More than 38 million people have played Rocket League

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Rocket League hit 25 million registered players this past January, and surpassed 30 million in April . Partly buoyed by Rocket League's Nintendo Switch release , the vehicular sports game has gained eight million players in the past eight months.As "Rocket League's best year yet" draws to a close, Psyonix took to its forums to outline updates planned for 2018, with server performance topping the list."We’ll be rolling out improved connection quality status information in the game client in 2018 that will tell you if you’re experiencing packet loss, latency variance, or legitimate game server performance issues," Psyonix said, adding that they are also looking into improved server reporting and region selection.Psyonix said Xbox One performance is another top priority, but didn't offer any details.The announcement post also touched on upcoming content and features. In-game tournaments are still expected to release in 2018, Psyonix said, alongside a revamped progression system designed "to make XP meaningful again," inventory and quality-of-life improvements, and new collectibles such as banners, titles and achievements.Finally, the studio is working to launch cross-platform party support next year. "With PsyNet Parties now stably powering the Switch platform, we’ll begin rolling it out to all of our players sometime next year," Psyonix said.

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