Rocket League celebrates its past with 3rd-anniversary event

Rocket League is approaching its third anniversary, and developer Psyonix is planning a celebration of the vehicular soccer game that debuted summer 2015. The Anniversary Event begins July 9 and runs through July 23, and it features a number of throwbacks to Rocket League predecessor Super Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars (SARPBC), which is about to turn 10 years old.

Psyonix is designing the event to bring some SARPBC elements into Rocket League including through a new “Throwback Stadium” that will bring the goals away from the wall similar to how they were set up in that previous game. The studio is also dropping crates and keys for the Anniversary. Instead, players will earn balloons that they will redeem for prizes without requiring any premium key or decryptor. You just get 10 balloons and pop them to find one of 60 random items that you can use to customize the look of your battle-car.