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Rocket League is getting new loot and a trade-in system

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If you’re a sucker for cosmetics (like I am), the upcoming June update for Rocket League is sure to tickle your fancy. A few days ago, Psyonix said that it would contain painted and certified items. They’ve now announced that it will feature rare items and a trade-in system too (via PC Gamer).

That latter bit of news is what has me most excited. A trade-in system? Hallelujah! Now I can throw away all my duplicates in exchange for something potentially better.

Though, I may want to hold onto them for a bit longer. Psyonix are working on another cool feature that’ll come sometime after the June patch…

In the interest of full disclosure, we plan to implement Player-to-Player Trading in a later update. Some items, like those with “Painted” or “Certified” attributes, may become much more valuable if you can trade them to other players.  The “Trade-In System” is designed to let you get rid of unwanted or duplicate items, but you should consider carefully what you trade now versus what you might want to keep for future player-trading opportunities.

It’s about damn time! I wonder if Alessandro would be willing to give up some of his Portal 2 items? Probably not (that damn selfish Porra), which is why I’ll have to revert back to the trade-in system and hope that I get lucky.

The way it works is quite straight forward. Trade-in five common items and you’ll earn yourself something uncommon. Trade-in five uncommons, and you’ll score yourself something rare. And, yes, trading in five rares will then result in something very rare (I think Psyonix need to rename that category to legendary or something similar).

I’m quite stoked with these upcoming Rocket League features. What about you? Are you keen to get your hands on some shiny new cosmetics? Do you have a backlog of duplicates that you’ve been dying to get rid of?

Last Updated: June 8, 2016

30 Comments

  1. My rocket league is installed, who wants to play soccar?

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    • Captain JJ of the desert

      June 8, 2016 at 10:38

      Well, on my list of download Warframe is ahead of Rocket League, but sooooon I will join you for some karsokker!

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    • HairyEwok

      June 8, 2016 at 11:55

      I’ll take you on that, my sokkerkar is busy gathering dust.

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      • Admiral Chief Maximum Effort

        June 9, 2016 at 07:47

        Cool, will have some games this weekend

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    • DrKiller

      June 8, 2016 at 11:58

      Depends how fast you want to lose 😛

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    • GooseZA

      June 8, 2016 at 12:08

      I’ll join =)

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      • Admiral Chief Maximum Effort

        June 9, 2016 at 07:46

        Are we maatjies on Steam?

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        • GooseZA

          June 9, 2016 at 08:17

          Nope. Feel free to add me. I’m mostly playing overwatch on Xb1 at the moment but if you see me online send me an invite 🙂

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  2. Alien Emperor Trevor

    June 8, 2016 at 10:09

    I have a giftable copy of Rocket League for PC. #justsayin

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    • VampyreSquirrel

      June 8, 2016 at 10:27

      @Admiral_Chief:disqus got mine

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      June 8, 2016 at 10:37

      And it’s gone.

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      • Admiral Chief Maximum Effort

        June 8, 2016 at 10:39

        The guy says thanks

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  3. VampyreSquirrel

    June 8, 2016 at 10:25

    More cosmetics? I thought there were enough to collect in Overwatch (at 54/55 per character)

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  4. Ottokie

    June 8, 2016 at 10:29

    I say we get a few people and do some community games 😛

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    • Admiral Chief Maximum Effort

      June 8, 2016 at 10:39

      ^This

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    • VampyreSquirrel

      June 8, 2016 at 10:51

      We’re going to be so rusty and useless though

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      • Ottokie

        June 8, 2016 at 11:02

        Meh it’s about the fun… and not the fact that we were runners up xD

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        • VampyreSquirrel

          June 8, 2016 at 11:03

          And haven’t really played since XD

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          • Ottokie

            June 8, 2016 at 11:04

            Not one minute on my side as well xD

          • VampyreSquirrel

            June 8, 2016 at 11:17

            I’ve played a couple minutes, but it’s been a while. I still enjoy the game.

          • Ottokie

            June 8, 2016 at 11:18

            The game releases are crazy this year. I with I could spend some more time in Stardew Valley, but 1 week later boom! new game release on my wishlist

          • VampyreSquirrel

            June 8, 2016 at 11:21

            I still want that game, but I have so many games on my backlog that it’s gonna have to wait… a LONG while.

          • Ottokie

            June 8, 2016 at 11:23

            This Christmas holiday is filled already with games to play. Fallout and Witcher being the main guns of time consumption

          • VampyreSquirrel

            June 8, 2016 at 11:25

            I’m getting there with Fallout… Witcher is next on the list. But there are so many distractions 😛

          • Ottokie

            June 8, 2016 at 11:25

            And with the PS4 comes a whole new list of backlogs already xD

    • HairyEwok

      June 8, 2016 at 11:56

      If you have facebook go ahead and look up Rocket League SA, they do small community driven comps every once often. You could play against the prem league guys if you want to.

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  5. Dane

    June 8, 2016 at 10:50

    I have exactly 206 uncommon duplicates waiting to trade in. 😀 However, this article only covers a fraction of the features in the June update. It’s going to be HUGE!

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    • hairyknees

      June 8, 2016 at 11:51

      I KNOW! My body is ready 😀

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  6. DrKiller

    June 8, 2016 at 11:59

    How do you know how many duplicate items you have?

    Or are we just assuming all “uncommon” is after you got the “common” item too? I’m confused.

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  7. Miłosz Różański

    October 13, 2017 at 15:31

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