psyonix has plenty of reasons to celebrate its proposal of football on wheels, but that three years have passed since the launch of 'rocket league' makes it an exceptional occasion. enough to add a good amount of news to the game and invite the maximum number of people to join the rocket league third anniversary celebration.
from today until monday, july 9 rocket league is played for free on steam and for all subscribers of xbox live gold, as part of microsoft's free play days with "metal gear survive."
everyone who participates in this free trial period for pcs and consoles will have full access to all game modes, playlists (casual and competitive), features and stadiums, including -not- the newly released arena salty shores.
in addition, and as is traditional, both versions will be available with a very tempting discount for those who want to continue with the game after the free days: both the steam version and the xbox one version are down to half price (about 10 euros ). and beware, thanks to the psn double discounts, ps plus subscribers also have a 50% discount.
welcoming new players is always good, rewarding those who are with you is usually better. once the days of free play have ended (from july 9 to july 23) a series of commemorative events will begin, already fully immersed in the anniversary of the launch.
what can we expect in the rocket league anniversary event? a tribute will be paid to 'supersonic acrobatic rocket-powered battle cars', the title of psyonix that started the fuse in the question of football and battle-cars. there will be a special 3 vs 3 playlist with a new arena called 'throwback stadium' which makes a reference to that title almost ten years ago.
the design of the goal, in particular, is different from the modern goals seen in the rocket league sands, but it goes back to the old days of battle-cars, which appeals to the nostalgia of veteran players. in addition, in throwback the ball will have a weight and a physical style of sarpbc, so it is expected that in this arena act a little "lighter" than usual.
in addition, the new rocket league anniversary items will no longer be obtained through the usual crates, but there will be special balloons that are obtained playing online and can only be exchanged during the event. and remember that all the new tradable rocket league items will be offered at dpsvip.com for the first time, stay tuned!
although it will not be the only reward obtainable: we will also have the opportunity to obtain golden eggs that we can open even in batches of ten and that will include new personalization items.
three years later, the psyonix battle cars continue to have a rope for a while and the san diego studio has plans for beyond the anniversary, including the rocket pass, a kind of 'battle pass' with its own challenges and content, whose arrival it is planned for the end of summer.