138-526: The music of Rocket League , a vehicular football video game developed and published by Psyonix , is a compilation of electronic dance music (EDM) produced and curated by Psyonix audio director Mike Ault. It currently features music from 45 different artists, and has spawned a discography of four albums and four extended plays . The original soundtrack was produced by Ault and his band Hollywood Principle. Ault, having experimented with different genres, used personal projects unrelated to Rocket League as
276-491: A Battle-Cars sequel in the years prior, including an unsuccessful attempt at pitching the game's idea to Electronic Arts in 2011. Psyonix used some of the feedback from Battle-Cars to fine-tune the gameplay in Rocket League . A key requirement for Psyonix was to increase the game's frame rate from 30 to 60 frames-per-second, a known criticism from Battle-Cars and essential for newer hardware, according to Corey Davis,
414-548: A loot box system known as Crates, where players could purchase them with a random selection of in-game customization items, opened through the purchase of Keys using real-world funds. Due to increasing governmental concern over loot boxes, Psyonix replaced the Crates system with Blueprints in December 2019, which offer a known specific item with potential modifiers as potential end-of-match drops. These Blueprints can then be crafted using
552-423: A radio-controlled car (RC car) game set based on the game that features two RC cars that are controlled through Bluetooth devices, a play field, a ball containing infrared sensors for scoring purposes, and charging devices. Psyonix transitioned Rocket League to a free-to-play model on all platforms on September 23, 2020. Associated with the transition, the game added cross-platform progression that covers
690-404: A base for the soundtrack. What followed was an EDM soundtrack inspired by early-to-mid 2000s progressive house music that Ault and Psyonix felt "embodied the spirit of the game." When in-game, the music is controlled using the playlist system "Rocket League Radio". Positive feedback from players, in addition to Ault's vision of a "big budget" playlist sound emulating Triple-A sports games such as
828-429: A better rarity grade. Also included in the patch are a number of painted and certified items, the latter of which are cosmetic items with statistics-recording tags, and eight new achievements. Psyonix added the ability for players to trade items with other players within the "Rumble" update, including item and crate drop systems comparable to Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive , in which players have
966-447: A chance to collect six Halloween -themed items from October 18 to November 2. The game's third DLC pack, titled Chaos Run , was released in December 2015. The DLC added two more cars, along with more cosmetics. A new arena, called "Wasteland", was released for free alongside the DLC. The map is notable for being the first non-standard arena to be released, having a different size and shape than
1104-414: A curving ball that magnetizes toward both ends of the field, drawing comparisons to the 1972 table tennis sports game Pong . The original soundtrack for Rocket League was released both physically and digitally on July 1, 2015. It contains original compositions by Psyonix sound designer Mike Ault , as well as contributions by Ault's electronic music group, Hollywood Principle. New songs were added to
1242-511: A feature film is released, or during and after a television series airs, an album in the form of a soundtrack is frequently released alongside it. A soundtrack typically contains instrumentation or alternatively a film score . But it can also feature songs that were sung or performed by characters in a scene (or a cover version of a song in the media, rerecorded by a popular artist), songs that were used as intentional or unintentional background music in important scenes, songs that were heard in
1380-435: A free update added the ability to Mutate a match, allowing for a number of different custom presets and match settings, including a low gravity mode and a cubed ball, among other improvements and additions. Through this, Psyonix is able to offer custom game playlists to test out new modes or for holiday-themed events. For example, during the latter part of December 2015, Psyonix introduced an ice hockey -based mutation alongside
1518-425: A free-to-play model, Psyonix decided instead to switch to a traditional sale method, and offer only cosmetic elements as downloadable content , assuring that no players would have any additional advantage beyond their own skill. 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 also served to be an easier to remember name as well as
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#17330851827461656-635: A friend of New Jersey artist Drunk Girl messaged Ault on Reddit , recommending his music to be featured. After being impressed by the song that was sent to him, Drunk Girl's "Don't Stop the Party" featuring vocalist Deanna, it would be added to the game's soundtrack. "Infinite Power!", "Don't Stop the Party", remixes of Hollywood Principle's "Firework" by Edmonton producer Melad and "Spell" by California producer Sando, have not featured on an official album release, though do feature in Rocket League Radio as part of
1794-537: A game and/or in training. Upon the game's release in July 2015, a random selection of songs in the game were cycled in the menus. This was changed in September 2015, when the function to skip to another track was added. The option to toggle specific playlists was added in July 2017, allowing players to play specific albums and playlists. Reception towards Ault and Hollywood Principle's soundtrack from players have been positive. In
1932-685: A long-standing relationship with the studio (its original North Carolina headquarters were only 12 miles (19 km) away from those of Epic), having worked with it on development tools for the Unreal Engine. As a result of the purchase, the game was planned to be added to the Epic Games Store by late-2019, but Psyonix was unclear over whether the game would become exclusive to the store. The game became subject to review bombing on Steam due to this sale, triggering Steam's "off-topic review activity" system, which hides reviews that do not correlate with
2070-585: A map before adding it to the game's standard map playlist. In April 2016, the developers added the basketball -based playlist to the standard playlists. A new Rumble mode, which adds unique power-ups on various maps, was released in September 2016. The game's first DLC pack, titled Supersonic Fury , was released in August 2015, along with new arena Utopia Coliseum. It contains exclusive cosmetics, including two new cars, rocket boosts, wheels, five paint finishes, and twelve decals for both new cars. The same month, it
2208-404: A more dark thriller would compose of hard rock or urban music . In 1908, Camille Saint-Saëns composed the first music specifically for use in a motion picture (L'assasinat du duc de Guise), and releasing recordings of songs used in films became prevalent in the 1930s. Henry Mancini , who won an Emmy Award and two Grammys for his soundtrack to Peter Gunn , was the first composer to have
2346-463: A more mature-sounding title than Battle-Cars , according to Hagewood; speaking on Rocket League 's development in March 2016, Davis opined that Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars was "the worst game name of all time". In April 2021, company announced that they would release Rocket League Sideswipe for iOS and Android. On December 2, 2023, Psyonix teased Rocket Racing during
