![]() We’ll go from lower to higher in cost because I like tension and because you’ll think the first one I list will be pricey enough. How much are they now? How expensive can in-game items get? Will I ever stop deviating and actually tell you? I’ll answer two out of those three questions for you. The Alpha testers received a literal goldmine of items in three different rewards: the Alpha Hat (or Gold Cap), the Alpha boost (or Gold Rush) and the Alpha wheels (or Goldstone). The Beta testers got the short side of the stick only having one reward to their name, known as the Gold Nugget antenna. While the Alpha phase of Rocket League ran from 23rd February to 10th August 2014, Beta testing wasn’t done until sometime October 2014 to 7th July 2015, release date.īoth phases tested arenas, battle-cars, physics and even game titles as the sequel to Supersonic Acrobatic Rock- cough, cough, SARPBC was originally called Battle-Cars 2, later changed to Rocket League. The Alpha and Beta phases of Rocket League have their own distinct timelines and rewards. Let’s get something straight out of the gate. The total number of nuggets, wheels, hats or boosts is still unknown - with people taking guesses in the thousands and others in the hundreds, still to be confirmed by Psyonix themselves.Īs to their value, welp, hold on to your seats because this one will be a little downer for collectors or to you if these items caught your eye and thought you finally saw the item you needed to finish and pimp your ride. Read more: Rocket League adds American Football mode for Super Bowl week.While alpha and beta testing had no division between casuals and pros since there was no pro scene, to begin with, Alpha and Beta rewards picked up in popularity and price for one reason and one reason only: exclusivity. In fact, several professional Rocket League pros have been around since the Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars or SARPBC for short - RLCS Season 1 World Champion, Cameron "Kronovi" Bills AKA The Mountain is living proof. Rocket League started to pick up on popularity and has been steadily growing its RLCS viewership and concurrent player base through the years after its 2015 release. Unlucky for the rest of titles and lucky for alpha/beta testers, Rocket League took off. We’ve seen it a million times over, especially in games that don’t ever reach lift-off or die soon after release. Let’s start from the beginning, shall we? Rocket League has only one predecessor - it’s flaky, boring cousin: Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars and referencing content creator GOAT, SunlessKhan, we wonder why they didn’t stick with the name.Īlpha (and Beta) Rewards were, you guessed it, items earned by players that tested the Alpha and/or Beta versions of Rocket League, respectively. Today, we are going to tell you everything we know about Alpha (and Beta) rewards in Rocket League and why they are a white-hot commodity in this community.įrom their inception to their current state, we’ll walk you down the history of Rocket League and how you’ve seen it once or twice if you’ve ever caught an RLCS X series, game or even clip. Well, here’s your chance to redeem yourself and learn something for a change. If you stick around long enough the Rocket League community, you will hear the terms “Alpha this” or “Alpha that” if you haven’t already and when it happened, you might’ve just Jay-Z brushed it off and kept moving. ![]() Such a catalyst for the sports gaming scene is bound to have its mysteries, and darn it they’re good. Not one like it before, we doubt there will be one like it again. Rocket League came to change everything we know.
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