Scheduled Release: 10/23/2019, 10 a.m. PDT / 5 p.m. UTC, all platforms

General

• Adjusted the film grain and filter effects on ‘Farmstead (The Upside Down)’ based on community feedback

General

• Fixed a bug with Boost pills regenerating invisibly
  
• ‘Quality’ and ‘Attributes’ filters now work correctly when trading right after a match, or after game start-up
  
• Decals on the default Mudcat GXT Car Body are now tied to your Accent Color choice

Rocket League is entering The Upside Down, and things have gotten … stranger. Netflix's award-winning Original Series, Stranger Things, has invaded this year's Haunted Hallows, and The Mind Flayer is preparing to make this a truly unforgettable event starting Monday, October 14.

This Halloween, all roads lead to Farmstead (The Upside Down). This terrifying take on the once-whimsical Farmstead Arena is watched over by the maddening Mind Flayer, so make sure to look after your teammates.

If you're able to make it out of Farmstead with full control of your own Battle-Car, you'll earn Candy Corn to be used in the Haunted Hallows Event Store. The store will have autumn-inspired items, plus some top secret wares developed by the Hawkins National Laboratory that will turn your Battle-Car creations up to Eleven. Take a sneak peak at some of the items below.

Haunted Hallows featuring Stranger Things will go live following the October Update on October 14 and will run until November 11. Similar to previous in-game Events, there will be a three-day Redemption Period where you can use your extra Candy Corn in the Event Store. We'll see you in the Upside Down!

Scheduled Release: 10/14/2019, 10 a.m. PDT / 5 p.m. UTC, all platforms

• Haunted Hallows 2019 begins with this update, and ends on November 11 at 10 a.m. PST / 6 p.m. UTC
  
• New teams have been added to the Esports Shop
  
• A Post-Game Party Up function has been added to the post-game menu

Esports Shop

• Items for Complexity and Spacestation Gaming have been added to the Esports Shop item rotation

Monstercat (Antennae)

• ‘Habstrakt’
  
• ‘Half an Orange’
  
• ‘Juelz’
  
• ‘Slushii’
  
• ‘Tails’
  
• ‘Throttle’
  
• ‘Tony Romera’

General

• ‘Farmstead (The Upside Down)’ is available in all Online Playlists

Quick Play

• A ‘Quick Play’ button has been added to the Play menu
  
• Using Quick Play will automatically start a game search using the Playlists and Server Regions selected during your last play session
  
• For new players, Quick Play will search for a 3v3 Standard match in the Casual Playlist using the Recommended server region

Post-Game Party Up

• After a match ends, you can select ‘Party Up’ in the post-game menu
  
• Selecting Party Up will let your teammates know you want to form a party and continue playing together
  
• If a teammate chooses Party Up before you, selecting this option will add you to that player’s party

Team-Colored Boost Meter

• This is a new option that can be toggled on and off under Options > Interface > Team-Colored Boost Meter
  
• When turned on, your Boost Meter’s background color will change to your team color
  
• Custom team colors are supported, as is Colorblind Mode

Refreshed News Panel

• The News Panel has been redesigned
  
• Any new news will put the News Panel in the open position when you start the game
  
• You can toggle the News Panel open and closed using X (Nintendo Switch) / Triangle (PlayStation 4) / or Y (Xbox One)

General

• [Farmstead] Arena framework no longer obscures view of the ball when Invisible Goalposts are enabled
  
• Player Cam in Spectator Mode now works as intended
  
• Fixed a stability issue with rapidly scrolling through the Preset list in the post-game lobby
  
• Guardian GXT holographic trim now changes with Paint Finish
  
• Fixed a bug with the Rear View Camera angle not working during Goal Replays or on Victory Screens
  
• Ball indicator now works correctly on Throwback Arena
  
• Animation for Special Edition Wheels no longer resets while previewing other equipped items in the Garage
  
• Adjusted alignment on the ‘Plosion’ Decal for Mudcat GXT
  
• Decals on the default Mudcat GXT Car Body now tied to Accent Color in Paint Finish
  
• Main Menu's bottom UI no longer present in certain menus after selecting the "Open Now" option

Rocket League is entering The Upside Down, and things have gotten … stranger. Netflix's award-winning Original Series, Stranger Things, has invaded this year's Haunted Hallows, and The Mind Flayer is preparing to make this a truly unforgettable event starting Monday, October 14.