2484-544: A motion picture or television soundtrack. Many top-charting songs were featured or released on a film or television soundtrack album. Nowadays, the term "soundtrack" sort of subsided. It now mostly commonly refers to instrumental background music used in that media. Popular songs featured in a film or television series are instead highlighted and referenced in the credits, not a part of a "soundtrack". In advertisements or store listings, soundtrack albums are sometimes confused with original cast albums . These are albums made with
2622-672: A musical artist), and the songs and the soundtrack itself can also be on music charts, and win musical awards. By convention, a soundtrack record can contain any kind of music including music "inspired by" but not actually appearing in the movie; the score contains only music by the original film's composers. Contemporaneously, a soundtrack can go against normality, (most typically used in popular culture franchises) and contains recently released or exclusive never before released original pop music selections, (some of which become high-charting records on their own, which due to being released on another franchises title, peaked because of that) and
2760-461: A player's rank, respectively. The game includes a single-player Season mode, with the player competing with computer-controlled players. An update in December 2016 introduced Custom Training sequences that can be created by players and shared with others on the same platform. Players are able to specify the ball's path and the presence and skill of opponents on the field, which enables them to practice specific shots or maneuvers. A few months after it
2898-675: A point of significant criticism. Sony allowed Fortnite to be cross-platform play compatible with all platforms and stated they would review other games on a case-by-case basis. By January 2019, Psyonix announced that Sony had granted the same for Rocket League , allowing cross-platform play between the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC versions in February 2019. Psyonix planned to continue to support Rocket League with downloadable content (DLC), intending to keep all gameplay updates free and only charging for cosmetic items. In November 2015,
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#17330851827463036-470: A publisher by selling their game as "soccer, but with rocket-powered cars"; none of the publishers seemed interested. Ultimately, they opted to self-publish the game on the PlayStation Network with almost no marketing. Though it was downloaded more than two million times, it was not considered very successful even after the studio cut the price. The studio continued on to other projects, though kept
3174-418: A review for Business Insider , Ben Gilbert cites the soundtrack as a contributor to the game's feel of a "madman’s vision for future soccer." The soundtrack also gained favorable notes from USgamer ' s Jaz Rignall and PlayStation Universe's Neil Bolt in their respective reviews for Rocket League , describing it as "upbeat" and well fitting in the game. Ault had personally noted the positive reaction to
3312-453: A similar view, writing that the physics "causes frustration in 4v4 bouts where everyone ends up huddling under the slow-descending ball for long periods." "... the physics, floaty as they are, not really suited to seeing the ball constantly being punted about: it can often feel like chasing a balloon around a children's party, but the children are in high-powered rocket cars and are taking no shit. ... you feel Psyonix would be better off making
3450-476: A single opponent to have difficulty controlling their car, was added on September 8, 2016. An update in December 2016, known as Starbase ARC and based on Psyonix' mobile game ARC Squadron , added support for custom arenas for Windows players supported through Steam Workshop , along with other new content. In celebration of Super Bowl LV in February 2021, Psyonix released a limited time gamemode called Gridiron, which functions similar to gridiron football with
3588-399: A special event featuring holiday-themed decorative items, replacing the normal ball with a hockey puck , and changing the floor to ice. This mode proved very popular and was permanently added to the standard playlists on February 24, 2016. In February 2016, a new game playlist called Rocket Labs was added to offer new experimental maps to players as a means to gauge feedback and interest in
3726-542: A stable player base and avoid the snowball effect that can cause isolated player bases on individual platforms to wane, particularly in the transition from one console generation to the next. Though the Xbox One version lacked this feature at launch, Microsoft in March 2016 announced that Rocket League would be the first game in a new initiative they were taking to enable cross-play between Windows and Xbox One players who have Xbox Live accounts; this cross-platform play feature
3864-465: A thousand copies produced. Iam8bit co-founder Jon Gibson described the idea for the picture discs, which was conceived during an email chain with Psyonix, as "such a simple thought", and that "connecting the fact that vinyl records spin and wheels spin [...] made for a really cool visual." Albums With the Supersonic Fury DLC and its associated update to Rocket League , the title screen music
4002-522: A track added in the Supersonic Fury DLC, inspired Ault and Psyonix to reach out to other artists to keep a theme of new, "fresh" music for future DLCs and major feature updates for Rocket League . Artists that were featured on the Rocket League soundtrack have seen varying degrees of commercial success. After producer Drunk Girl's "Don't Stop the Party" was added to the game's soundtrack, his followers on Spotify increased from 500 to 60,000. Sources Citations Rocket League Rocket League
4140-418: A unified and more frequent manner to enable them to continue to expand the game for at least another 9 months. In a July 2016 interview with IGN , Dunham stated they had done all the technical work and could enable cross-platform play between the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions "within a few hours" of Sony's approval. As of March 2017, the company is ready to enable this feature, but was still waiting for
4278-434: A widespread hit with a song from a soundtrack. Before the 1970s, soundtracks (with a few exceptions), accompanied towards musicals , and was an album that featured vocal and instrumental, (and instrumental versions of vocal songs) musical selections performed by cast members. Or cover versions of songs sung by another artist. After the 1970s, soundtracks started to include more diversity, and music consumers would anticipate
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4416-450: Is a 2015 vehicular soccer video game developed and published by Psyonix for various home consoles and computers. It has been offered as free-to-play since 2020 when Epic Games acquired Psyonix. A sequel to 2008's Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars , Rocket League features up to eight players assigned to each of the two teams, using "rocket-powered" vehicles to hit a ball into their opponent's goal and score points over
4554-538: Is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show . The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney 's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , the soundtrack to the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , in 1938. The first soundtrack album of a film's orchestral score was that for Alexander Korda 's 1942 film Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book , composed by Miklós Rózsa . When
4692-481: Is largely the same as that of its predecessor, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars . Players control a rocket-powered car and use it to hit a ball that is much larger than the cars towards the other team's goal area to score goals, in a way that resembles indoor soccer , with elements reminiscent of a demolition derby . Players' cars have the ability to jump to hit the ball while in mid-air. Updates in 2024 introduced new features that allow players to view
