Rocket League: Collector’s Edition Announced

<p>The ludicrously entertaining&comma; high-octane Indie sport mixer <em>Rocket League<&sol;em> was easily one of the most enjoyable releases of 2015&period; In the following months&comma; the game has steadily climbed in popularity and availability&comma; with difficult yet enjoyable gameplay that is easily learned and improved upon&period; Three DLC packages have been released for the game thus far&comma; and more have been promised in the form of <em>Rocket League&colon; Collector’s Edition<&sol;em> for PC and console&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Rocket League<&sol;em> was digitally released for the first time on the Xbox Live Marketplace early last month&comma; and the announcement for the Collector’s Edition soon followed&period; Originally released on Steam and PSN&comma; the digital download alone has sold over 4 million units to over 12 million players worldwide&period; The soccer-like Indie hit also boasts a huge &lpar;and active&rpar; community of players and fans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure style&equals;"width&colon; 936px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;gyazo&period;com&sol;f9329660e1b2a4da3d0709d285aa74a9&period;jpg" alt&equals;"rocket league" width&equals;"936" height&equals;"525" &sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Rocket League&comma; Psyonix&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The exclusive contract to publish a physical copy was scooped up by 505 Games&comma; a global publisher and member of the Digital Bros Group&period; Dave Hagewood &lpar;CEO and Studio Director of Psyonix&rpar; seemed positive about the release&comma; saying&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;505 Games are a proven entity in taking digital brands like <em>Terraria<&sol;em> and <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;crime-pays-weekly-payday-2-crimewave-edition-review&sol;">PAYDAY<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; and breaking them out&comma; through their long-established retail partnerships and on-the-ground expertise&comma; to a whole new consumer-base worldwide&period;” While the quote may lead some to accuse Psyonix of double-dipping&comma; it does bring promise that the release will be done tastefully&comma; to &lpar;hopefully&rpar; follow in the footsteps of other great releases such as <em>Sniper Elite&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The <em>Collector’s Edition<&sol;em> will feature the full game&comma; the three previously released DLC packages&comma; and new&comma; additional content that will likely be retail-only&period; No confirmation has been made to whether or not the DLC released with the <em>Collector’s Edition<&sol;em> will be available to those who purchased the game digitally&comma; but the edition itself will be available to all next-gen gamers on PC&comma; PlayStation 4&comma; and Xbox One&period; It is expected to be released at participating retailers in Q3&comma; 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out our review of <em>Rocket League<&sol;em> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;fueling-competitve-demon-rocket-league-review&sol;">here&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <&sol;strong>Psyonix Press Release<&sol;p>&NewLine;