Rocket League - Get Ready for Radical Summer

Posted: 05 Jun 2019 09:11 AM PDT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk3qh7bjoIY

See more at: https://www.rocketleague.com/special-event/radical-summer/blockbusters/

You're totally invited to Radical Summer—a summer-long celebration of all things '80s. Grab your aviator shades and mixtapes, and prepare to go back in time to experience the most righteous movies, television, and culture from the decade.

Radical Summer is an in-game event, kicking off on June 10. The 9-week event will feature free items, new Premium Licensed DLCs, limited-time game modes, and more! (shhh, it's a secret)

This extremely choice event is split into three celebrations of the 1980s: Blockbusters, Culture, and Television. Each celebration lasts three weeks. Similar to previous events, play Online Matches to earn 'Cassettes' and redeem them for in-game, '80s-themed items all summer long. Radical Summer's Event Store will change for each phase of Radical Summer, bringing in new items for your Battle-Car. And don't worry, at the end of the event, we'll give you a week to redeem Cassettes for any items you may have missed.

Celebrating the biggest franchises of the '80s

You can't throw a summer bash without friends, and we're inviting the biggest '80s franchises to Rocket League. Here's every '80s franchise you can expect to see in Radical Summer:

Ghostbusters
Knight Rider
Back to the Future
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
The Goonies
Karate Kid
DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender
WWE

Plus, Golden Eggs are back as part of Radical Summer, and this time will contain items from Elevation, Victory, Turbo, and Nitro Crates. Up to five Golden Eggs can be acquired for each phase of the event.

Ecto-1 and K.I.T.T. enter the arena

Radical Summer will start and end with two new Premium Licensed DLC with the Ghostbusters Ecto-1 and Knight Rider Car Packs.

Get ready to go ghost hunting in the Ecto-1. The Ghostbusters Ecto-1 Car Pack will include a bunch of fan-favorite items from the iconic Ghostbusters, which is celebrating its 35th Anniversary, including the Ecto-1 Battle-Car, Ecto-1 Wheels, Proton Pack Rocket Boost, Slimer Topper, Ghostbusters Player Banner and Avatar Border, and the Stay Puft Goal Explosion.

K.I.T.T., the high-speed, talking futuristic car outfitted with high-tech gadgets and a personality of its own from the hit '80s show Knight Rider, is reporting for duty and will come as part of its own Car Pack later in Radical Summer!

The Ghostbusters Ecto-1 Car Pack will be available for $1.99 (or regional equivalent) on June 10. Stay tuned for more info on the Knight Rider Car Pack later during Radical Summer.

New Limited Modes

The Radical Summer party starts on the field with three new limited-time game modes that will be featured individually throughout the event. To celebrate the arrival of Ghostbusters' Ecto-1 Battle-Car, jump into the new wickedly spooky Ghost Hunt Mode. Ghost Hunt, which will be featured in the Blockbusters phase of Radical Summer, is a 3v3 mode where each team uses their proton stream power-ups to try to trap the ghostly ball in your opponents' Containment Zone. Ghost hunt features new, scary lighting and ghostly sound effects on the Urban Central Arena and will be playable until July 1.

Kicking off Radical Summer's Culture phase will be the high-octane Spike Rush mode. In this 3v3 mode, each player has the Spike power-up from Rumble Mode that can be activated to carry the ball, and deactivated to pull off some wild psych outs. It all goes down on our Throwback Stadium Arena to commemorate Rocket League's fourth anniversary.

Hit the beaches of Salty Shores to close out Radical Summer in our Beach Ball Mode. Beach Ball Mode features 2v2 action with a larger ball, low ball gravity, and the Curveball mutator activated. So enjoy this sunny, feel-good mode that is worthy of a classic '80s beach volleyball montage.

Here are the start and end dates of Radical Summer's three event phases. Each phase will begin at 10 a.m. PDT (5 p.m. UTC) on their respective start dates:

'80s Blockbusters: June 10 - July 1
'80s Culture: July 1 - July 22
'80s Television July 22 - August 12

A game update will be ready for download today at 10:00 a.m. PDT (5:00 p.m. UTC) that will get everything ready for Radical Summer next week. We're excited to share everything that we've packed into this event. Stay tuned for even more info on the next phases of Radical Summer. Until then, stay rad!

Patch Notes v1.63

Posted: 05 Jun 2019 08:58 AM PDT

Scheduled Release: June 5, 2019, 10:00 a.m. PDT / 5:00 p.m. UTC (All Platforms)

NEW CONTENT

Monstercat (Antennae)

'Julian Calor'
'Snavs'
'Xilent'

CHANGES AND UPDATES

General

'DeLorean Time Machine' hitbox has been changed from Octane to Dominus
Lighting has been adjusted on 'Salty Shores' based on community feedback

Friends List

You can now block players through the in-game Friends List
Once you block a player, you will no longer receive notifications from them, and your online presence will not be visible to them
Remember that you may still be friends with this player through your platform's friend's list
- Blocked players will appear in the new 'Blocked Players' list within the Friends List menu
You can unblock players by selecting them from your Blocked Players list, and choosing 'Unblock Player'

Replay FX

'Scene Depth' Image Filter and Vignette have been adjusted
Two new Replay FX Image Filters have been added
- 'Outlines'
- 'Subpar'

BUG FIXES

General

In Free Play, ball now properly launches upward when playing Hoops and Dropshot
Re-adjusted size of rear wheels on ''16 Batmobile'
Fixed an exploit that would display non-Certified Customization Items with a certification during trading
Fixed sorting by "Most Recent" in inventory
Fixed a bug with all three Slash Beam Rocket Boosts causing framerate issues
Preset colors no longer change unintentionally when changing to a new Preset at the end of a match
Fixed the Disruptor power-up in Rumble so it no longer affects boost pick-ups
(Xbox One) Fixed an exploit within chat that could disrupt a match
(Steam) Rapidly cycling through Presets will no longer close the game
Players can no longer jump infinitely when sitting on top of the ball while using Spikes in Rumble
Fixed an issue causing a Club Tag to be filtered for only one member of a Club during an Online Match
Completing a trade while opening a Crate and selecting 'Equip Now' will no longer close the game
Fixed a bug causing the "Minimum score threshold not met" message to appear erroneously at the end of a match
Adjusted effects inside the 'Celestial' Wheel
Fixed colors on the 'RC Rivals' Decals
Attempting to trade a recently-acquired item will no longer cancel or time out the trade

KNOWN ISSUES

Ball indicator may not appear near the middle of Throwback Arena
[Salty Shores] Lighting in the arena may tint some Decals more blue than normal
One player's car may be invisible at match start, will reappear after a goal is scored
Tournament creators may not be able to spectate Tournament matches
Several Wheels may show the rotor or hub clipping through on certain Car Bodies
(Nintendo Switch) Players may enter an Online Match stuck in an incorrect camera view until a goal is scored