4830-488: Is limited by the current cross-platform limitations: while Windows players can add friends from other Windows users and Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Switch users, PlayStation 4 users are limited to Windows and PlayStation 4 users. In September 2018, Sony had altered its position on cross-platform play following the release of Fortnite Battle Royale for the Nintendo Switch, where the lack of cross-platform play had been
4968-438: Is published and distributed by 505 Games , and includes the first three downloadable content packs for free, as well as four additional cars to be available as digital download on July 18: Aftershock and Marauder (both from Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars ), as well as Esper and Masamune. In October 2017, Psyonix announced that Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment would begin to publish an updated version of
5106-410: Is simply used for promotional purposes for well known artists, or new or unknown artists. These soundtracks contain music not at all heard in the film/television series, and any artistic or lyrical connection is purely coincidental. However depending on the genre of the media the soundtrack of popular songs would have a set pattern; a lighthearted romance might feature easy listening love songs, whilst
5244-607: The FIFA soccer series, would feature a national team focused Rocket League tournament. This was due to EA Sports , who had developed the FIFA games, ending their decades-long ties with soccer's governing body. Rocket League has received "generally favorable" reviews on all platforms, according to review aggregator Metacritic . Positive feedback was aimed towards the game's multiplayer gameplay, and its graphics and visuals, especially in comparison to Battle-Cars ; later reviews praised
5382-602: The Fortnite Big Bang event as a spin-off title and was released as a game mode in Fortnite on December 8. It supports cross-game inventory for use in the Battle Royale modes with cosmetics related to cars. Rocket League has been one of the leading games in supporting cross-platform play between personal computers and consoles. Jeremy Dunham, Psyonix's vice president of publishing, says cross-platform play helps establish
5520-499: The EA Sports titles, inspired him and the team to feature independent artists to be included in Rocket League ' s soundtrack. Ault credits the success of the soundtrack to the appeal of the EDM genre to the game's player base. In 2017, Canadian EDM label Monstercat partnered with Psyonix and began to feature its artists, and their music, in Rocket League , with multiple volumes featuring
5658-666: The National Basketball Association (NBA), offering flags with all 30 NBA team logos as car customization items. In February 2017, two iconic Hot Wheels cars were added to the game, along with other cosmetic items based on the brand. For the 2019 Radical Summer event, Psyonix released two new car packs; the Ecto-1 from the Ghostbusters film franchise in June, and the KITT from
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5796-459: The PlayStation 3 . That game itself bore out from previous modifications that Psyonix' founder, Dave Hagewood, had done for Unreal Tournament 2003 by expanding out vehicle-based gameplay that Epic Games had already set in place in the engine into a new game mode called Onslaught. For this, Hagewood was hired as a contractor by Epic for Unreal Tournament 2004 specifically for incorporating
5934-475: The Rocket League soundtrack were credited to Hollywood Principle. Ault describes the Hollywood Principle discography as a "sincere attempt to actually do something with music", in contrast to his earlier solo work. Music produced by Ault and Hollywood Principle for Rocket League have been released on two soundtrack albums published by Psyonix. The first album was released on July 1, 2015, and included
6072-456: The Rocket League vehicles, which released in June 2017. Some of these included a redeemable code that can be used within the game for unique customization items. The developers also filmed television advertisements for Rocket League that started airing the same month. Alongside these ads, Psyonix offered free copies of Rocket League alongside purchase of selected Nvidia graphics cards . In December 2018, toy car brand Hot Wheels released
6210-485: The closing credits , or songs for no apparent reason related to the media other than for promotion, that were included in a soundtrack. Before home video became widespread in the 1980s, many soundtrack albums would also feature snippets of dialogue, as this was one of the few ways to re-experience a film after its original release apart from television broadcasts or theatrical reissues. Soundtracks are usually released on major record labels (just as if they were released by
6348-439: The dark fantasy game Hunted: The Demon's Forge . Ault began work at the studio as the lead sound designer on the gothic fantasy game Nosgoth , Psyonix's last project before Rocket League . When Ault began work on Rocket League in 2013, it marked a departure from six years of dark fantasy games; a change that Ault welcomed as he transitioned from "gory-type setting[s]" to "cars, boosts, and mechanical sounds." Ault oversaw
6486-425: The "Big Bang" event on December 2, 2023. Rocket League was officially announced as the sequel to Battle-Cars in February 2014. Building on the effects from the lack of marketing with Battle-Cars , Psyonix developed a different marketing approach to Rocket League . This included engaging with YouTube and Twitch video game streamers with early release copies to help spread the word, recognizing that clips from
6624-611: The "Unreleased Tracks" playlist. In June 2017, Canadian EDM label Monstercat announced a collaboration with Psyonix to provide the soundtrack to Rocket League ' s second anniversary update. Monstercat had identified the gaming community as an important part of its audience, having described itself in Billboard as "synonymous with gaming since day one of its inception." Previous efforts by Monstercat to expand its gaming audience included licensing its music library for free use by streamers on video game live streaming site Twitch since
6762-507: The 1980s television series Knight Rider in July. Psyonix had hoped to include KITT as early as 2016. For the 2019 Halloween event, cars and other cosmetics based on the television series Stranger Things were added. In May 2020, Psyonix introduced the Modes of May event, which included a number of limited-time game modes for every weekend of the month. The modes include Dropshot Rumble, Beach Ball, Boomer Ball, and Heatseeker, which features
6900-594: The 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice , was offered as a playable vehicle in March 2016, while Dominic Toretto 's Dodge Charger from the film The Fate of the Furious was added to tie in with the film's release in April 2017. An update released in July 2017 introduced a new arena celebrating the one-year anniversary of the game, along with cosmetic items based on the American animated show Rick and Morty . Alongside
7038-499: The Laurence Olivier Richard III , the soundtrack of which was released as a 3-LP album by RCA Victor in 1955. Sometimes tracks not in the movie are included in the album, especially on a CD release of the soundtrack as opposed to an LP. Some of these may be "outtakes" (songs or instrumental music recorded for use in the movie but "cut" in the final edit as released), or they may have been used in trailers but not in
