Hot Wheels RC Set Announced

Last year Psyonix began a partnership with Hot Wheels by introducing the 'Twin Mill III' and 'Bone Shaker' battle cars to Rocket League. Today, they announced that Hot Wheels will be producing a Rocket League themed RC set, which includes RC cars, a game ball, and a stadium.

RLCS Season 5: Rosters

RLCS teams had until last Friday to notify RLCS administrators of their rosters for the upcoming season. With the deadline came a slew of official roster announcements for the season:

Europe

Team Starter 1 Starter 2 Starter 3 Substitute
exceL Esports Markydooda Nielskoek Pwndx
Flipsid3 Tactics kuxir97 miztik Yukeo (1)
Fnatic Maestro Sikii Snaski
Gale Force Esports Kaydop Turbopolsa ViolentPanda Reepex
Team Vitality Fairy Peak Freakii Paschy90
PSG eSports Bluey Chausette45 Ferra hello
EnVyUs Deevo EyeIgnite remkoe gReazy
??? (previously Method) Al0t Metsanauris Mognus
  1. In the last announcement regarding Flipsid3's roster status, they stated that Yukeo was trying out for the team. An official announcement regarding the team's status has not been released, but it is expected that Yukeo will be Flipsid3's 3rd.

North America

Team Starter 1 Starter 2 Starter 3 Substitute
Cloud9 Gimmick SquishyMuffinz Torment Sadjunior
eQuinox CorruptedG Chrome Klassux DarkFire
G2 Esports JKnaps Kronovi Rizzo Satthew
Ghost Gaming Lethamyr Matt Zanejackey
Momentum Dappur (1) Timi (1) Mijo (2)
NRG Esports Fireburner GarrettG jstn Moses
Out of Style EPICJonny Lachinio Hato
Rogue Insolences Jacob Sizz
  1. There have been no official announcements regarding Momentum's roster status. With Moses' departure to NRG, Dappur and Timi must stay together to keep a spot in RLCS according to this season's rules.
  2. There have been no official announcements regarding Mijo's team status. However, it is widely assumed that he'll stay on Momentum's roster this season.

RLRS teams must confirm their rosters by tomorrow night at 11:59 PM PT, so expect a similar team listing in next week's post.

To stay up-to-date on the latest roster changes, bookmark Octane's RLCS Roster Tracker and Liquipedia's Transfer page.

RLCS Season 5: Qualifiers

Over the next 4 weekends, teams will battle for spots in the European and North American Top 128 brackets. From there, 4 teams each in Europe and North America will qualify for RLRS League Play.

Qualifier Dates Europe North America
1 Feb 17-18 Bracket Bracket
2 Feb 24-25 Bracket Bracket
3 Feb 27-28 Bracket Bracket
4 Mar 3-4 Bracket Bracket

Gfinity Elite Series

Gfinity's Elite Series will return for Season 3 on March 9th. With the return will come a new season format and an increase to 10 teams:

Gold Rush 2

To little suprise, Gold Rush delivered another phenomenal event, that included many entertaining moments:

If you missed the event or would like a recap, check out the discussion threads and VODs.

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Finally, make sure to show some love to the behind the scenes staff!

League of Rockets

League of Rocket's 3rd event, Twelve Titans: Year Two, takes place Saturday at 3 PM ET (9 PM CET) on .tv/TheLeagueOfRockets. Watch 12 of the world's best players battle it out for a $10,000 prize pool!

  • ClayX
  • Fairy Peak
  • florus
  • Kaydop
  • Kronovi
  • kuxir97
  • Lethamyr
  • Markydooda
  • Oscillon
  • Scrub Killa
  • Sharrieff
  • Turbopolsa

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