It’s been just over a year since we first introduced the Language Ban system to Rocket League, which means: Happy Belated Birthday, ‘Thor.’ (And yes, that IS what we call it internally!)

In celebration of that birthday, we thought it useful to share some quick stats regarding how the system limits toxicity and player harassment on an ongoing basis. That means that since activating the system on August 2, 2017, ‘Thor’ has...

• Levied over 520,000 bans on more than 283,000 accounts
• Of these accounts, 66% were banned once, and 34% were banned multiple times (including both Game and Chat Bans)
• 94.4% of players banned once have returned to online play after the ban was served
• 66% of all bans are Game Bans; 34% are Chat Bans, which were introduced earlier this year
• All of the bans back-to-back accumulate to over 2,700 years, 142,000 weeks, or more than 86,210,000,000 seconds

We’re still working on evolving this system as we strive to keep Rocket League a fun, all-ages-friendly environment. That will include adding real-time language filtering that we believe will make an appearance later this year. We'll keep you updated when we have more to share!

Crates and Keys

• ‘Zephyr’ Crate has been added

Throwback Stadium

• 'Throwback Stadium' is now an option in Exhibition Matches, Local Matches, Private Matches and Tournaments

Performance Graphs (Steam)

• Players on Steam can now enable six different Performance Graphs
  • Performance Summary
  • Performance Graph (short)
  • Performance Graph (long)
  • Network Summary
  • Network Graph (short)
  • Network Graph (long)
• Performance: Displays FPS, Frame and GPU data
• Network: Displays Packet, Latency and other relevant connection data
• You can enable/disable graph display in the Options>Interface menu, or by pressing F10 on your keyboard

General

• [Xbox, PS4] Fixed an issue causing client crash or freeze when joining a Ranked Doubles or Standard match from an end-match screen
• Decals no longer cover Painted portions of Twinzer Car Bodies
• Hammerhead Decal no longer covers Painted portions of Mantis Car Bodies
• Fixed lens flare so it no longer shines through ball or trees on DFH Stadium and Beckwith Park (Midnight)
• [PS4] Improved texture filtering on several maps
• Painted Zeta Wheels now properly display in thumbnails
• [Switch] Black secondary paint on Breakout Type-S no longer displays as Brown
• Turtle Tribe Decal is now properly aligned on Octane’s roof
• '99 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 Engine Audio is no longer overwritten by default Engine Audio when equipped

• Items can no longer be removed from a trade by clicking them on the right trade window after adding them to a trade
  • This issue will be addressed in our next update
• Paint finish on the ‘’89 Batmobile’ may look different than before
  • This issue will be addressed in our next update
• Trails slightly off-center behind ‘99 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 Wheels
  • This issue will be addressed in our next update
• New item notification shows for some players in Garage despite having no new items
• [macOS. SteamOS] Textures on some buildings in the background may be missing
• On Salty Shores, some ground textures load a few seconds after reaching the Choose Team screen
• Images of Painted ‘K2’ Wheel variants may not display correctly in the Garage
• Moving quickly between the Showroom and Garage may cause Boosts and Trails to not display properly when viewing in Redeem Rewards and Crate Preview menus
• Some Gray Wheels (Voltaic) may appear similar to Titanium White variants
• Black texture can be seen sometimes outside of the Neo Tokyo and Tokyo Underpass Arenas

The Rocket League game update winds are blowing, and the new ‘Zephyr’ Crate is along for the ride!

As part of our appropriately-named 'Zephyr Update' next week, the Zephyr Crate has the brand new ‘Cyclone’ Battle-Car -- based on the Breakout hitbox -- complete with unique Engine Audio and Common Decals that come along with it. Check out the Cyclone and some of the other Zephyr Crate items below!

The Mini Update will also include a number of bug fixes including changes to Twinzer’s painted appearance, crash/freeze fixes when loading into Competitive Matches on console, an adjustment to the ‘Hammerhead’ Decal for Mantis, and more! We’ll have the complete patch notes up the morning of release.

“What’s up with Rocket Pass and the new progression system?” is likely your next question! Both are still on track as outlined in our Summer Roadmap. We still plan to include them in an update before the end of August, so stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks. Until then, let us know what you think about Cyclone on Twitter and the Subreddit.




 

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Season 5 of the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) brought us several memorable moments: the #LANdon crowd in London, the nonstop wave of exciting plays, and Team Dignitas hoisting the World Championship trophy chief among them! Even now, just a few weeks removed from the event, many fans are still saying that Season 5 was the best RLCS to date! But now it's time to look to the road ahead, which brings us to today and the official announcement that Season 6 is coming and it's going to be BIG!

After two and a half years of unparalleled growth and unforgettable action brought to you by the best esports athletes the world has to offer, the team here at Psyonix is excited to announce that RLCS Season 6 will feature our biggest prize pool ever -- a MASSIVE $1,000,000! for the RLCS PLUS an additional $100,000 for the Rival Series!