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#17330851827467176-478: The Monstercat logo painted on the hood of an Octane, was designed by digital artist Thaira Bouhid, using Cinema 4D . Conro's track, "All Me", was inspired by an eponymous affirmation towards his teammates in Rocket League when they have possession of the ball. In January 2018, Monstercat established two imprints, Monstercat: Uncaged and Monstercat: Instinct, as part of a marketing refresh. The Uncaged imprint houses
7314-512: The Onslaught mode as an official part of the game. Hagewood used his experience at Epic to found Psyonix. Among other contract projects, Psyonix worked to try to find a way to make racing the Unreal vehicles in a physics-based engine enjoyable. They had toyed with several options such as race modes or mazes, but found that when they added a ball to the arena to be pushed by the vehicles, they had hit upon
7452-519: The PC and Xbox One versions. Due to the Switch's lack of natural support for Unreal Engine 3 , some compromises had to be made in the porting process, such as by reducing the graphical quality to 720p . Despite having to do custom work to make the game run smoothly on the Switch, Dunham was impressed with the work that had been done before release. Austin, Texas -based studio Panic Button assisted Psyonix with
7590-423: The PlayStation 4 and free to PlayStation Plus subscribers; within the week, Psyonix had seen more than 183,000 unique players, exceeding their server capacity and requiring them to improve on their network code to handle the influx of players. Davis estimated there were six million downloads of the game from this promotion, and considered this the "best decision" they had ever made. At The Game Awards 2015 , it
7728-648: The Twitch Music Library's launch in January 2015, and investing $ 1.1 million with Y Combinator and Extreme Ventures in Revlo, a chat interaction and monetization service for Twitch. Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 1 , an eighteen-track album published as part of the collaboration, was released on July 5, 2017. It features contributions from Aero Chord , Conro , Darren Styles , Ephixa , Notaker , Slushii , Vicetone , and other Monstercat artists. Its cover art , depicting
7866-465: The Xbox One and Nintendo Switch ports, and graphical updates to support the PlayStation 4 Pro . In April 2017, Psyonix announced that they had partnered with Tencent to bring a free-to-play version of Rocket League to the Chinese gaming market, with users able to purchase cosmetic items through microtransactions. It was successfully licensed through China's approval process in July 2019. Because of
8004-452: The above two volumes, in late 2016. The game's 2nd anniversary update included a musical content pack featuring releases from the EDM label Monstercat . The label have also released a series of standalone albums featuring the music, titled Rocket League x Monstercat . Rocket League Sideswipe is a free mobile game spin-off by Psyonix released on Android and iOS in late 2021. The game
8142-422: The ball move just a tad faster: often you'll crash into it at speed only to see your car move quicker than it after collision." In a review for PC Gamer , Matt Elliott defended the physics engine, citing the "[nice] contrast" between the fast player-controlled cars and the slower-moving ball, colorfully describing that the ball "gormlessly invites impact like a punchable cousin." Elliott also wrote positively of
8280-488: The band's track, "Seeing What's Next"; its winner, Kevin Frey, had his remix of the track featured on the title screen of the game's "Neo Tokyo" update. Other tracks by independent artists added through updates to the game include a remix of Hollywood Principle's "Breathing Underwater" by then-17-year-old Baltimore artist Ether, and the "Rocket League Throwback Anthem" by Warrnambool artist Adam B. Metal, who had previously composed
8418-423: The chance to gain locked crates from playing in competitive matches. Players are able to purchase keys to open these crates through microtransactions , revealing special decorative items for their cars. Players can opt-out of this feature to disable crate drops. Though items received in crates are tradable within the game, these items cannot be sold on the platform's respective marketplaces so as to prevent issues in
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#17330851827468556-506: The concept that Rocket League is a team game." In a retrospective review written two years after its release, Alec Meer of Rock Paper Shotgun shared similar feelings about the player experience in Rocket League . Meer stated that the game remained "very open, friendly, and accessible to new players across all ages, in contrast to other games with online longevity that tend to be dominated by expert players and difficult to breach by new ones." Soundtrack albums A soundtrack album
8694-416: The console manufacturers to come to the required agreements to allow it. With the announcement of the Switch version, Psyonix affirmed that it would support cross-platform play with PC and Xbox users. Sony still opted not to participate in this; PlayStation global marketing head Jim Ryan said that while they are "open to conversations with any developer or publisher who wants to talk about it", their decision
8832-548: The continued growth of the game's player base, Psyonix's Dunham said they do not anticipate creating any sequel to the game, and instead are expecting to continue to add new features to the game over several years' time, calling this an "infinite support window". A small team within Psyonix was set up to explore new features and gameplay ideas to continue to expand Rocket League . In May 2019, Epic Games announced that it had acquired Psyonix for an undisclosed amount. Psyonix has had
8970-433: The cosmetic items players have earned, new competitive tournaments at each rank to earn rewards, new challenges, and other features. The free-to-play version eliminated the need for players to have console subscription services like PlayStation Plus or Nintendo Switch Online to be able to play. Some changes were also made to the game's tournaments and challenge systems to help with monetization. Players that had purchased
9108-443: The course of a match. The game includes single-player and multiplayer modes that can be played both locally and online, including cross-platform play between all versions. Psyonix began formal development of Rocket League around 2013, refining the gameplay from Battle-Cars to address criticism and fan input. Psyonix also recognized their lack of marketing from Battle-Cars and engaged in both social media and promotions to market
9246-556: The design director at Psyonix. Hagewood recognized that Battle-Cars was considered "too hardcore" with the game becoming too inaccessible to novice players against skilled ones. They eased up on some aspects to make it more approachable, such as by slowing the pace of the game and allowing players of all skill levels to reasonably compete against each other while promoting team-based gameplay. Though they tried to add elements like power-ups , they found these to be too distracting to gameplay. They also explored other changes such as making
9384-454: The developers constantly cycled through inspirations from the "brassy, regal" sound of SportsCenter and Monday Night Football to Nintendo 64 games, among other genres such as heavy rock and thrash punk . As development on the game progressed, the team felt that the single track used for the menu had become stale. As a solution, Ault created an in-game playlist consisting of a large number of tracks created by Ault and other members of
9522-523: The first Rocket League Championship Series; the finals took place in August 2016 with a $ 55,000 prize pool. More than $ 1 million in revenues from the sale of in-game crates and cosmetic items were used to fund additional competitive events throughout the year, including smaller competitions at major gaming conventions and support for community-run competitive events. Soon after release, Rocket League became an officially sponsored esport, joining ESL . In September 2015, Major League Gaming (MLG) announced
