Since its initial release date on July 7, 2015, Rocket League has assembled a huge community of loyal gamers. People who haven't played much else since launch trained, worked their way up, and eventually played competitively. The easy-to-learn and hard-to-master gameplay still has plenty of addicted players, and it will look to broaden the scope as Psyonix is taking it for free to play starting September 23.
With the arrival on September 23 of the free game Rocket League will come the launch of the game on the Epic Games store for PC. The launch of the free-to-play game will also bring the Llama-Rama in-game event to celebrate the start of the new cost of the game. No details have been provided on the exact nature of the event, but it is clearly a Fortnite-related event because the logo features a Fortnite llama, and it's launching on the Epic Games Store, owned by Epic Games, which also owns Fortnite.
As an added bonus, if players add Rocket League to their library between September 23 and October 23, they will receive a $ 10 EGS coupon redeemable on games $ 14,99 and above. Additionally, once players download and launch the game, they will receive the Sun Ray Boost and Hot Rocks Trail game items. Of course, players will now be able to purchase DLC and cosmetics for Rocket League using their favorite creator's creator code for the Epic Games store.
This free launch will also bring:
- Season 1, with a new Rocket Pass. No further information has yet been provided on the new season.
- Competitive Tournaments Tournament functionality is being revamped with much more information in a Rocket League blog post on the subject.
- Game-wide challenges, the ability to complete in-game challenges to earn XP and items.
- New cosmetic packs featuring Endo and Jager vehicle skins, wheels, boosts, explosions, trails and more.
Some important information for new players as the game moves into free to play is that Xbox Live Gold is still required on the Xbox platform. PlayStation and Nintendo Switch players do NOT need to purchase PS + or Nintendo Switch Online to play, but Xbox players will still need a Gold Membership.