How will that prize be doled out? Watch this site for more later this summer!

While we're making big changes to the prize pool, we're also bringing back the Rival Series open qualifiers. Teams that are interested in testing their skills can battle it out in up to two (of the four) qualifiers in either North America or Europe to earn a chance at making it into the upcoming season of the Rival Series. After the qualifiers, the surviving 'Top 128' teams will then participate in the Play-In to fill up the remaining four spots per region in the Rival Series. It won’t be easy, but if you think you’ve got what it takes, then get your team together and sign-up now!

Rival Series Qualifiers are open to anyone with an eligible Steam or PlayStation Plus account, so grab your friends and get to it! Maybe you too can be a Rocket League pro later this year!

Check out the list below for everything you need to get started!

• Sign-ups Open
  • Now through August 6, 2018
• North American Qualifiers
  • August 11 - 10:00 AM PDT
  • August 18 - 10:00 AM PDT
  • August 21 - 3:00 PM PDT
  • August 25 - 10:00 AM PDT
• European Qualifiers
  • August 12 - 11:00 AM GMT
  • August 19 - 11:00 AM GMT
  • August 22 - 3:00 PM GMT
  • August 26 - 11:00 AM GMT
• Rival Series Play-in
  • North America - September 1, 2018
  • Europe - September 2, 2018
• RLCS League Play Begins
  • North America - September 8, 2018
  • Europe - September 9, 2018
• Rival Series League Play Begins
  • September 14, 2018

The Rocket League Championship Series and Rocket League Rival Series are open to all legal residents of Europe and North America who are 15 years of age or older on the date that the Player’s Team competes in the Open Qualifier. Players in the Oceanic region can compete for a spot in the RLCS World Championship by playing through the OCE Championship; For information on OCE schedule and signups, stay tuned to Throwdown Esports on Twitter.

We aren’t done yet! We'll have even MORE exciting things to announce regarding this season of the RLCS, so remember to follow @RLEsports on Twitter and bookmark this website so you don’t miss a beat! See you on the pitch!

It’s been more than 1000 days since we first released Rocket League on July 7, 2015, and thanks to YOU, our avid community, we’ve welcomed even more fervent players to our ever-growing soccer-meets-driving video game. What started as a small passion project and sequel to Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, has turned into a monster success; surpassing our wildest dreams and even moving beyond what we had expected coming off of last year’s big “two-year” celebration!

It’s crazy to think that it was 10 years ago this coming October that SARPBC first came to PlayStation 3 and that three years have passed since Rocket League forever changed our lives for the better (and we hope it’s changed yours’ for the better too); but here we are – 46 million players strong, with the game readily available on four major platforms with a free-to-play version scheduled for release in China later this year. More than 2.5 Billion games of Rocket League have been played in its lifetime (that’s up more than a BILLION over last year!) and we have so many possible customization combinations in the game, that we stopped publicly counting at “hundreds of trillions” because the number is so big, it almost sounds made up (but it isn’t).

Normally with this anniversary post, we point out all of the things we have planned for the rest of the year, but we’ve heard your requests for more regular information and have tried to keep you up to date on a much more regular basis prior to posting this – so be sure to check out our Rocket League Roadmap right here (wow, that’s a lot of alliteration) along with our recent posts on our upcoming Rocket Pass and incoming changes to XP and Level Progress for the full story. If you have friends on Xbox or Steam who haven’t played Rocket League yet, we’re having a Free Weekend starting July 5 thru July 9 and a special Third Anniversary / SARPBC 10th Anniversary event July 9 thru July 23 that will give you all sorts of cool limited-time items and even a Throwback stadium inspired by the original Battle-Cars!

If you want to celebrate Rocket League with us in the real world, you can do that too in our hometown of San Diego, California at Petco Park – where we’ll be hosting a FREE birthday bash on July 19 from 3pm to 9pm. We have all sorts of partners, friends, and colleagues scheduled to appear, including Greg Miller and the crew from Kinda Funny, WWE Superstars Xavier Woods and Becky Lynch, Pro players from North America and Europe, and plenty more!

Oh, and speaking of Rocket League pros, the last year has been an amazing one for Rocket League Esports with more coolness on the horizon. The RLCS Season 4 World Championship in Washington D.C. and Season 5 World Championship in London were seen by MILLIONS of viewers all over the world, while the Universal Open has now returned along with new Psyonix-sponsored community events like The Climb,  to bring our game to even more players, teams, and audiences than ever before! And while we’re not officially announcing anything just yet, we CAN tell you that the future of Rocket League Esports is brighter than ever – as the next year of RLE will bring higher prize pools, more opportunities for players of all skill levels, and a much more holistic approach to our Worldwide esports program – both in-game and out. We’re excited to start sharing those plans with you in the coming months, so stay tuned for more soon!

