19 Facts About Rocket League

Rocket League is a vehicular soccer video game developed and published by Psyonix.

Rocket League is a sequel to Psyonix's Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, a 2008 video game for the PlayStation 3.

Rocket League was praised for its gameplay improvements over Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle-Cars, as well as its graphics and overall presentation, although some criticism was directed towards the game's physics engine.

Rocket League has been adopted as an esport, with professional players participating through ESL and Major League Gaming along with Psyonix's own Rocket League Championship Series .

Rocket League gameplay is largely the same as that of its predecessor, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars.

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Each pass, which lasts a few months, has challenges and other opportunities through playing Rocket League that allow players to increase the tier of the Pass, from which new unique customization options tied to that pass can be unlocked.

Full development of Rocket League started around 2013 and took around two years and under $2 million to develop, though they had tested various prototypes of a Battle-Cars sequel in the years prior, including an unsuccessful attempt at pitching the game's idea to Electronic Arts in 2011.

The name Rocket League was selected in part to reduce the size of the game's title in order to appear fully in digital storefronts, and served to be an easier to remember name as well as a more mature-sounding title than Battle-Cars, according to Hagewood; speaking on Rocket League development in March 2016, Davis opined that Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars was "the worst game name of all time".

Rocket League has been one of the leading games in supporting cross-platform play between personal computers and consoles.

Dunham noted that this cross-platform idea had been something they asked Microsoft about when Rocket League was set for an Xbox One release, but he stated that Microsoft did not seem to be on board with it.

In February 2016, a new game playlist called "Rocket League Labs" was added to offer new experimental maps to players as a means to gauge feedback and interest in a map before adding it to the game's standard map playlist.

The DLC adds two more cars from Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket League-Powered Battle-Cars, along with exclusive cosmetics for both.

Rocket League Sideswipe is a free mobile game spin-off by Psyonix released on Android and iOS in late 2021.

Rocket League was officially announced as the sequel to Battle-Cars in February 2014.

Psyonix stated that Rocket League's quick paced success far exceeded their expectations.

In February 2016, Psyonix stated Rocket League has earned $70 million in revenues with at least four million copies sold, not including downloads on the PlayStation system; they have tracked at least 12 million unique players of the game, including both purchases and during free play offers such as its availability on the PlayStation Plus membership program.

Sony stated that Rocket League was the most-downloaded title from the PlayStation Store in 2016.

Rocket League was awarded the Best Design at the 2016 Game Developers Choice Awards.

Rocket League won three BAFTA Games Awards for Multiplayer, Sports, and Family, and was nominated for two others, Best Game and Game Design.