Rocket League released back in 2015, but it's still performing exceptionally well and just recently surged to new heights not seen in years, at least in terms of concurrent players.
Developer Psyonix announced that Rocket League reached more than 900,000 concurrent players across platforms on Friday, January 23. "Today has been a wild ride," the studio said of the achievement. Rocket League apparently surpassed 1 million concurrents over the weekend, and that's the highest concurrent-player count for the free-to-play game in five years.
It's not immediately clear what drove the recent surge in Rocket League players. People are pointing to streamer Jynxzi playing the game recently, but there could be any number of factors contributing to Rocket League's popularity.
Millions of people in the US faced frigid temperatures and lots of snow this past weekend, and this could have contributed as well, as people opted to stay safe and warm inside.
Over on Reddit, people are saying Rocket League "the game I keep coming back to" and is somewhat of a "lifestyle" game that people enjoy returning to. Other people are saying Rocket League is great for people when they only have 20 minutes to play, while others are praising Rocket League because, even after all its success, there still aren't many other games like it.
Rocket League's South Park collab is live in the game now, bringing toppers based on Cartman, Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Butters to the soccer-with-cars game.
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Developer Psyonix announced that Rocket League reached more than 900,000 concurrent players across platforms on Friday, January 23. "Today has been a wild ride," the studio said of the achievement. Rocket League apparently surpassed 1 million concurrents over the weekend, and that's the highest concurrent-player count for the free-to-play game in five years.
It's not immediately clear what drove the recent surge in Rocket League players. People are pointing to streamer Jynxzi playing the game recently, but there could be any number of factors contributing to Rocket League's popularity.
Millions of people in the US faced frigid temperatures and lots of snow this past weekend, and this could have contributed as well, as people opted to stay safe and warm inside.
Over on Reddit, people are saying Rocket League "the game I keep coming back to" and is somewhat of a "lifestyle" game that people enjoy returning to. Other people are saying Rocket League is great for people when they only have 20 minutes to play, while others are praising Rocket League because, even after all its success, there still aren't many other games like it.
Rocket League's South Park collab is live in the game now, bringing toppers based on Cartman, Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Butters to the soccer-with-cars game.
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