As always, we can’t thank you enough for your ongoing support and passion for our game. YOU make this possible and for that we are truly grateful, humbled, and appreciative. Here’s to another great year of Rocket League and here’s to another great year spent playing and enjoying gaming with you.

Respectfully,

Psyonix

P.S. Come on now, you didn’t think we’d post our yearly celebration blog without an updated infographic did you? It’s tradition! Enjoy!



 

Can you believe Rocket League is nearly THREE years old and Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars is about to turn TEN? Oh, how time flies! To celebrate both milestones, we’re throwing an in-game birthday bash Event and you’re all invited!

Our Anniversary Event will run from July 9 to July 23 (timing details below) and will work a bit differently than our previous in-game Events. For starters, we’re adding an all-new 3v3 ‘Anniversary’ Playlist to the Casual Playlists page, featuring an inspired ‘Throwback Stadium’ that veteran SARPBC players may recognize! The goal layout, in particular, is a departure from the modern goal positions seen in the rest of Rocket League’s Arenas, but it does harken back to the old-school days of Battle-Cars, which should tickle the old nostalgia feels quite nicely. (Note: Throwback will also feature SARPBC-style ball weight, so expect the ball on Throwback - and only Throwback - to act a little ‘lighter’ than normal.)



We’re changing up how you earn Customization Items during the Anniversary Event as well. There will be no Event Crates this time around, with all of the new items available by redeeming SARPBC 10th Anniversary-themed ‘Balloons,’ which are earned by playing matches online. Check out screenshots of some of the items below!

Along with new items up for grabs, you'll also be able to redeem Balloons for a new type of Anniversary surprise! These ‘Golden Eggs’ do not require a Key or Decryptor to unlock, so just crack up to ten of ‘em open to find one of over 60 possible Customization Items from our retired Champions Series Crates.

• Anniversary Event Start Time: Monday, July 9, 10am PDT (1pm EDT, 7pm CEST)
• Anniversary Event End Time: Monday, July 23, 5pm PDT (8pm EDT, 2am CEST on July 24)
• Anniversary Event ‘Balloons’ Expire: Monday, July 23, 5pm PDT (8pm EDT, 2am CEST on July 24)
• The Anniversary Event ‘Balloons’ expire as soon as the Event concludes. There is no one-week redemption grace period.

We hope to see you at the in-game party next month, and THANK YOU to our amazing community for sticking with Rocket League and SARPBC throughout the last decade. We wouldn’t be here without your dedication, your passion and your feedback. Here’s to the next ten years!
Will I be able to redeem Anniversary Event ‘Balloons’ after the Event ends on July 23?

No, Balloons expire as soon as the Event concludes at 5pm PDT on July 23.

Can I trade in items I get from Golden Eggs?

Yes! Golden Egg items can be traded in with other Golden Egg items. The Golden Egg is its own series, so these items cannot be traded in with Crate items.

Where can I play Throwback Stadium?

Throwback Stadium can be played in the Anniversary Playlist. We will be adding Throwback as a playable Arena in Private Matches, Tournaments, and Local Matches in our next major update.












 

It’s time for another Rocket League Free Weekend!

Starting this Thursday, July 5 and ending Monday, July 9, Rocket League is FREE to play for everyone on Steam. Players participating in the Free Weekend will have full access to all of our game modes, Playlists (Casual and Competitive), features and Arenas, including the new Salty Shores Arena we added to Rocket League in May!

Want to keep playing after the Free Weekend has run its course? We’re also running a sale on Steam good for 50% off Rocket League and select DLC. Both discounts run until July 9.

Have fun this weekend (yes, we would love to join your 1v1 Dropshot Rumble tournament) and make sure you hop in Discord with us and post about your awesome ceiling jump reset goals on our subreddit.

• Free Weekend Start Time: Friday, July 5 at 10am PDT (1pm EDT, 7pm CEST)
• Free Weekend End Time: Monday, July 9 at 10am PDT (1pm EDT, 7pm CEST)

For Rocket League’s third birthday this July (and Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle-Cars' 10th this October), we're throwing an even bigger birthday bash than we did last year. And what better place to host it in our hometown HQ of San Diego, than on the field at Petco Park?!

On Thursday, July 19 from 3pm-9pm, join us and our friends to celebrate Rocket League all day long! The party is open to the public and every attendee will receive a FREE popcorn to enjoy; the first 1,000 or so attendees will even receive a special third birthday poster!

We’ll be joined throughout the day by some very special guests, including the Kinda Funny crew alongside Greg Miller who is the host of our festivities, WWE Superstars Xavier Woods and Becky Lynch, and some European and North American Pro Rocket League Players.

