https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0kp7x9DLUo

The holiday season is upon us and it’s time for Frosty Fest!

Starting on December 17, we’re spreading holiday cheer in Rocket League! Earn ‘Snowflakes’ for playing Online Matches and redeem them for new customization items like the ‘Winter Storm’ Trail, ‘Holiday Hearth’ Wheels, ‘Peppermint Powerhouse’ Title and more! Also redeem Snowflakes for up to ten ‘Golden Gifts,’ each containing an item from the ‘Nitro,’ ‘Turbo,’ ‘Overdrive,’ or ‘Secret Santa’ Crates. Frosty Fest ends January 7, and you’ll have three days -- until January 10 -- to redeem any of your remaining Snowflakes.

Check out the trailer up top, some of the Frosty Fest items below and be sure to let us know what you think of Frosty Fest on Reddit, Discord, Twitter and Instagram. Happy Holidays, everyone!

• Start Time: December 17, 10 AM PST (1 PM EST, 6 PM UTC)
• End Time: January 7, 2 PM PST (5 PM EST, 10 PM UTC)
• Redeem Snowflakes by: January 10, 2 PM PST (5 PM EST, 10 PM UTC)

Scheduled Release: December 10, 2018, 10:00 AM PDT / 6:00 PM UTC (All Platforms)

BUG FIXES

General

• Corrected rear wheel placement on the ‘’99 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34’
  
• The force that flips cars into upright position will no longer accidentally trigger during dodges
  
• Fixed an issue causing the Camera Shake option to not be respected in all contexts
  
• Inventory window will no longer disappear when searching an item name

KNOWN ISSUES

• The "No XP awarded. Minimum score threshold not met." notification may appear despite earning enough points in a match. This is only a notification error; your account is still earning the appropriate amount of XP
  
• ‘Most Recent’ filter option may not sort your inventory correctly
  
• At the end of a Competitive Match, the end match screen may say you have been demoted to Unranked. This is only a visual notification error; you have not dropped to Unranked
  
• Tournament creators may not be able to spectate matches

https://youtu.be/gOgF5bf3Y24

The ultimate modern sports car is now available in Rocket League!

Just announced live at The 2018 Game Awards, the McLaren 570S Car Pack DLC can now be purchased on all platforms for $1.99 (or regional equivalent). We’ve given the McLaren 570S Coupé the Battle-Car treatment, complete with two Player Banners so you can show your love for McLaren everywhere in the game.

Check out the McLaren 570S in the trailer up above and let us know what you think of our newest Premium DLC on Facebook, Reddit and Twitter.

(Please Note: The McLaren 570S cannot be equipped with any additional Wheels, Toppers and Antennas other than what is offered in the DLC pack.)

Now that our December Update is available on all platforms, we’re ready to talk about Rocket Pass 2!

Starting at 10:00 AM PST (1:00 PM EST/ 6:00 PM UTC) on December 10, Rocket Pass 2 will be available for FREE in Rocket League on all platforms with no download required. Just like our first Rocket Pass, we’re also offering a Premium Upgrade in exchange for 10 Keys (USD $9.99 or regional equivalent) that will include even more content, including the brand new Artemis Battle-Car!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzYv1__CXu8

We listened to your feedback about the first Rocket Pass and (as a result) have now increased the variety of items found in the Premium track. Additionally, items in the Premium Upgrade path are no longer tradeable for Tiers 1 thru 70, but 'Pro Tier' items (i.e. Tier 71 and above) and Free items CAN still be traded. We have also changed Pro Tier behavior so that they will ALWAYS drop as a 'Painted' item, while still carrying a 25% chance to drop as a 'Certified' item. Moreover, we've increased the base experience you earn from matches by 40% so that you can reach Pro Tiers faster and increased the weekly match maximum from 14 to 21. You can read more about all progression changes, including how 'Weekly Win' bonuses are awarded, RIGHT HERE.