This Halloween, all roads lead to Farmstead (The Upside Down). This terrifying take on the once-whimsical Farmstead Arena is watched over by the maddening Mind Flayer, so make sure to look after your teammates.

If you're able to make it out of Farmstead with full control of your own Battle-Car, you'll earn Candy Corn to be used in the Haunted Hallows Event Store. The store will have autumn-inspired items, plus some top secret wares developed by the Hawkins National Laboratory that will turn your Battle-Car creations up to Eleven. Take a sneak peak at some of the items below.

Haunted Hallows featuring Stranger Things will go live following the October Update on October 14 and will run until November 11. Similar to previous in-game Events, there will be a three-day Redemption Period where you can use your extra Candy Corn in the Event Store. We'll see you in the Upside Down!

The next Rocket League update is ready to ring in the scariest season of the year! You can expect the October Update across all platforms on October 14 at 10 a.m. PDT (5 p.m. UTC). This update is going to prepare all the decorations for our upcoming in-game Halloween party, plus add some quality-of-life features that we hope you enjoy. Here's everything you can expect to see in the October Update.


Get ready to dress up your Battle-Car and earn some Candy Corn, because Haunted Hallows is returning this Halloween season. The third installment of this spectacular spookfest will start as soon as the update goes live. This year's in-game event is ready to flip what you expect from the usual Haunted Hallows, so stay tuned later this week for more info!


Post-Game Party-Up

Easily partying-up with teammates following a match is about to get a whole lot easier. If your team synergy is off the charts with a player or team you met in an Online Match, you'll easily be able to party-up with them from the post-game menu. Simply select "Party-Up" after a match. Teammates who also select "Party-Up will then be grouped together with you for the next game. We hope you're able to make some new Rocket League friends with the new Party-Up feature!

Team-Colored Boost Meter

With an ever-growing collection of Painted Battle-Cars and Decals, we wanted to make it even easier to see exactly what color team you're on at the start of each game. That's why the October Update is bringing colored Boost Meters. The Boost Meter itself will remain the same, but the Meter's background will be blue or orange depending on your team color. The Boost Meter will also match custom team colors, and the Colorblind Mode option will apply to the boost meter, too!

Quickplay Button

There will soon be one less button press to get you exactly where you want to go. Following the update, you'll be able to select "Quickplay" and immediately start searching for a game in the last playlist you joined. New players will default to the 3v3 Standard Playlist when selecting Quickplay for the first time.

News Panel Refresh

As soon as you start up Rocket League following the October Update, you'll notice that the news section has received a new coat of paint. The grid of information that is usually found on the right side of the screen has been replaced with a new welcome screen that will highlight new events, DLC, or other major announcements. Once dismissed, it can be accessed again via a hidden News Tab on the right side of the screen.

New Esports Teams

Two new teams are being added to the Esports Shop rotation: Complexity and Spacestation Gaming! Look out for their new items in the Esports Shop following the update.

That's everything you can expect to find inside the October Update. Stay tuned for more info on Haunted Hallows this week!

Back in August, we announced our plans to remove paid, randomized Crates from Rocket League by the end of 2019. Today, we’re here to introduce what will replace them and how existing items will transfer to the new system.


A game update in December will introduce a new system called Blueprints. After you play a match of Rocket League, you’ll have a chance to obtain a Blueprint; a new type of drop that will replace Crates. When you receive a Blueprint, it will show you exactly what item you can create from it, for a set price. Once they're in your inventory, Blueprints will allow you to pay to create the item it offers and receive it immediately; or you can leave it in your inventory and choose to create the item later.

Like the Crate items that preceded them, Blueprints can drop with special attributes like Painted, Certified, and Special Editions.