9660-634: The first season of the Pro Rocket League , which was held in September through early October. A $ 75,000 Rocket League tournament was held outside U.S. Bank Stadium at the Summer X Games in July 2017, with the finals streamed live on ESPN3 . NRG Esports claimed their first live Rocket League championship by winning the tournament, defeating Gale Force eSports in the final. As NBC's first foray into esports, NBC Sports Group , in conjunction with Faceit , ran its own $ 100,000-prize pool tournament which
9798-444: The first three minutes, after which the dialogue was abruptly cut off and the musical score of the film took over, forcing listeners to "see the film if they wished to know what the mystery was all about." In a few rare instances, the complete soundtrack for a film — dialogue, music, sound effects, etc. — has been released. One notable example was a 3-LP set of the 1977 Rankin-Bass film The Hobbit . Because this particular film
9936-414: The free-to-play elements. The game was released publicly on July 7, 2015, for the PlayStation 4 and Windows. Davis considered this serendipitous, as this moved the game out from a busy period of many major releases during the holiday season to the relatively quiet mid-year period, reducing the amount of competition from other titles. Further, the game on release was made part of Instant Game Collection on
10074-489: The game for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles by the end of that year, which includes additional content for both versions. The PlayStation 4 version was patched in February 2017 to offer PlayStation 4 Pro support, allowing for 4K resolution and constant 60 frames-per-second rendering at 1080p for one and two-player split-screen players; three and four-player split screen will render up to 60 frames-per-second when possible. Similar rendering improvements were also made to
10212-416: The game for both recreation and for teaching elements of game design. In 2017, the game served as a sponsor of WWE pay-per-view events , such as Backlash , Great Balls of Fire , and SummerSlam . The following year, the companies announced a further partnership, with WWE cosmetic items introduced to the game in April. Psyonix partnered with Zag Toys to produce a series of pullback toy cars based on
10350-456: The game itself. Psyonix announced in January 2020 that as part of a major upgrade to the base game systems, they would be dropping support for macOS and Linux from the game by March 2020. After March 2020, these versions will no longer be able to connect and use the online parts of the game, but can still be played in single player or local multiplayer. Psyonix said in a followup message that macOS and Linux players represented less than 0.3% of
10488-425: The game more gritty, akin to Monday Night Combat , developing several mini-games related to handling of the car, working on making the graphics give a sense of scale to the players to give the impression they were controlling full-sized vehicles rather than radio-controlled cars , and creating an open world structure where the player would drive between stadium and stadium to participate in matches. Instead,
10626-582: The game prior to the transition were given "Legacy" status and some related cosmetic items. As part of this transition, the Windows version of the game was moved off Steam onto the Epic Games Store . Players that had already owned the Steam version prior to the change were still able to download, update the game and play it with cross-play with other platforms, and would continue to receive updates. In December 2023, Psyonix removed player-to-player trading. This change
10764-466: The game was "fun option for anyone looking to mix their racing and sports games together", himself describing that the game was "addictive and fun as hell." Reviewers from Polygon , PlayStation Universe , and Videogamer.com shared positive views towards multiplayer gameplay in Rocket League . Ben Kuchera of Polygon wrote that the game "introduces a well-known concept and then adds a complication." Kuchera disagreed with Pinkerton and asserted that
10902-452: The game with post-release updates, including "Chaos Run Theme" by Kevin Riepl , "Escape from LA (Instrumental)" by Abandoned Carnival and Ault, and a remix of Hollywood Principle's "Breathing Underwater" by Ether. These songs were later compiled in the second volume of the soundtrack, which was released on July 7, 2016. iam8bit published a three-disc vinyl version of the soundtrack, consisting of
11040-443: The game would be readily shared through social media. They also opened the game to early alpha and beta testing for several months following the game's announcement. Davis noted that they otherwise did not spend any money on traditional marketing approaches. They had originally planned to release the game around November 2014, but had missed this deadline to implement better matchmaking and servers, high frame rates, and removing
11178-631: The game's Season Nine update, featured electro house music from Bossfight, Infected Mushroom , Muzz , Pixel Terror, and Tokyo Machine. Dougal , Gammer , and Darren Styles also collaborated once again, after " Party Don't Stop " from Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 2 , for the compilation's third track, "Burning Up". The Instinct-themed fifth volume released on November 30 was the last published in 2018, and featured music from CloudNone, Grant, Hyper Potions, Nokae, Rogue, Rootkit, and Smle . On February 28, 2019, Psyonix announced that tracks from Rocket League x Monstercat Volumes 6 and 7 would be released throughout
11316-429: The game's new premium currency (Credits), or purchased with real-world funds, if the player so chooses. A new rotating Item Shop was introduced in December 2019 as well, with Featured items available on a 48-hour timer and Daily items on a 24-hour timer. The Item Shop includes all types of in-game items, such as Painted Cars, Exotic Wheels, Goal Explosions, and many more. Each item has a listed Credit value that will show
11454-460: The game's physics were "internally consistent", and summarized his experience with the game as "joyful" and rewarding in its progression. The game's physics engine continued to be a point of contention in later reviews, including Steven Burns' review for Videogamer.com , in which he shared his opinion that the speed of the ball should have been increased in certain modes to compensate for the "floaty" physics. Neil Bolt of PlayStation Universe shared
11592-535: The game. Rocket League was first released on the PlayStation Store and Steam for PlayStation 4 and Windows respectively in July 2015, with ports for Xbox One and Nintendo Switch being released later on. Physical retail versions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were distributed starting in 2016 by 505 Games and later by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment . Versions for macOS and Linux were also released in 2016, but support for their online services
11730-451: The ground. The goal of the mode is to damage the opponent's floor enough to break a hole into it, allowing the ball to drop through and score. When a team scores, the floor on the opponent's side of the field resets to normal, while the floor on the scoring team's side retains any existing damage. As part of a means to monetize the game beyond downloadable content, Psyonix has tried a few different approaches. In September 2016, it introduced
11868-400: The ice hockey mode led to it being extended for a few weeks after the holiday season. Snow Day was permanently added to the mutator settings for private matches and exhibition games on February 10, 2016. Hoops, a game mode based on basketball , was added on April 25, 2016. A separate Rumble mode, which incorporates unusual power-ups, such as the ability to freeze the ball in place or cause
