Rocket League
Psyonix / Epic Games · Game
Major future updates for Rocket League.
Season 23 major update · game update
Server infrastructure and DDoS protections · game update · Rocket League
Season 16 major update · game update · Rocket League
Match History and Player Profiles · game update · Rocket League
Season 17 major update · game update · Rocket League
Season 18 major update · game update · Rocket League
Season 19 major update · game update · Rocket League
Season 20 major update · game update · Rocket League
Season 21 major update · game update · Rocket League
Season 22 major update · game update · Rocket League
Easy Anti-Cheat PC rollout · platform update · PC
Season 23 major update · game update · Rocket League
September 23, 2026 · game update · Rocket League
October 22, 2026 · game update · Rocket League
November 1, 2026 · game update · Rocket League
Research timeline
Release
Rocket League launches One Piece limited-time event
The One Piece event began November 1 with themed challenges and rewards, running through November 23.
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Five Nights at Freddy's takes over Haunted Hallows
Rocket League launched a Five Nights at Freddy's Haunted Hallows event with themed challenges and three Spooky Arcade playlists through November 2.
Rocket LeagueSeason
Rocket League Season 24 launches
Season 24 introduced Honor Duels, Black Market Trade-Ins, custom scoreboards, revised keyboard-and-mouse controls, Top 100 rewards, and new limited-time events.
PsyonixMajor update
Season 23 added demo spawn control and advanced training tools
Players gained control over which side they respawn on after demolition, plus custom-training velocity and pitch, boost controls, speed graphs, hitbox visualization, replay options, streamer anonymization, and richer friend presence.
Psyonix via SteamReport
A new Unreal Engine 6 era was specifically teased
A Rocket League Championship Series broadcast showed a concrete next-generation Rocket League teaser described as a 'new era' and powered by Unreal Engine 6; no release timing was announced, so the coverage anchor receives no invented TBA release.
Rock Paper ShotgunPlatform
Easy Anti-Cheat became mandatory for online PC play
Psyonix rolled out Easy Anti-Cheat for Rocket League online play on PC while retaining offline play without it and supporting Steam Deck and Linux clients.
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Season 22 added strategic training and interface tools
The update exposed matchmaking rating, boost-pad recharge progress, and flip-reset status while adding new training options and weekly cash-prize tournaments.
Psyonix via SteamMajor update
Season 21 introduced Ranked Heatseeker and revised rewards
Heatseeker received a ranked version for the first time, while seasonal and weekly Challenges and post-tier-70 Rocket Pass rewards were expanded.
Psyonix via SteamProgression
Season 20 revamped 4v4, Rocket Pass progression, and ranked access
Psyonix enlarged and redesigned 4v4 for eight players and made it the first new Competitive Playlist in nearly seven years, replaced challenge Drops with XP, removed premium-only challenges, enabled Private Match XP, and moved new-account ranked access to skill-measuring New Driver Challenges.
Psyonix via SteamMajor update
Season 19 overhauled Clubs
Clubs gained career and seasonal statistics, milestone progression, medals, titles, full-party intros, expanded roles, and member-status improvements; the season also rolled out multiple new limited modes and five-mode Pentathlon Tournaments.
Psyonix via SteamMajor update
Season 18 greatly expanded custom-game mutators and reporting
Patch 2.49 added jump, multi-ball, gravity, scoring, territory, demolition, and Rumble mutators for Exhibition and Private Matches, as well as voice evidence for player reports.
Psyonix via SteamMajor update
Season 17 introduced Online Free Play
The update added customizable multiplayer Free Play sessions accessible from the menu, post-match screen, or matchmaking, alongside the territory-divided Split Shot and Split Shot Heatseeker limited modes.
Psyonix via SteamProgression
Match History and web Player Profiles launched
Patch 2.45 added an in-game history for the last 20 matches, replay saving, and detailed match results, while Rocket League's website added career, seasonal, playlist, recent-match, and connected-account statistics.
Psyonix via SteamMajor update
Season 16 expanded tournaments and demolition visibility
Season 16 launched with an improved post-demolition camera, additional regional tournament slots, and Heatseeker joining the Competitive Tournament rotation.
Psyonix via SteamInfrastructure
DDoS defenses and server infrastructure changes deployed
Psyonix said multiple updates had neutralized popular DDoS methods, changed disrupted matches to No Contest, and materially improved match quality, with remaining hardware work due later that month.
Psyonix via Steam