There's more than just Blueprints coming to Rocket League. In the same game update in December, we’ll be introducing a new rotating Item Shop. The Item Shop will offer a wide variety of content including new items, legacy Crate content you might have missed out on, and the long-awaited debuts of items like the Titanium White Dominus. Important note: Item Shop purchases will be bound to your account and cannot be traded.

Items from Blueprints and the Item Shop will be obtained by Credits, our new premium currency replacing Keys. You’ll use Credits to create items from Blueprints, upgrade to Rocket Pass Premium, and buy content from the Item Shop. Esports Tokens will be separate from Credits, and will be the only way to purchase items from the Esports Shop.

There is a lot more to reveal about the Item Shop and we will share more about it in the coming months.



Once the new Blueprint system does go live, your Keys will automatically be converted into Credits the first time you log into Rocket League. Each remaining Crate you have will be converted into a Blueprint of the same series.

But before Blueprints go live later this year, the Vindicator Crate will come to Rocket League this Thursday, October 3. This is the final Crate and it will feature the new Sentinel Battle-Car and Neuro-Agitator Goal Explosion. Get a sneak peek at the Sentinel Battle-Car below:


Additional details about how other items will convert to the Blueprint system will be shared in the next few months.



Changes are coming to our Trade-In system that we want to message well in advance. When Blueprints go live and replace our paid Crates, we will also disable the ability to use paid content with our current Trade-In system.

More specifically, this means that items obtained from Blueprints, the Item Shop, or legacy content acquired from Crates cannot be traded in after these changes go live. We also plan to implement an updated inventory management feature that will allow you to archive items that you don't want to see in your active list of customization items.

This change will not impact your ability to trade in our free post-game drops.



We believe our new Blueprint system will give players more transparency in what they are purchasing. Of course, we will have much more to share about Blueprints and our new Item Shop as we get closer to release before the end of the year. For now, stay tuned for the Vindicator Crate, which will start dropping on October 3.

Your journey through four brand-new Twitch Prime Content Packs starts now! Get primed and ready for exclusive Twitch Prime in-game items in Rocket League beginning with the sleek Nemesis Battle-Car, and concluding with the bombastic Tactical Nuke Goal Explosion!

Begin your journey to unlocking all four Twitch Prime Content Packs by linking your Twitch Prime account with your Rocket League platform of choice. Once your accounts are linked, you'll automatically unlock the first pack containing the Nemesis Battle-Car. Then, you'll unlock a new Content Pack with new items every few weeks, leading to the fourth and final Content Pack. Everything found in these Packs are exclusive to Rocket League's Twitch Prime Content, so be sure to sign up before they're gone for good!

Check out everything you can expect to find in each Twitch Prime Pack, plus check out the release trailer above:

(Available now!)

• Nemesis Battle Car
  
• 6 Nemesis Decals
  
  • Stripes
    
  • Rocket Ball
    
  • Wings
    
  • Lightning
    
  • Full Speed
    
  • Snakeskin

(Available Day 27 of your player journey)

• TP19 Wheels
  
• Drude Engine Audio
  
• Nemesis: Crisis Decal

(Available Day 55 of your player journey)

• Streamer Boost
  
• Luster Animated Decal
  
• Webcam Topper

(Available Day 83 of your player journey)

• Tactical Nuke Goal Explosion
  
• Sushi Board Player Banner
  
• Boba Drink Antenna

Link your Twitch Prime account with your Xbox, PlayStation, Steam, or Nintendo account to unlock the first Content Pack! The first Pack is available now, and you'll be able to unlock the future packs as long as your Twitch Prime account stays active. Players will be eligible for all four Packs if their active Twitch Prime account is linked at any time between now and March 27, 2020.

Get started by linking your Twitch Prime account here. Keep in mind, you can only link your Twitch Prime account to one platform account, so be sure to choose wisely. You can check out the full list of FAQs here. If you're not a Twitch Prime member, you can sign up for a free trial at TwitchPrime.com.

The faster you link your accounts, the faster you'll get each Content Pack, so hit the Twitch Prime page and then the pitch with the latest Pack!