12006-466: The idea of building on Battle-Cars as an option, recognizing the game had a small but dedicated fan-base that provided them with ideas for expansion. These other projects, which including contract work for AAA games , including Mass Effect 3 , helped to fund the development of Rocket League . 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
12144-495: The in-game music would often be disabled or replaced by music not associated with the game chosen by players. The studio initially chose to focus the player's attention towards the sound design, much like other sports games , in order to avoid a reliance on the soundtrack for excitement, as opposed to "building the crowd and ambient sounds". The positive reception from players towards the Rocket League soundtrack, however, influenced Psyonix to later allow players to play music while in
12282-559: The issues that would arise from that with Rocket League 's fast-paced play style. To solve this, the physics in the game are based on using the Bullet physics engine within the Unreal Engine 3 's PhysX engine, which tracks the movement of all the cars and actors, allowing them to periodically re-synchronize the game state across players based on the stored physics states, which enabled players to have quick reactions from their client. At
12420-467: The item's cost, allowing players to purchase the exact item they want, instead of relying on RNG to attain a specific item previously available through loot boxes. Separately, Psyonix added a battle pass feature to the game in September 2018, known as the Rocket Pass. Each pass, which lasts a few months, has challenges and other opportunities through playing Rocket League that allow players to increase
12558-430: The label's bass-heavy artists, while Instinct houses the label's more melodic artists. To promote the new imprints, Uncaged and Instinct-themed extended plays were released alongside major feature updates to Rocket League , truncating the size of the albums from eighteen tracks for Rocket League x Monstercat, Vol. 1 to six tracks each for Vol. 2 onwards. The first Uncaged-themed EP, Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 2 ,
12696-421: The larger developers' approach to release and quality control, and they were able to apply those principles and aim for the same level of quality requirements in the final release of Rocket League . Psyonix had at one point considered having Rocket League as a free-to-play game with microtransactions , inspired by Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2 's models. Though they had put in efforts to establish
12834-425: The movie involved in other events (example: King of Pirates , from FLCL ). The unusual first soundtrack album of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz , issued in 1956 in conjunction with the film's first telecast, was virtually a condensed version of the film, with enough dialogue on the album for the listener to be able to easily follow the plot, as was the first soundtrack album of the 1968 Romeo and Juliet , and
12972-524: The movie itself. Examples include the South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut soundtrack. Two other well-known examples are the soundtrack albums to Rodgers and Hammerstein 's Carousel and The King and I both of which include two or more songs not heard in the finished film. Soundtrack albums account for the bulk of the Indian music industry . Music from the Indian film industry , particularly
13110-467: The multiplayer gameplay, comparing the "destruction" mechanic to the Burnout series, and praising the overall player experience. In complimenting the game's points system, Elliott recounted, "the most valuable players I encountered were workmanlike wingers who selflessly chugged along the flanks, crossing the ball for greedy goalhunters like me. It stops players from clustering in the same spots and reinforces
13248-451: The music being released by the label. The original soundtrack to Rocket League was composed and produced by Psyonix audio director Mike Ault and his band Hollywood Principle, an EDM troupe started in 2013 by Ault with producer Elliott Sencan and vocalist Kayla Hope. Ault was hired by Psyonix in 2011 to lead the studio's new audio department, after having fulfilled a similar role as a contractor for inXile Entertainment during development of
13386-443: The normal soccer ball being replaced by a football. A new game mode, Dropshot, was added in a March 2017 update. It takes place in an arena without any goals and a field made of hexagonal tiles, and uses a ball that becomes increasingly electrified after successful strikes or passes. The more the ball is struck by players without touching the ground the more electrified it becomes, and the more tiles it damages once it finally does hit
13524-598: The original eleven tracks included with the game upon its release a week later. The second album, consisting additional music Ault and Hollywood Principle produced for the game's Supersonic Fury , Revenge of the Battle-Cars , and Chaos Run DLCs was released on Rocket League ' s first anniversary on July 7, 2016. The album also included the tracks "Scorched Earth" by Kevin Riepl and "Rocket League Throwback Anthem" by Adam B. Metal. A three-disc vinyl record compilation album entitled Rocket League: The Vinyl Collection
13662-417: The original stage cast of a musical , and are recorded by the cast either in live performance or in a studio, not transferred from a movie soundtrack. In some cases, recorded dialogue may be incorporated into the soundtrack album. This comes in two kinds: audio clips from the movie itself (used on the albums for Pulp Fiction and Apollo 13 , for example) or radio dramas that involve the characters from
13800-536: The others and inspired by the Mad Max films, the first of which Psyonix plans to release over time. In June 2016, a new arena, Neo Tokyo, based on the Rocket Labs layout Underpass, was added to the game via an update. The update also introduced cosmetic items awarded at the end of matches with various rarity grades, and gave players the ability to trade multiple items of the same type and rarity grade to obtain an item of
13938-530: The player experience in the game. Criticism was mostly aimed at the game's physics engine, though a consensus on the topic has been mostly unclear, with some defending the engine. In a review of Rocket League 's beta preview, Ozzie Mejia of Shacknews praised Psyonix's approach to updating Battle-Cars using the PlayStation 4's hardware, describing the graphics as "brilliantly detailed" and "crisp", and citing its consistent frame rates throughout. Robert Summa of Destructoid shared Mejia's view that
14076-422: The production of both the game's sound design and music, with an adaptive creative process in which he consistently sought to improve upon ideas, reiterating on various components of the game's audio before settling on a final version. Without the financial resources to license popular music, the idea of sounding "big budget", à la EA Sports titles, was a goal highlighted by Ault. For the game's menu music, Ault and
14214-730: The regional events which qualified them for the World Championship While the Season X World Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic , this format stayed the same for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons. For 2024, this would change to two regional splits, each one having their own international Major at the end, followed by the World Championship. Also in 2024, the FIFAe World Cup , organized by FIFA and previously utilizing
