Psyonix Teases New Mode For Rocket League

<p>If you thought cars nudging a soccer ball into a net was a ridiculous idea&comma; just wait until you hear what the hugely successful <em>Rocket League<&sol;em> has planned next&period; A tweet from the official <em>Rocket League<&sol;em> account announced that a new basketball-themed mode would be coming to the&comma; uh&comma; racing&sol;sports&sol;arcade game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">As mentioned in the tweet&comma; the new Hoops mode is being made to&comma; hopefully&comma; coincide with March Madness&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-lang&equals;"en">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" lang&equals;"en">March Madness is just around the corner&period; Great time to tease the mode we&&num;8217&semi;re working on next <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;RocketLeagueHoops&quest;src&equals;hash">&num;RocketLeagueHoops<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;rrlEnnFhby">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;rrlEnnFhby<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>— Rocket League &lpar;&commat;RocketLeague&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;RocketLeague&sol;status&sol;708107277543182336">March 11&comma; 2016<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script src&equals;"&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" async&equals;"" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The image suggests that some new tactics will be needed to defeat opponents when Psyonix releases the new mode&period; The basketball net appears to be just as wide as the net in the main game&comma; but the major difference here is that it&&num;8217&semi;s only open from the top&&num;8211&semi;that’s how basketball nets work&period; It’s going to take a little extra thumb-maneuvering to ensure the ball is airborne before knocking it into the net&period; Perhaps I won’t be able play my dirty trick on the CPU by aiming for the goal immediately after the whistle is blown&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"><em>Rocket League<&sol;em> originally released on PlayStation 4 last summer as part of a PlayStation Plus lineup&period; The game released on February 17th for the Xbox One&period; Let’s hope that the new mode is free for both console versions&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ca&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2016&sol;03&sol;11&sol;rocket-league-is-getting-a-basketball-mode">IGN<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;