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Paris Saint-Germain unveils professional Rocket League team

Ligue 1 table-topper Paris Saint-Germain has confirmed its entry into the professional Rocket League esports scene. PSG’s three-person squad consists of Dan ‘Bluey’ Bluett, Thibault ‘Chausette45’ Grzesiak, and Victor ‘Ferra’ Francal, who readers may recognise as the former members of European esports outfit Frontline. The trio had previously qualified for …

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Rocket League reaches 34m players worldwide

Rocket League just debuted a new banning system to make sure it’s a harassment-free place,” creator Psyonix just revealed. This follows the developer’s announcement that Rocket League has just reached an impressive 34m players worldwide. Announced by Rocket League’s community manager Devin Connors in a blog post, the new ban …

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Cloud 9 sign The Muffin Men, a Rocket League team that isn’t from Drury Lane

Cloud9, the North American esports outfit, has signed a Rocket League team previously known as The Muffin Men. The three man team, who have just snatched a Rocket League victory at Dreamhack Atlanta 2017 last week, are comprised of Americans Kyle ‘Torment’ Storer and Jesus ‘Gimmick’ Parra, in addition to …

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Why Rocket League could be the mainstream esports hit of the generation

Psyonix’s car-based kickabout Rocket League is two years old this month, and while most toddlers can’t even string a sentence together, Rocket League has managed to mark itself out as one of the most promising esports of the generation. Over those two years, Rocket League has picked up 33m players, …

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Why Rocket League could be the breakout esports hit of the generation

Rocket League, the vehicular game of kickball that took the world by storm when it launched on PlayStation Plus to little fanfare in July 2015 turns two this month. In two years, it has established itself as one of the breakout esports successes of this generation, a poster car both for …

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Team EnVyUs sign star Rocket League squad

Team EnVyUs has announced that they have signed three Rocket League stars to create a competitive roster for the title. The three players signed: David ‘Deevo’ Morrow, Nicolai ‘Masetro’ Bang and Remco ‘Remkoe’ Den Boer are Rocket League Championship Series World Champions for Season 3 and used to play for …

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FACEIT’s Michele Attisani on why FACEIT and NBC chose Rocket League for $100,000 tournament

After NBC earlier this week announced it’d be working with FACEIT and Psyonix to produce a $100,000 Rocket League tournament, reaction to the news was met with confused enthusiasm. People are happy that NBC are getting involved in esports in a big way, but many commentators and fans were confused …

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NBC Sports moves into esports with $100,000 Rocket League tournament

NBC Sports has announced it’s leaping into the esports arena, with a $100,000 open tournament for vehicular kickabout Rocket League. It’ll be partnering with FACEIT and Psyonix to launch the tournament, which will take the form of a 2 v 2.  The tournament is going to get a lot of …

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