Prepare your Mudcat for the next turn, because it's a big one! The first 2XP Weekend of Rocket Pass 4 is set for this Friday, September 27. Enjoy the boost on your journey to the Pro Tiers!

Once 2XP Weekend begins, you'll earn double the amount of base experience in all Casual, Competitive, and Extra mode Playlist matches via the "+100% special event" XP bonus.

Check out the official start and end times below and enjoy the extra XP!

• 2XP Start Time: Friday, September 27 at 2 p.m. PDT (9 p.m. UTC)
  
• 2XP End Time: Monday, September 30 at 10 a.m. PDT (4 p.m. UTC)

Greetings, Rocket League Community! It's time to refresh the featured training packs to help improve your game. With October right around the corner, this is a special time for us at Psyonix and the community—specifically, the Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle-Cars (SARPBC) Community.

Rocket League's predecessor, SARPBC, is racing toward its 11th anniversary next month! In honor of this momentous occasion, we're refreshing the featured training packs with practice regimens from the OG's of the game. These are veterans who learned how to perform aerial goals and epic saves in SARPBC long before the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) even existed.

Along with the live training packs below, check out how long some of these players have been in the game, and hear some words of wisdom from the long-time players themselves:


Started SARPBC April 2009

"If you want to improve and get better at Rocket League, don't just practice the mechanics. Positioning and rotation are more important than mechanics. Watch some of your own replays and figure out what you have done wrong and work on those things."


Started SARPBCFebruary 2009

"Enjoy yourself, first and foremost. Ground work is just as important as being Squishy doing flippys. Focusing on catching the ball from the air for different scenarios can drastically improve your game, and help you plan ahead for how you want to make your next move. Analyze your own replays if you play as a team. Discuss key points for games when you concede to help find areas of weakness going forward."


Started SARPBCFebruary 2009

"The best way to improve your game is to practice in chunks. Pick the weakest aspect of your game and solely work on it until it’s improved and you're happy with it. The more specific you are, the better. If you play the game with no real improvement goal in mind, your improvement will be a lot slower. You’ll find that it’s really hard to concentrate on one skill while playing, and quickly turn your attention to just winning. This is normal. When you catch yourself falling into that habit, bring your attention back to the skill you’re working on. If double jump aerials are one of your weaknesses, then try my Double Jump Aerial training pack. ”


Started SARPBCJune 2009

"A good way to improve in Rocket League is repeatedly asking yourself, 'What would I want my teammate to do if they were in this situation,' and 'What does my opponent not want me to do in this situation.' Asking these questions while watching yourself in replays from their perspectives will help you recognize good and bad patterns in your play style."


Started SARPBCDecember 2008

"For anyone who's trying to improve, my most important tip would be: don't just practice your mechanics, but also research how to play the game. There's plenty of good video material out there that'll turn you from just a decent mechanical player into an overall solid powerhouse. Apart from that, you should often save replays and watch them thoroughly!"


Started SARPBCAugust 2009

”My advice for new players trying to improve their game would be to stay disciplined and focused with their practice. You will improve quickly if you continue to train and practice no matter what happens, and you'll be glad you worked hard when the results come in.”


We hope these training packs help you reach your Ranked goals in Season 12! Think you've created the next great Custom Training Pack? Let us know by sharing it on Discord, Reddit, and Twitter. We go through fan-submitted Training Packs each month, and could even choose yours for our next Community Spotlight!

Game streaming is a young industry. Most streamers who are at the top of their game didn't grow up with aspirations of making their living as a professional Twitch partner. It's a passion that was cultivated over the span of a few recent years. Owning a Twitch channel with more than 2.5 million views and becoming one of the most popular streamers in the Rocket League community can start as a hobby without a career on the horizon.

Rewind the clock to 2017. Rocket League was in its infancy. Athena, who was better known by her real name Alejandra, was studying marketing at community college in Austin, Texas. At that time, she was on a traditional career path, and her goal was to transfer to a university after the semester. She didn't know exactly how she would apply her marketing knowledge, but she knew she liked video games and people. Then someone gave her a suggestion that would change the trajectory of her career: the suggestion to start her own channel on Twitch.

