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Psyonix and its hugely popular soccer-car hybrid game Rocket League<\/em> are now officially a part of Epic Games.<\/p>

The transaction is still subject to customary closing conditions, but Epic and Psyonix expect the acquisition to be closed near the end of May to early June of this year.<\/p>

“Today is a big day for us here at Psyonix because, just as the headline says, we\u2019re officially joining the Epic Games family.,” Psyonix said in the announcement.<\/a> “Rocket League<\/em> always has been and always will be a community-driven game, and now that we have joined forces with Epic, we will be able to serve our community in even bigger and better ways!” <\/p>

Psyonix has confirmed that the same team behind Rocket League <\/em>will continue to work on the game and that, in the short term, nothing will change at all with the game or the team. In the long-term, however, Psyonix expects Epic to “leverage our new relationship to grow the game in ways we couldn\u2019t do on our own before.” <\/p>

EpiC will also be acquiring everything under the Rocket League<\/em> esports ecosystem. The exact price of the acquisition, as well as other details around the announcement, have not been disclosed by either Epic or Psyonix.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"