Psyonix Unveils Free Mutator And Hockey Updates For 'Rocket League'

Ever since the surge in popularity (mainly due to the fact that it was a free game for one month via PlayStation Plus), Psyonix's Rocket League continues to host thousands of matches between two groups of cars trying to shoot a large ball into the opposing team's goal. The base game already provides hours of intense gameplay, but the developers believe it isn't enough, with a plan to launch a free update in November.

The new update will introduce "Mutators," or modifiers to the game, adding more variety to your custom matches. You can introduce a Moonball gameplay, which not only adds an extra boost to your car, but reduces the gravity in the area to make scoring goals even more difficult. There's also a Demolition mode, which focuses more on the fact that even a small bump on an opposing car blows it up, and an option to enlarge the already-massive ball and give it the same physics as a light beach ball.

For those who enjoyed the game's predecessor Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars (say that five times fast), the update also brings back a few classic modes such as Time Warp, and Cubic, which turns the spherical ball into a cube. Finally, Psyonix also created a playlist of games with the new features called Mutator Mashup so players can test them out before implementing them into their own private matches.