Rocket League loves crossovers. Since its 2015 launch—deep breath—Twisted Metal, Warframe Top Gun, Game of Thrones, Casper, Harry Potter, The Ring, X-Men, Blacklight Retribution, Back to the Future, Halo, Gears of War, The Fast and the Furious, Mario, Metroid, and Batman (did I miss any?) have entered the ball-cage-car arena.
And now, as part of Psyonix's DC Super Heroes pack, the Caped Crusader is set to return with both its Christian Bale-powered Dark Knight Tumbler, and its 1989 Tim Burton/Michael Keaton-style Batmobile.
Check 'em out:
Alongside the Bat, a host of familiar faces have been treated to decals, wheels and banners too. Here's the list in full:
All of that is due March 5, and will cost $3.99/your regional equivalent. In the meantime, Rocket League's Tournaments beta rolls out later today.
Rocket League will be getting an official DC Super Heroes DLC pack on March 5th, developer Psyonix has announced. It includes two premium Batman-themed Battle-Cars, and a variety of cosmetics inspired by DC Super Heroes.
It's Batmobile all the way as far as the Battle-Cars goes, with the new DLC pack containing two versions of Batman's iconic ride. There's the Dark Knight Rises Tumbler variant, as well as the classic 1989 Batmobile from the Jack Nicholson-starring movie. You can see them both whizzing about the place in the trailer below.
Additionally, the DC Super Heroes DLC pack features 21 super-hero-themed items, which look a little something like this:
Rocket League's Tournaments mode, which will allow players to create and join bracketed, single elimination tournaments, will be available next week for a brief beta test. Starting on Wednesday, February 21 at 10 am PST, players can opt in to the Tournaments beta branch on Steam and test it out until Friday, February 23 at 5 pm PST.
After the start time, you can join by right clicking Rocket League in your Steam library, hitting 'Properties,' navigating to the 'Betas' tab, and selecting the 'Tournaments Beta' branch. Once you've done that, the beta client will replace your standard, live client. You won't lose any of your player data, and though you won't be able to play ranked in the beta, deselecting the beta branch will revert you to the live version at any time.
Tournaments will be officially added in the Spring Update, sometime in March or April. We also learned recently that the existing alternative modes like Hoops and Snow Day may be getting their own ranked play at some point—though the idea is currently being discussed, not necessarily actively worked on. More of what's ahead can be seen in Psyonix's latest roadmap.
Update: As a Snow Day enthusiast I had to ask, and yep, Psyonix tells me we'll be able to set up tournaments with custom game modes during the beta.