14352-499: The release date would Microsoft take the initiative to offer it as one for their new cross-play efforts and started working towards this possibility in the game. Psyonix determined the required technical steps needed to enable cross-platform play and have tested it in closed environments, and were only waiting for the legalities of cross-connecting players between different networks before proceeding. this work also includes how they would be able to distribute updated content patches in
14490-551: The remaining boost amount of their teammates, and how much time was remaining on the game clock when specific comments were made in the chat. Matches are usually five minutes long, with a sudden death overtime if the game is tied at that point. Matches can be played from between one-on-one up to four-on-four players, as well as in casual and ranked playlists. The latter serves as Rocket League 's competitive online mode, where players compete in various tiered ranks within game seasons, with victories or losses raising or lowering
14628-400: The right formula, which would become Battle-Cars . Further to the success was the addition of the rocket-powered cars; this originally was to be a simple speed boost, but with the physics engine, they were able to have the vehicles fly off and around the arena, furthering the possibilities for gameplay. As Psyonix finished development of Battle-Cars , the studio had tried to gain access to
14766-454: The same vein as the Counter-Strike skin gambling controversy . The funds from microtransactions would be used to support the esports tournaments organized by Psyonix. In October 2016, a major update titled "Aquadome" launched, featuring a new arena placed under the sea, along with two new premium water-themed cars, and a new crate containing new items and seven new achievements. Psyonix
14904-489: The second volume of the official Rocket League soundtrack. In mid-2016, Ault approached German producer TheFatRat to inquire about including his music in Rocket League . He agreed, and a remixed version of his 2014 track "Infinite Power!" appeared in the game as the theme for the "Rumble" update. The track also appeared in trailers for the "Rumble" update. Afterwards, Ault entertained the possibility of "pushing someone that hasn't been exposed yet". The opportunity came after
15042-518: The soundtrack albums of The Taming of the Shrew (1967 version), Cromwell , and Little Big Man . In the case of Patton , the bulk of the album featured the film's musical score, while the opening and final tracks featured George C. Scott 's opening and closing speeches from the movie. The highly unusual soundtrack album of the 1972 mystery film Sleuth was designed as a sort of teaser , with Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine 's voices heard for
15180-423: The soundtrack and was surprised by how well it was received, despite the fact that most of the tracks were produced years prior in different contexts and not necessarily for a video game such as Rocket League . Ault credits the soundtrack's accessibility and the appeal of the EDM genre to the game's player base as possible factors in the soundtrack's success. Positive feedback towards Hollywood Principle's "Firework",
15318-401: The spirit of the game." For Ault, the diverse "playlist" feel of the soundtrack helped achieve his goal of a "big budget" sound for the game. This new soundtrack for Rocket League was predominantly electronic dance music (EDM), inspired by early-mid 2000s progressive house artists such as ATB , deadmau5 , and Kaskade . The "Rocket League Theme" was composed and produced with the timing of
15456-402: The staff. The most popular music among the game's team were a number of Ault's personal tracks worked on before he arrived at Psyonix, including "Flying Forever", which was a 2011 collaboration with vocalist Morgan Perry. Ault never intended for the music to be used in a game soundtrack when creating them, though he and the developers felt comfortable with the tracks, and deemed that they "embodied
15594-565: The standard PlayStation 4 to approach constant 60 frames-per-second for most arenas and modes. After reviewing the feasibility of doing so, Psyonix announced that Rocket League would also be released for the Nintendo Switch , as revealed during Nintendo 's press conference during E3 2017 . It was released later that year on November 14, and includes Nintendo property customization options, including Mario , Luigi , and Metroid -inspired car designs, and supports cross-platform play with
15732-467: The team opted to strip the game to its core, focusing on more visual elements to enhance the title. From Battle-Cars , Psyonix recognized very few players actually went online, and developed Rocket League 's single-player season mode to encourage players to try online matches once they completed it. Psyonix's team were aware of past difficulties that they had with Battle-Cars and other racing games with online play and client-side prediction , and
15870-474: The teams' path to the Cup and some of the match results, which aired on TBS later in the month. The 2020s brought significant changes to Rocket League esports. RLCS Season X would bring the addition of a new competitive format which featured 3 separate regional splits, each one having their own international Majors, followed by the season-ending World Championship. Teams were awarded points based on how they placed in
16008-399: The theatrical release of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom , Psyonix released Jurassic Park and Jurassic World -themed content, including a Jurassic Park -themed Jeep Wrangler car model. In September 2015, Psyonix held a cross-promotion with Torn Banner Studios , adding two free new flags themed after Torn Banner's Chivalry: Medieval Warfare . At the same time the "Chaos Run" DLC
16146-417: The theme to Rocket League ' s predecessor, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars . In addition, notable video game composer Kevin Riepl , who had previously composed music for Gears of War , Crackdown 2 , Aliens: Colonial Marines , and Hawken , produced the track "Scorched Earth", which became the theme for the game's Chaos Run DLC. All four aforementioned tracks were included on
16284-550: The tier of the Pass, from which new unique customization options tied to that pass can be unlocked. While the Rocket Pass is free to all players, a flat-cost premium option that accelerates the level up rate and unlocks additional items at certain tier levels can be purchased. Its mobile game version, Rocket League Sideswipe , plays almost the same, except the game is now in 2D instead of 3D. Psyonix had previously developed Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars in 2008 for
16422-531: The time of Battle-Cars , Psyonix could not afford a dedicated server network and were forced to rely on individual hosts, which could lead to poor performance with slow Internet connections. With Rocket League , Psyonix was able to put a dedicated server network in place, writing their own service protocols to interface with Sony's and Valve's online services so as to enable cross-platform play, as well as improving matchmaking capabilities. Psyonix's previous experience in contract work for AAA games had exposed them to
16560-428: The title screen in mind. Ault worked with UI artist Jared Adkins to time out the theme's opening build-up to anticipate the appearance of the title screen. Future tracks that were featured on the title screen were edited in a similar way, including Hollywood Principle's "Firework" and "Breathing Underwater (Ether Remix)", which were similarly shortened and edited to fit the opening cues. Five officially released tracks from
16698-457: The total player base and could not justify keeping these as supported platforms as they advanced the other platforms to newer technology, such as moving the Windows version from DirectX 9 to 11. The developer offered full refunds to the game for macOS and Linux owners regardless of how long they had the game. Psyonix teamed with Internal Drive to provide Rocket League as part of the latter's iD Tech summer educational camps for children, using
