Independent video game developer and publisher, Psyonix, creators of the sports-action hit Rocket League®, and Tencent Holdings Limited, a leading provider of Internet services in China, today announced a partnership to bring Rocket League® to China.
Announced during the Tencent UP 2017 Interactive Entertainment Press Conference, the Chinese version of Rocket League® is a collaboration between Tencent and Psyonix, and will feature the core Rocket League® gameplay that players have come to know and love. Some changes will be made to localize the game for the Chinese market, including that it will be free-to-play with items available for purchase. Additional changes will be announced further along in the development and additional details can be found on the Tencent site at http://rl.qq.com/.
Rocket League®‘s expansion into China comes alongside the community growing to more than 30 million players who have played more than 1.25 billion completed matches since the title’s launch in July 2015.