Oh, and have you ever wanted to check out some of the licensed cars in Rocket League in real life? Well, now you’ll be able to as you take photos with the Jurassic Jeep Wrangler and Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine!



Onsite, you’ll also be able to watch RLCS pro player Exhibition matches, attend Meet & Greets with all of our special guests, test your ‘Bubble Soccer’ skills, play Rocket League against many of the special guests, purchase limited edition "3rd Anniversary" merchandise and more!  It all culminates with two hours of live music, including some tunes from the Rocket League soundtrack, so you won't want to miss it!

Our birthday bash is open to the public, and let us know you’re coming to celebrate with us by RSVPing on Facebook.

Hope to see all of you Rocket League fans on July 19!

When and where is the Rocket League Third Birthday Party?

Thursday, July 19 from 3pm-9pm at Petco Park, 100 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA 92101

Do I need to buy a ticket to attend?

No, the event is open to the public and all ages, and entry will be on a first come, first served basis, based upon capacity restrictions. Want to let us know you're coming to celebrate? RSVP with us on Facebook. (Note: RSVP on Facebook does not guarantee entry.)

What Rocket League Pros will be there?

From North America Fireburner, Kronovi and Torment and from Europe, Kuxir, Paschy and Sikii!

What can I do at the event?

There will be a variety of activities throughout the day including watching some Pro exhibition matches and meeting special guests including WWE Superstars Xavier Woods and Becky Lynch, the Kinda Funny crew and Rocket League devs! We’ll share a more comprehensive schedule closer to the event.

Summer is finally here, which means that ‘spring training’ is over and we’re officially in Summer Roadmap territory! With features like Level Progression and Rocket Pass on the horizon, now's the time to grind out ranks and work towards the next level of competitive Rocket League.

You may have already climbed back to your ranks from Competitive Season 7, but that doesn’t mean that you have to stop rising! Everyday, there’s something new to learn, especially if you’re still riding the wave from the RLCS Season 5 LAN and you want to take on amustycow’s recreation of the 15 best goals at #LANdon. Need to practice your precision when the clock hits 0:00? Take on ‘The Best Pack Ever’ so you can always perform when it matters most. For the rest of your needs, load up ‘Fast Ground Passes,’ ‘Goalie,’ and the remaining ‘Featured’ codes so before you know it, you will be scoring goals just like the pros!


Check out previous Community Spotlight posts for a comprehensive list of Custom Training packs, Steam Workshop maps, and more!

Staying positive is just as, if not more, important than winning while grinding through the ranks. When you feel like you’re stuck, take a moment to reflect and look over your strengths and weaknesses. Need more help and direction than our list of training codes can offer? Check out redditor DannyPereira’s infographic on How to Rank Up or MegaChip97’s reddit post for beginners and advanced players for more inspiration on what and how to practice next.

Do you think you’ve made the latest and greatest Custom Training pack? Share your creations on social media and maybe you will be featured in next month’s Community Spotlight!

General

• Game version has jumped from v1.45 to v1.48 due to two PS4/PS4 Pro hotfixes
• Updated the appearance of the ‘Twinzer’ Car Body when affected by Paintable attribute
• Added a confirmation dialog to the “Report Server” button

Network Settings

• Network settings (Client Send Rate, Server Send Rate, Bandwidth Limit) will each be reset to High for all players on all platforms. Changing these settings will now have an effect on your network connection

General

• Stats on all ‘Merc’ Car Bodies should now be restored
• Fixed Spectator issue causing camera updates to not replicate fast enough. This was causing desynchronization between spectators and the players they were viewing.
• Fixed a bug in how Ping was being calculated and displayed
  • Your displayed ping to a given server region may be higher or lower after this update, but the latency between you and the servers has not changed. This is only a visual correction.

PS4/PS4 Pro

• Fixed a bug causing performance issues when playing 3v3 Rumble on Neo Tokyo with Supersampling enabled
• Resolved an issue causing delayed entry into online matches

• New item notification shows for some players in Garage despite having no new items
• Paint finish on the ‘’89 Batmobile’ may look different than before
• [Switch] Splitscreen users may take longer than normal to appear in the main menu
• [macOS. SteamOS] Textures on some buildings in the background may be missing
• On Salty Shores, some ground textures load a few seconds after reaching the Choose Team screen
• Images of Painted ‘K2’ and ‘Zeta’ Wheel variants may not display correctly in the Garage
• Voltaic Wheels may appear pixelated for some players
• Moving quickly between the Showroom and Garage may cause Boosts and Trails to not display properly when viewing in Redeem Rewards and Crate Preview menus
• Some Gray Wheels (Voltaic) may appear similar to Titanium White variants
• Black texture can be seen sometimes outside of the Neo Tokyo and Tokyo Underpass Arenas
• Trails slightly off-center behind ‘99 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 Wheels