? I could see it.

 

[finalflame]

What the fuck. Epic throwing around that money money.

 

[Carlius]

lol thats fine keep ur dirty indies...never bought them anyways. i love my triple A games with full blown graphics. anyways, good for the team could care less if its egs exclusive since i wont ever buy their games (never did buy rocket league).

 

[Transistor]

Well...... Shit.......

lol thats fine keep ur dirty indies...never bought them anyways. i love my triple A games with full blown graphics. anyways, good for the team could care less if its egs exclusive since i wont ever buy their games (never did).

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This is sarcasm, right?

It's genuinely hard to tell these days

 

[Agni Kai]

That must have cost a lot of money.

 

[derFeef]

Oh damn, crap.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

 

[SamWilson]

That's not gonna happen again. RL on PS+ was used to get the game out and spread word of mouth, which clearly helped it. RL2 won't need such a thing.

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I hope there's no RL2. Just keep adding to the existing game.

 

[Meg Cherry]

Smart move on Epic's part is all I can really say. They previously owned the important service game for the current generation of kids, and now they arguably own the top two.

Curious if this is more about Rocket League, or about whatever Psyonix has on deck next. Either way, this was probably a nine figure deal.

 

[alr1ght]

Gross

 

[Kilic95]

Epic just bought an entire league. TOO MUCH POWERRRRR

 

[Lashley]

April fools was a month ago

 

[Gunny T Highway]

 

[DetectiveKenobi]

Well. Maybe now they'll actually run a Rumble League. Regular league is fine but I love watching some Rumble.

 

[WillySJ3]

Wow!!! Big news.

 

[StreamedHams]

https://www.rocketleague.com/news/psyonix-is-joining-the-epic-family-/

Wow.

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That's exactly what I said. Out loud.

 

[Zyrox]

Well this is quite a big move for sure. Will be interesting to see what this means for the future of Rocket League and Psyonix.

 

[Knight613]

Psyonix sure came a long way.

From "WTF is this PS+ game?" to getting bought by Epic Games.

 

[Imitation Of Life]

Welp uninstalled and I'm done with the game now.

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Damn you must really hate Epic.

 

[Puffy]

The PC landscape is so interesting to watch from the outside. I wonder what happens next?

 

[Deleted member 40102]

Cool, hopefully we can get a RL2 sooner rather than later now then since they have a real backing. Wonder if it'll come to Steam though?

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Lol are you serious ?

We won't have rocket league 2 forget it. This isn't how rocket league works its like League of legends they won't make Lol 2.

 

[dex3108]

 

[RedHeat]

Damn, Epic. lol

 

[Mobu]

So when will it be removed from Steam?

 

[Dest]

F