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.
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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:
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All Rocket League-branded DLC released before free to play
'Est. 20XX' title that displays the first year you played Rocket League
200+ Common items upgraded to 'Legacy' quality
Golden Cosmos Boost
Dieci-Oro Wheels
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In addition, if you've played online before this announcement, you will also receive the Faded Cosmos Boost. Legacy rewards will be granted once the free to play version launches later this summer. Check out the items in the slideshow below!
You may be wondering what will happen to the hard-earned inventory that you've unlocked over the years. Don’t worry, it will still be available to you when free to play goes live! Plus we’re introducing cross-platform progression with free to play, and you'll be able to bring items, Rocket Pass progress, and your Competitive Rank to every platform where you play Rocket League, thanks to an Epic Games Account. There's a lot more to share about that, so stay tuned in the coming months.
There will be plenty more to reveal as we get closer to Rocket League's free to play launch, like new features, content, and the cross-platform progression we mentioned above, so be sure to follow us on Twitter and visit RocketLeague.com for the latest updates. We'd like to thank everyone in our community for your continued support as we approach this milestone, and we're looking forward to introducing our game to a whole new audience!
Once the spring season was officially canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic and the dust began to settle on the Division I Council’s decisions about eligibility, aid and roster limits, eyes at the college level turned to summer ball as the next domino that could potentially fall.
The timing of summer ball, with most leagues typically looking to get started in late May or early June, makes the decisions about what to do with summer seasons complicated and difficult.
Many leagues have already delayed their opening day, but like the spring college season and unlike MLB, they don’t have the luxury of time and being able to manipulate the schedule to maximize the number of games played. With school, whether on campus or virtually, set to start back up as it always does, there is a firm window during which summer ball can be played.
Leagues that have teams in multiple states have additional complications to deal with. For example, the Northwoods League has teams in Wisconsin, a state that has a “safer at home” order until May 26, which made the league’s scheduled date for opening day untenable.
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As some states begin to reopen and others extend orders to keep citizens home, leagues could have to make decisions between beginning a season without certain teams and canceling the season altogether.
In some leagues, such as the California Collegiate League, the MINK League and the West Coast League, that splintering has already started to happen, with some teams choosing not to compete, and others, like Bellingham in the WCL, being forced not to compete because they play in a public ballpark that cannot hold games until the end of August, per local order.
The following tracker will keep you up to date on all summer league delays and cancellations as announcements are made.
Alaska Baseball League | Canceled |
Arizona Collegiate Wood Bat League | Play to begin June 25 |
Atlantic Baseball Confederation Collegiate League | Play to begin July 1 |
Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League | Canceled |
California Collegiate League | Canceled |
Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League | Canceled |
Cape Cod Baseball League | Canceled |
Carolina-Virginia Collegiate League | Exhibition games to begin June 6, regular season to begin June 27 |
Coastal Plain League | Teams in Holly Springs, N.C., Asheboro, N.C., Florence, S.C. and Colonial Heights, Va. will not play, rest of league to begin July 1 |
College Summer League at Grand Park | Play underway |
Corn Belt Summer Collegiate Baseball League | Play to begin June 18 |
Cotton States Baseball League | Play underway |
Expedition League | Play to begin June 26 |
Florida Collegiate Summer League | Play to begin June 29 |
Futures Collegiate Baseball League | Delayed indefinitely |
Golden State Collegiate Baseball League | Canceled |
Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League | Canceled |
Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League | Canceled |
Honor the Game Wood Bat League | Play underway |
Kansas Collegiate League | Canceled |
Kernels Collegiate League | Play to begin July 1 |
Maryland Collegiate Baseball League | Play to begin July 6 |
Midwest Collegiate League | Play to begin July 4 |
Mile High Collegiate Baseball League | Canceled |
MINK Summer Collegiate Baseball League | Canceled |
New England Collegiate Baseball League | Canceled |
New York Collegiate Baseball League | Canceled |
Northwoods League | Play underway in pod taking place in Bismarck, N.D. The Wisconsin-Illinois pod and Michigan pod will begin play later this summer |
Pacific International League | Play to begin week of June 23 |
Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League | Canceled |
Piedmont Collegiate League | Play to begin June 20 |
Prospect League | Canceled |
Rocky Mountain Collegiate Baseball League | Season underway |
San Diego League | Play underway |
Southern Collegiate Baseball League | Play underway |
South Florida Collegiate Baseball League | Play underway |
Sun Belt Collegiate Baseball League | Play to begin June 26 |
SunBelt Baseball League | Play to begin June 29 |
Sunflower Collegiate League | Play underway |
Texas Collegiate League | Play to begin July 3 |
Valley League | Canceled |
West Coast League | Canceled |
Western Baseball Association | Play to begin July 1 |