Harkening back to the days when Rocket League found its audience as a free PlayStation Plus title, the game is going to be free, permanently. Rocket League is making the move to free to play this summer, following a large content update and a release on the Epic Games Store. The game will be getting a menu revamp, while also improving the way in-game tournaments work, and adding crossplay for the new EGS version. If you've previously bought the game and played online at least once, you'll be "rewarded" with a few perks in the form of in-game items. All DLC will be unlocked for you, you'll get a custom player title that shows the year you first played the game, over 200 items you can equip on your car that will now be considered "legacy" cosmetics, a player banner, and a special boost and wheels. All of those items will be given once Rocket League makes the switch to free to play sometime this summer.

However, the game will be leaving Steam. Those who already own it there will continue to be able to play it there, but new players on PC will have to get it via Epic.

Once Rocket League goes free to play, anyone who already owns Rocket League on any platform (including Steam) will be able to play and enjoy the game with full support for future updates and features. However, the Steam version will no longer be available to download for new players. To put it simply, wherever you play now (including Steam), you'll still be able to play in the future.

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[BeastMode6]

Personally I would've preferred if it stayed pay to play but done away with all the shitty MTX. I miss games where you could unlock everything by playing the actual game.

Still, pretty cool for all 3 of you out there that don't own this game.

 

[LeyendaV]

The only thing I really care is if owning the game will be enought to claim the goddies. I bought both the Steam and Switch vesions back in the day, but I haven't played in a long time.

 

[IncredulousP]

All good things must come to an end.

 

[Stealphie]

It becoming F2P is great, it becoming an Epic exclusive on PC is not.

 

[Deleted member 397813]

Y.
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I CAN'T WAIT TO GET INTO THIS

edit: and then noticing that it will be on epic is making me change my mind

 

[raxadian]

Anyone here is getting all these "Free" games in the Epic store?

 

[Quarions]

The Epic Games haters are very retarded ngl

 

[The Real Jdbye]

They know their game isn't going to sell on Epic Games Store, but they still want the free money deal. Guess they figured they might as well make it free to play.
I guess I'm fine with that, since they're giving people who bought it most of the purchasable content, and it will still be playable on Steam for those that own it.

 

[CeeDee]

I guess I'm fine with that, since they're giving people who bought it most of the purchasable content, and it will still be playable on Steam for those that own it.

Yeah, I suppose I can't really see the problem with this move. The game'll still be fully playable for existing Steam owners, they'll still have all their content, it'll have cross-progression, and the move to free-to-play will likely be of the Fortnite variety where items sold are still purely cosmetic, so there wouldn't be any "pay to win" mechanics.
I get it and all, "Epic bad, they'd smash my Linux machine into bits and make me a Chinese slave if they could," but considering existing Steam owners will be fine and new FTP people can just get it on Epic, I really fail to see the negatives here.

Really, I think Rocket League should have gone Free-to-Play ages ago. Seemed silly to me that it cost money and they were still selling cosmetics out the ass.

 

[Asia81]

Never played it but heard its rather good. Will need to give it a go I think.

Same

 

[James_]

Well at least more people will be able to play the game now.


MacOS and Linux users are still fucked though.

 

[Xzi]

I haven't played the game since Epic bought out Psyonix, so while there's nothing in this decision for me to complain about personally, it does suck for anybody not running Windows. I've also heard the price of cosmetics has gone up drastically since Epic took over. Everything they touch turns to shit eventually.

 

[Godofcheese]

More kindling for the funeral pyre

 

[Jayro]

I should buy it, just to keep it on steam.

 

[WannaBrew]

Is it free to play on everything now?

 

[MrCokeacola]

Games going 'free to play' is a bad thing. Just look at TF2 for example.

 

[lordelan]

Damn, now I need to buy it to have it on Steam and it's still 20 bucks? Meh.

 

[Pipistrele]

Ahh yes i rember this Epic litterally bought the game devs after it got popular and ported to everything now they get to screw over people who bought it on steam and consoles make it F2Pand P2W and add loot boxes. why isn't this illegal yet?

Nobody is being "screwed over", aside of maybe Linux users. Paid players will receive all the DLCs + a bunch of perks, Steam version will still be playable and get updates, and gameplay itself will remain purely skill-based (with paid content being focused around cosmetics, just like in TF2/CSGO/Fortnite).

 

[nolimits59]

The Epic Games haters are very retarded ngl

Wait till they see GOG (the god lord almighty of DRM free for a lot of people there) and EGS are partening for a shared library of games and accounts.

 

[Xzi]

Wait till they see GOG (the god lord almighty of DRM free for a lot of people there) and EGS are partening for a shared library of games and accounts.

You mean like what GOG Galaxy has been implementing for every single game launcher one at a time? Yeah...that doesn't make EGS itself any more useful or Epic any less a toxic dump of a company. Only a matter of time until Tencent has majority ownership over them anyway.