16836-509: The year and available in-game on the same day as the individual song's release. Albums The soundtrack to Rocket League plays on the game's title screen and menus through an in-game radio branded as "Rocket League Radio" in patch notes and promotional material. Music during matches have been the subject of internal debate at Psyonix; the studio did not consider such a feature after player research on Rocket League ' s prequel, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars found that
16974-527: Was "a commercial discussion between ourselves and other stakeholders". Dunham says that in contrast to Microsoft or Nintendo, who agreed to allow cross-platform play within a month and with the day of Psyonix' request, respectively, Sony has been asked on a nearly daily basis about this support and have yet to receive any definitive answer. The cross-platform party feature is planned for an update in early 2019. This will allow players to create in-game friend lists across platforms and play in matches with them. This
17112-770: Was able to make licensing agreements to include vehicles and decorative items from other franchises within the game. On launch, the PlayStation 4 version included Sweet Tooth 's car from the Twisted Metal series. As a separate DLC, the DeLorean time machine from the Back to the Future film franchise, was released on October 21, 2015, corresponding with Back to the Future Day . The Xbox One release includes platform-exclusive Gears of War and Halo -themed vehicles. The Batmobile , as seen in
17250-523: Was added in an update in May 2016. Microsoft has stated that they offer other networks, such as Sony's PlayStation Network, the ability to integrate with Xbox Live to allow full cross-platform compatibility for games like Rocket League . 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. Only after they had neared
17388-478: Was announced in March 2021 and replicates the gameplay of the original game, but in a two-dimensional space . Players compete in short 1-on-1 or 2-on-2 matches that are played online. They can also play volleyball, heatseeker, basketball or 3-on-3 matches. Rocket Racing is a racing spin-off title by Psyonix which released in Fortnite on December 8, 2023. It was teased as one of the three new game modes as part of
17526-588: Was announced that Rocket League would be ported to macOS and Linux later that year, in order to run natively with SteamOS hardware; Rocket League and Portal 2 were part of incentives for those that pre-ordered a Steam Link , a Steam Controller , or a Steam Machine . The game's second DLC pack, titled Revenge of the Battle-Cars , was released in October 2015. The DLC adds two more cars from Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars , along with exclusive cosmetics for both. In another event, players had
17664-545: Was announced that the game would be ported to Xbox One , where it was released on February 17, including most of the previous DLC packs for free. Ports for macOS and Linux were released on September 8, 2016. A retail version of Rocket League , in form of the game's Collector's Edition , was announced in February 2016, and was released in Europe on June 24, 2016, and in North America on July 5, 2016. The Collector's Edition
17802-482: Was broadcast across its eight worldwide regions in July–August 2017. Starting in September 2017, Psyonix and Tespa , a collegiate esports organizer, held the first collegiate tournament for teams to win a share of $ 50,000 in scholarships. In December 2017, Turner Sports organized a US$ 150,000 ELEAGUE Cup event for eight teams was broadcast live on streaming media, with a three-part series of shows detailing some of
17940-510: Was changed to a brand new track, "Firework" by Hollywood Principle. The positive reception towards the track and the soundtrack change in general inspired Ault and Psyonix to make further changes to the soundtrack, and also recognized the potential for independent artists , who were not involved with Ault or Psyonix, to gain exposure through music features in the game. A remix contest was held on Indaba Music by Psyonix and Hollywood Principle in late 2015, challenging contestants to submit remixes of
18078-477: Was directed towards the game's physics engine . It has since been considered one of the greatest video games ever made . The game earned many industry awards and saw over 10 million sales and 40 million players by the beginning of 2018. Rocket League has also been adopted as an esport , with professional players participating through ESL and Major League Gaming along with Psyonix's own Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS). Rocket League 's gameplay
18216-426: Was dropped in 2020. Rocket League is developed under the games as a service model; later updates for the game enabled the ability to modify core rules and added new game modes, including ones based on ice hockey and basketball . 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
18354-414: Was made to align Rocket League's cosmetic and item shop policies with Epic's standards, and to enable the possibility of cross-game ownership of Rocket League vehicles in other Epic Games titles. Psyonix had observed the popularity of Rocket League matches on Twitch and other live streaming platforms, and in February 2016, were looking to use the game more in esports . In March 2016, Psyonix announced
18492-446: Was produced for television, it lent itself well to the LP format: built-in commercial insert points were used to end each LP side, thus avoiding any additional editing. Another example was the above-mentioned Zeffirelli Romeo and Juliet – the movie proved so popular that two years after the film's original release, an album set of the complete soundtrack was released. Still another example was
18630-422: Was released by Iam8bit in December 2016. The compilation included all tracks from the first two soundtrack albums and features gatefold artwork by Dan Bronsema of Puddle & Splash. Pre-orders of the compilation included a download code for the albums. A limited edition of the album featuring picture discs decorated with the in-game cosmetic Invader, Lowrider, and Tempest wheel rims was also released, with
18768-653: Was released on April 2, 2018, to coincide with the game's "Tournaments" update. It featured music from Intercom, Koven , Pegboard Nerds , Protostar, Slippy, and Stonebank. The first Instinct EP, Rocket League x Monstercat Vol. 3 , was released on May 25, 2018, four days prior to the release of Rocket League ' s summer -themed "Salty Shores" update. The compilation featured complementary summer-themed music from Aiobahn, Bad Computer, Dion Timmer, Duumu, Inverness, Soupandreas, Stephen Walking, and Vin, and cover art by Monstercat artist Amanda Cha. The Uncaged-themed fourth compilation, released on September 13, 2018, to coincide with
18906-492: Was released, Psyonix added free cosmetics and accessories from the Portal series by Valve . Themed content based on Goat Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator were added to the game in April 2016 as part of cross-promotional deals with those games. Other themed promotional content includes decorative items based on The Witcher and Worms W.M.D . With the release of the basketball game mode in 2016, Psyonix partnered with
19044-431: Was released, Psyonix released an update that added game modes known as mutators, modifying some aspects of gameplay, such as increased or decreased gravity, ball size, ball speed and bounciness. For the 2015 holiday season, another update replaced mutator matches with an ice hockey -inspired mode (called Snow Day), played on an ice rink and the ball replaced with a hockey puck with different physics. Positive reception to
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