Finally, we’re introducing a brand new Customization Item attribute to various Pro Tier items. The 'Special Edition' attribute reworks an item into an alternate version of itself that still supports Painted attribute colors. Several of the Pro Tier Wheels in Rocket Pass 2 -- ‘Gripstride HX,’ ‘Rocket Forge II’ and ‘Sprocket’ -- support the Special Edition attribute; any time you unlock one from a Pro Tier, you'll have a 25% chance to receive the Special Edition version. You can see an awesome example of a Special Edition item in the screenshot below.



Be sure to check out the Rocket Pass 2 trailer and Artemis Battle-Car up top. You can let us know what you think of our changes to the system on Instagram, Reddit and Twitter, while also heading over to http://rocketpass.com/ to view the entire list of what’s coming next week. Thanks, everyone!

• Enhanced Xbox One X Support is now available
• ‘Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 5’ is now available
• Made several updates to the Progression system
• Skill Leaderboards have been added for each Ranked Extra Mode
• v1.55 was a PS4-only update we released on October 23

Monstercat

• ‘Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 5’ is now available to all players under Music Playlists
• Monstercat Flags have been added
  • ‘CloudNone’
  • ‘Grant’
  • ‘Hyper Potions’
  • ‘Nokae’
  • ‘Rogue’
  • ‘Rootkit’
  • ‘SMLE’

Community Flags

• ‘Extra Life’
• ‘Kinda Funny’
• ‘Speedy’

Xbox One X Enhanced with 4K and HDR

• Rocket League on Xbox One X now displays in native 4K
  • 4K support requires a 4K-capable television and compatible HDMI cable
• Supersampling is enabled if playing on Xbox One X with a 1920x1080 display
• HDR support has been added
• HDR will automatically activate if:
  • Your 4K TV supports HDR
  • HDR is enabled on your 4K TV
  • HDR is enabled on your Xbox One X via the “Display and Sound” settings menu
• HDR options include
  • HDR Paper White: Adjusts how bright a paper white surface should be when HDR is enabled
  • HDR Contrast
  • Side-by-Side Visualizer: Allows you to compare when HDR is enabled vs disabled

Progression

• Increased XP/second in Casual and Competitive Playlists by 40%
• Increased Win Bonus from 50 to 100
• Increased Weekly Win Bonus from two matches per day to three per day
  • Weekly maximum has increased from 14 matches to 21 matches
• A limited number of points are now awarded for each ball hit
  • You earn two points per touch
  • Points earned per touch limited to one touch per second
• Players who have not met the minimum point threshold needed to earn XP will now see a notification on the End Match screen

Ranked Extra Modes Leaderboards

• Skill Leaderboards have been added for each Ranked Extra Mode
• Each Extra Mode Leaderboard will include MMR data going back to the beginning of Season 9

Competitive

• Placement Match wins now count towards your Bronze Season Reward Level

Crates and Keys

• Crate contents are now revealed with a new, faster unlock sequence

General

• Start and End dates have been added to the Rocket Pass screen
• New item notifications have been removed
• Adjusted how Club colors are displayed in an Arena during a Club Match
• [Beta Feature] You can now remap controls through Steam while playing in Big Picture Mode
• Adjusted the 'Plank' hitbox so associated car behavior now matches the ''16 Batmobile.' Plank cars include:
• 'Centio V17'
• 'Mantis'
• 'Paladin'
• 'Twin Mill III'

General

• Boost exhaust near rear of engine should now be the correct color instead of default orange.
• [PlayStation 4] Game should no longer freeze when starting matchmaking
• Fixed the ‘Striker Legend’ Goal Explosion displaying as ‘Striker Pro’
• Painted ‘MG-88’ and ‘Mummified’ Decals now properly display on Endo
• Fixed a bug that would give incorrect results after filtering by Most Recent
• [Nintendo Switch] Trades involving more than 10 Keys will no longer fail
• Rocket Pass XP Boost amount now correctly displays at the end of a match
• Silver and Gold Season 6 Reward Wheels now correctly display on Battle-Cars
• RLCS Decals now display all relevant details in the trade window
• Fixed an edge near the Wasteland Blue team goal post that caused an irregular bounce

• Tournament creators may not be able to spectate matches

The Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) Season 6 World Champions have been crowned and there’s no doubt that players have been hit with a new wave of post-"LANVegas" inspiration. With everything on the line, Rocket League Esports has been a consistent source of on-field excitement, so let’s take a look at what makes a play memorable (and how we can make our own unforgettable moments).


