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Rocket League Spring Updates Schedule Detailed, Xbox One X Support Planned for 2018

Submitted by mmotony on Sat, 05/12/2018 - 00:57

Rocket League is obtaining a host of updates this spring, with Xbox One X support plus much more coming later this season.

Psyonix happens to be planning to take the Rocket League Keys February update to any or all platforms on February 7, which include distribution of Competitive Season 6 rewards and the oncoming of Competitive Season 7.

The February update also introduces a whole new crate, new RLCS Fan Rewards, and also a public beta for your upcoming Tournament feature for Steam players. In March, Psyonix will introduce new licensed premium DLC as well as a special Spring Event.

In the Spring Feature Update, players can get the introduction of Tournaments, along with the addition of Performance and Quality performance mode choices for Switch. Performance Mode will feature 900p resolution docked, 720p in handheld mode with 60 fps and "infrequent" dynamic resolution scaling. Quality Mode will feature 1080p resolution docked, 720p in handheld mode with additional visual effects.

The team is additionally adding in-game player notifications for connection quality information, for instance server performance, latency variance and packet loss. Also within the Spring Update are various total well being updates for instance item stacking, better item searching and sorting, plus more.

Psyonix will release further precisely exact timeframes for other 2018 updates after Tournament functionality is added, but confirmed 2018 will dsicover the addition of cross-platform parties and matchmaking, updates on the progression system, new arenas and features, and Xbox One X support.

This year's roadmap alternates Content Updates and Feature Updates with all the goal of providing more Rocket League Crates frequent and regular updates, reducing time between Competitive Seasons, and allowing the expansion team to invest more time on bug fixes.

Earlier this month, Psyonix confirmed Rocket League hit 40 million players. Last week, Psyonix confirmed the action would receive cross-platform party support, but has never yet confirmed the consoles being included.