"I never dreamed of a future as a Rocket League streamer," Athena recalls. "One of my friends said I should stream. At the time, I didn't even know what Twitch or streaming was. I didn't have a good computer setup when I started. My PC was connected to a TV in my parent's place. Everything started small."

The Austin-native loved video games at an early age thanks to an older brother and father who enjoyed the hobby. That love started with games on the GameCube like Super Smash Bros. Melee and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess on the Wii, but she never thought a career would materialize out of it.

Despite starting small, it didn't take long for her stream to become profitable. While most streamers have to grind for months before breaking through, Athena started making money from her channel just two weeks after the launch thanks to a generous donation from a viewer. This was a surprise to her, but especially to her parents. She was faced with the difficult task of explaining to them how streaming could be a viable avenue for her. This was particularly challenging considering Twitch, and donations given by viewers, were foreign concepts to them.

"I remember when I received my first big donation. I stopped mid-stream and I went to my parents room, and I will never forget the look on their faces," Athena laughs. "They told me I had to return it. They were horrified. I really had to talk them down. My parents had a traditional career path in mind for me: college and a 9-to-5 job. I'm glad I was able to show them another world."

The purpose of the donation was to get an improved streaming setup. She used it to upgrade her facecam and headset. She was even able to upgrade her home's internet to enhance the quality of the stream. With the tools for a top-notch stream ready to go, Athena's channel took off. She became a Twitch partner just four months after starting her stream.



The stream was on a steady rise throughout its two years. Then, this year on June 17, she made a big move by signing with G2 Esports as a content creator. It's a decision that Athena says she always dreamed of, but never thought of as a realistic one.

"When G2 reached out, I was a bit shocked at first," Athena says. "It was really unexpected. For me to join an org with my brand, I really wanted it to be something I believed in, but I also wanted it to be a good fit for me so I could represent them well. G2 was the fit I was looking for. It took my stream to a whole new level. I'm so thankful for the people who stuck with me, believed in me, pushed me to be a better person so I could reach new goals that I never would've thought were achievable. I'm just really, really thankful for G2 and my audience."

Not only was the signing a good fit for Athena's brand, but it was also a good fit for her on a personal level. Her longtime boyfriend, Dillon "Rizzo" Rizzo, plays for G2's Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) team. Surprisingly enough, that relationship made her hesitate at the idea of signing with them.

"With Dillon being a part of G2, I almost declined the offer," Athena says. "As a professional streamer it's very important to me that I succeed on my own merits and not because of my relationship with a professional gamer. But, it's really cool that the same org would want to sponsor both Dillon and me. He's been nothing but an absolutely amazing person, both on a personal level and with his support in my move to G2. I'm really thankful for him."

The Twitch stream is booming, and she's a part of the same organization as Rizzo. Even though everything seems to be going perfectly, that doesn't mean it's easy work. Athena has to put in the work to sustain that growth. The target is streaming live seven days a week. On top of the streaming grind, there's added scrutiny that comes with being the top female Rocket League streamer in a community that is still dominated by males. She says that there's added challenges that come with that territory.

"I think it's just something that every streamer goes through. It's one of the negatives that comes with being in a public space and having yourself out there. Everyone has their own opinions of you. I'm a big fan of streamers like Chellchee, Kiaa, and others who are doing their thing. They're tough cookies."

Sometimes the negativity that comes from making a living online means that taking time to yourself is a necessity. Athena doesn't like to obsess over the negative comments or lost subs. She says that if she needs to take a weekend away from her stream, she does. When she's not streaming, she enjoys playing the piano and traveling to Rocket League events. If it means she can meet some of her audience, she's there. The influence that comes with having a successful Twitch channel isn't lost on her. She wants to see the female Rocket League community grow. For any females thinking of creating Rocket League content, she has this bit of advice:

"For the ladies out there who are just getting into streaming, especially in Rocket League, you've got this. If you show the world that you love to do this, they will accept you for who you are. If they don't, you can just ban them from your chat," she laughs. "On Twitch, you are your own boss. No one else can tell you otherwise."



Check out Athena's channel at https://www.twitch.tv/athena.