With practice comes perfection... or at least the hope that you’ll get there, someday. Instead of worrying about making every play perfect, though, you should first focus on taking advantage of the situation. Do you have space and enough boost to take the ball off of the wall for a ceiling shot? Drill yourself with the “= CEILING SHOT =” pack and you’ll be sure to catch your opponents off-guard. Pinging the ball off of the wall like in “Backboard Clears” helps you send a long clear that can not only gives your team time to rotate, but also sets up passes from across the arena. If you’re up for a challenge to test your abilities on the spot, then the “Grand Champion Redirects” pack offers a perfect selection of fast and difficult passes to knock into the back of the net. It takes a lot of practice to recreate some of the most memorable moments and some of us may not be able to, at first, but you never know when you might recreate a play from some of the most epic moments in Rocket League Esports history.


Boost over to last month’s Community Spotlight to find a Custom Training pack that fits your style!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdYvV6P974Y

In most cases, it’s the outrageously high-skill maneuvers that will never be forgotten; much like Mariano ‘Squishymuffinz’ Arruda’s ceiling reset shot during the RLCS Season 4 World Championship Lower Bracket Finals. Looking back a bit further, Kyle Mascitelli created one of the first defining moments of Rocket League Esports when he sank a zero-second buzzer-beater to defeat Cosmic Aftershock in the 2015 MLG Tournament Grand Finals.

Typically, we more easily remember the insanity and creativity of a shot; much like one of the first aerial dribbles ever performed in a competitive match, when Cameron “Kronovi” Bills scored this shot against Kings of Urban (or even some of Linus “al0t” Möllergren’s insane redirects). But it’s not always about the goal itself, as a demolition like Garrett “GarrettG” Gordon’s, can pave the way to a game-winning play.

So what leaves an imprint that we’ll never forget? Creative new shots that we’ve never before seen at such a high level, clutch goals to win it all, and a perfect demolition to clear the way! Do you think we’re missing something? Check out FluuMP’s list with some of the most iconic goals for some more high-octane clips.

What’s your most memorable play? Share it with us on Twitter or the subreddit and maybe you’ll be featured in the next Community Spotlight!

 

Xbox One X players, rejoice! Our final planned update for 2018 arrives this December and it’s bringing Enhanced Xbox One X support with it!

The aptly-named, December Update, will roll out on all platforms on December 3 at 10:00 AM PST/ 6:00 PM UTC (pending first-party certification). Once installed, you’ll be able to play Rocket League on Xbox One X in native 4K resolution at 60 frames per second, complete with HDR (high dynamic range). Please note: 4K support requires a 4K-capable television and a compatible HDMI cable.

Playing on Xbox One X, but with a 1080p TV or display? You can still take advantage of supersampling on the Xbox One X with this update! To learn more about 4K support, HDR, and supersampling on the Xbox One X, click here.

If you’re playing Rocket League on one of our other supported platforms, the December Update has plenty in store for you, including:

• Leaderboards for Ranked Extra Modes
• Changes to the XP/ Progression System, including more Weekly Win Bonuses
• A brand new ‘Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 5’ EP
• New Community Flags for Extra Life, Speedy, and another still TBA
• ...And more!

Once the December Update is out in the wild, we’ll follow up with more information about Rocket Pass 2 and Frosty Fest 2018, both of which kick off before year’s end. Thanks, everyone!

‘Tis the season for giving, Rocketeers! With the end of Rocket Pass fast approaching on November 26, it’s time to celebrate the giving spirit in Rocket League!

What do we have in store, exactly? Check out all of the details below.

