{"id":17338,"date":"2020-09-15T21:48:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T01:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=17338"},"modified":"2020-09-15T21:48:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T01:48:11","slug":"rocket-league-going-free-to-play-september-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2020\/09\/rocket-league-going-free-to-play-september-23rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket League going free-to-play September 23rd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rocket League is transitioning to free to play beginning on September 23rd.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Described as &#8220;soccer, but with rocket-powered cars&#8221;,\u00a0<i>Rocket League<\/i>\u00a0has up to eight players assigned to each of the two teams, using rocket-powered vehicles to hit a ball into their opponent&#8217;s goal and score points over the course of a match.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The game was originally released in 2015 on Window and PlayStation 4 and later released for Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The game currently retails for $24.95 CAD.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2019, Epic Games announced that it had acquired Rocket League developer and publisher Psyonix. A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FortniteGame\/status\/1305899956058951681?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crossover event is planned<\/a> with Fortnite when the game becomes free later this month. Players in Rocket League can earn rewards for both games.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZykS9kw2lhE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocket League is transitioning to free to play beginning on September 23rd. Described as &#8220;soccer, but with rocket-powered cars&#8221;,\u00a0Rocket League\u00a0has up to eight players assigned to each of the two teams, using rocket-powered vehicles to hit a ball into their opponent&#8217;s goal and score points over the course of a match. The game was originally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1178,1530,6,419,586],"tags":[2004],"class_list":["post-17338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nintendo-switch","category-pc","category-playstation-4","category-xbox-one","tag-rocket-league"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/rocket-league-switch-hero.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-4vE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18241,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2021\/12\/december-23rd-nintendo-download\/","url_meta":{"origin":17338,"position":0},"title":"December 23rd Nintendo Download","date":"December 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Rocket League\u00a0\u2013 Frosty Fest\u00a0\u2013 Get ready for the most wonderful time of the year in\u00a0Rocket League! 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