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Epic Games unveiled Unreal Engine 6 with a Rocket League reveal that drew a standing ovation in Paris, signaling a next‑gen, multithreaded engine and a unification of Unreal Engine and Unreal Editor for Fortnite; while some hail the leap, others question the timing and whether Unreal Engine 5’s potential has been fully realized, with a possible UE6 release around April 2028.
Epic teased Rocket League's move to Unreal Engine 6 with a real-time, in-game trailer shown at the Paris Major, signaling a forthcoming engine upgrade for the free-to-play racer as part of Epic's UE6 rollout.
Epic Games previews Unreal Engine 6 as a gradual, cross-project upgrade designed to unify high-end development with Fortnite’s fast, live-service workflows, including a public Rocket League demo on UE6. Preview builds are expected in about 2.5 years, with a full release targeted for 2028, while UE5 continues to receive updates and tooling aims to work seamlessly across standalone titles and ecosystem experiences.
Epic Games showed a first look at Unreal Engine 6 with real-time gameplay from a redesigned Rocket League, highlighting cosmetic upgrades like improved reflections. No release date for UE6 was announced, and Rocket League still runs on Unreal Engine 3, with the engine transition in the early stages.
Epic Games teased Unreal Engine 6 with Rocket League migrating to the new engine, signaling a next-gen toolset for the Xbox Project Helix era; a full UE6 reveal and additional UE6-powered titles are expected in the near future.
Epic Games revealed at the Rocket League Championship Series 2026 in Paris that Rocket League will be the first game to use Unreal Engine 6. Details are scarce, but Tim Sweeney has said UE6 is a few years away with preview builds possible in 2-3 years, and the engine aims to unify Epic’s development stack, fix a long-standing single-threaded bottleneck by enabling multithreaded simulation, and integrate Verse as a core gameplay layer to bridge UE5 and UEFN workflows. The teaser hints previews could arrive sooner, but no release window was announced; historically UE5 took about 23 months from reveal to production, giving a rough sense of the timeline.
Psyonix unveils a 'new era' for Rocket League alongside the Unreal Engine 6 reveal, signaling a future shift from UE3 to Epic's latest engine; the Switch version has recent performance updates and Fortnite is teased in the trailer.
Psyonix unveiled Rocket League’s next era at RLCS 2026 Paris Major, showing the game running on Unreal Engine 6 as a teaser for the UE6 successor to UE5, signaling a major technological leap for the free-to-play vehicular soccer title.
Fortnite and Rocket League launched the Rivals & Rockets crossover, offering a free Dueling Dragons Jackie Fortnite skin unlocked by completing five Rocket League online-match quests and a free Havoc car body unlocked by completing five of six Fortnite Battle Royale quests; the rewards apply to both games, and the event runs until April 30, 2026. The Rocket League tasks are quick (about 45 minutes with modes like Heatseeker), while the Fortnite challenges are straightforward and can be finished in a few matches.
Rocket League's latest update (version 2.64) brings Switch 2 enhancements: docked mode runs at 1080p/60 FPS, handheld mode uses dynamic 1080p60 with resolution scaling, the old Performance/Quality toggle is removed in favor of a single optimized setting, and visual upgrades include higher texture detail, improved lighting, ambient occlusion, sharper shadows and anisotropic filtering; there is no announced Nintendo Switch 2 Edition.
Rocket League on Nintendo Switch 2 receives a free v2.64 patch with visual and performance upgrades. Docked mode is locked to 1080p at 60 FPS, handheld mode uses dynamic resolution targeting 1080p at 60 FPS while adjusting to maintain smooth gameplay, and the update enhances world detail, texture quality, anisotropic filtering, ambient occlusion, lighting, and shadows. The Performance/Quality toggle has been removed in favor of the improved rendering settings.
South Park’s Cartman, Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Butters invade Rocket League for a limited-time event (Jan 22 at 4 PM PT–Feb 5 at 4 PM PT) called Cartman’s Crash Out, unlocking toppers that track specific in-game stats and an animated Cheesy Poofs Octane decal; the Stampede + South Park bundle adds a Stampede car body with five Cartman/Stan/Kyle/Kenny/Butters decals, letting players customize a Cartman-themed car before the deadline.
An AWS outage is causing widespread disruptions to popular online games like Fortnite, Rocket League, and ARC Raiders, along with other services such as Steam and PlayStation Network, with issues including login failures and server timeouts. The outage stems from problems with AWS's DNS and load balancer systems, and users are advised to monitor status updates and wait for the resolution.
Rocket League's Frosty Fest 2025 runs from December 18 to January 7, featuring a Hogwarts house rivalry where players are sorted into Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, or Hufflepuff, with house-based rewards, challenges, and themed items including a special car bundle and a new song collaboration.
Rocket League has partnered with The Simpsons for a limited-time event where players can complete Springfield-themed challenges to earn in-game rewards, including a Homer’s Car, with the event running from November 1 to November 17, 2025.