• 2XP and Double Drop-Rate Holiday Weekend: For the first time ever, we’re combining 2XP and double drop-rates into one limited-time event! You’ll earn double the amount of base XP per match, Crates will drop more frequently after matches, and your chances of earning a Painted item -- be it from a drop, a Crate or through the Trade-In system -- are doubled as well!
  • Start Time: Wednesday, November 21 at 10:00 AM PST/ 6:00 PM UTC
  • End Time: Monday, November 26 at 2:00 PM PST/ 10:00 PM UTC

• Player’s Choice Crate Refresh Poll: The Player’s Choice Crate is due for a refresh and YOU can help us decide what to include! Starting right now, you can vote in the poll below and choose from our curated list of popular Customization Items. Once voting is complete, we will refresh the Player’s Choice Crate content in time for double drop-rates next week!
  • Voting ends on Sunday, November 18 at 10:00 PM PST (Monday, November 19 at 6am UTC), so make sure your voice is heard before the polls close!

Let us know what you think of the PCC refresh on Reddit and Facebook and keep an eye on Twitter for reminders about 2XP and double drop-rate festivities. Thanks, all, and happy holidays!

Head over to our official site to place your vote in the poll for the next contents of the PCC Refresh!

https://www.rocketleague.com/news/players-choice-crate-vote-2xp-double-drop-rate-weekend/

Soon, the best of the best will hit the stage in Las Vegas for the RLCS Season 6 World Championship! But before #LANVegas begins, let's first take a look at the "Pro" player style and creativity that got those star players to the big show in the first place; while also inspiring us to improve ourselves. After that, we’ll show you where to go to find even more tips that will raise your game



Whether you’re Mr. Dependable when it comes to rotations, or more of the freestyling type, your form and approach will almost always dictate how you play on the pitch. Those of you who love Dominus, and want to show off your aerial and freestyling prowess, can jump right into the “Redirects” pack; while Octane and Twinzer enthusiasts can master the fundamentals in “Toki’s Basic Shots” for a sequence that every Rocketeer is likely to experience. For those of you after the ‘Ball Chaser’ title, you can always take it down a notch with “Warmup for Silvers” or try the rest of the ‘Featured` list of Custom Training packs if you're so inclined.

What’s most important, though, is that you challenge yourself to become better with each game. With the right mindset, the sky’s the limit -- until you need a ceiling reset.


Check out last month’s Community Spotlight for another list of professionally-made Custom Training packs and tutorials!

As the Rocket League skill ceiling continues to rise, players have found more ways to creatively score goals with tricks like the tornado flick, ceiling shot, and flip reset, all of which should help you define and play to your strengths. Sometimes, it’s good to look back at your replays and dive into what works for you and what doesn’t, because we know that ceiling shots are impressive, sure, but they might not always be the best play.

If you need help with analyzing your replays, the community has your back. Check out Gibbs’ long-lasting Analysis series, where he helps players of all Ranks do a play-by-play analysis; if you need more opinions, check out the RocketLeagueCoaching subreddit or SunlessKhan’s new Allegiance University series for advice and insight on how to improve at various different levels of skill. There are so many ways to play Rocket League, it doesn’t hurt to try and change things up now and then on your quest for superiority.

What makes YOU unique? Share your style with us on Twitter or the subreddit for a chance at being showcased in the next Community Spotlight!

Scheduled Release: October 23, 2018

• 10:00 AM PDT / 5:00 PM UTC (All Platforms)

Mothership Pro Wheels

• The Wheels will remain in every player’s inventory, but the name will change from ‘Mothership Pro’ to ‘Mothership’ 
  • These Wheels will maintain a ‘Common’ rarity designation
• If you redeemed a Mothership Pro code on your account, you will receive a new white-colored ‘Mothership Pro’ Wheel with ‘Limited’ rarity status
  • Code holders will also keep the Common ‘Mothership’ Wheels
  • If you received a code from attending the RLCS Season 5 World Championship, but have not redeemed it yet, the code will now unlock this new white Mothership Pro in your inventory going forward

General

• Optimized Season 8 Reward Boost performance
• Fixed a bug preventing correct UI from displaying for spectators at the end of a match
  • [Steam] This issue was addressed in a previous update
• One-frame input delay between jump and directional input has been fixed
  • [Steam] This issue was addressed in a previous update
• Golden Pumpkins are now tradeable

• New ‘Mothership Pro’ Wheel is not tradeable, but can be added to the trade window
  • Any trade involving the Mothership Pro Wheels will fail