Psyonix has announced that Rocket League will go free to play later this Summer. Moreover, the team has announced that the game will come out on Epic Games Store, and that it will no longer be available on Steam.
Now the good news here is that those that already own the game on Steam will be able to play with everyone. The Steam version will also support cross-play support between all platforms. However, new gamers will no longer be able to download and access the game on Steam.
As Psyonix stated:
“Rocket League will release on the Epic Games Store on PC the same time it goes free to play. This version of the game will be identical to the version found on other platforms, and will feature cross-platform play anywhere you play Rocket League, including between the Epic Games Store and Steam.
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.”
So yeah, apparently this be another Epic Games Store exclusive, even though we’re talking about a free to play game. Still, this may significantly boost the Epic Games Store player numbers.
Psyonix has not revealed when exactly Rocket League will go free to play. Naturally, we’ll be sure to keep you posted!
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The platform holder (Steam or Epic) get a cut from the microtransactions. Epic bought the developer, and want their full cut, but they can’t just delete the game from everyone’s Steam library, so this is what they settled on.
Everything that Epic has done from the beginning was to build up their store and increase players making accounts there. From the exclusives to the free games it has been about building up EGS.
It was never about trying to force Newell to lower Steam’s cut to help out other Publisher/Developers. It was obvious what Sweeney was really trying to do and his masquerade of being the good guy trying to help out Publishers/Developers was phony from the beginning.
Even if we don’t like it, Epic is doing a very good job, is not easy versus Steam, is too big.
are you insane ?? they are doing exactly whet they where accusing steam of…
Epic is a multi-million dollar company, wtf are you even smoking?
Yet another Chinese backed company taking over American innovation while idiots cheer it on.
Wtf are you talking abut? Epic is a much bigger company than Valve, both in number of employees and net worth.
About store popularity, obviously. All opinions about my comment are misunderstanding.
This reeks of desperation…Rocket Leage? seriously? why?
Epic switch was announced a year ago.
My bad then.
Rocket League is still a thing?
Not so much but it still has 50-100k active players. Enough to find a game quickly and have fun or be competitive
That’s massive. No Halo game has those numbers.
Well i phrased it like that because there used to be 300-400k across all platforns at once (it’s crossplay and works well).
A lot people still playing this game.
Yes?..
Excellent!
Why is reducing player choice excellent, you idiot.
He’s always on here saying stupid sh*t. I think he does it to get attention.
Paid shll this ai persona
That’s going to make the developers’ next game real popular among Steam users.
It will be Epic exclusive.
good. steam is bloated and full of furrys and trannys
Epic games acquired the developers so doubtful they’ll be releasing their games on Steam.
Their next game won’t even be on Steam, since EG owns them now, so I don’t think that even matters to those that care at this point now.
Good strategic move.
If Epic pays them again they might. Not sure what you’re trying to say.
Epic, bought this Dev Studio, last year, if you were watching, they said this was going to happen back then.
Epic don’t need to pay them anything.
uff all those idiots believing that epicsyfraud was a good and trying to help devs, and not monopolizing….to all the idiots who believe that, thanks for ruining pc market…
EGS is one of the worst things in PC Gaming.
Yeah this is a pretty shady move to pull, but I guess this is Epic’s new tactic of buying up studios, then forcing their games to go only EGS exclusive.
Strong arming people into using their crappy storefront is in their company DNA.
i dont like it when games get removed from my list but i dislike it even more when it involves such reasons
It’s not getting removed from your account, they’re not taking your game!
If these rots could, they would
f*k this
I would still rather spend money on Steam or GOG than Epic. They don’t deserve any of my money until they fixed some of their problems.
“until they fixed some of their problem” ? Like being 45% held by on of the worst cancerous company on earth, Tencent ?…..
The main problem that I have with Epic is the exclusive BS for a year on their platform.
All my Epic games (5) are DRM free, I don’t even use the launcher.
All “Launchers” are just bloatware.
Still prefer GOG Games (350+), where I don’t even use, or need a “Launcher”.
Hey Epic, vai tomar no cu!
As someone who owns Rocket League on Steam, I see this as a good decision by Psyonix. Rocket League would be unlikely to stick around for long as a paid game, even if it were very cheap. They had to do this eventually or develop a sequel. If they can get some Epic money to help with the transition that’s a bonus. As long as my Steam copy continues to work I’m perfectly okay with the move.
The “They” took the money, and ran, sold the Dev Studio.
Epic now owns the Dev Studio.
another developer that doesn’t deserve support
Psyonix can perish ASAP !
Ahahahah what the actual f**k, Psyonix can perish !
OMG