Rocket League
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Soon to celebrate its fifth anniversary on the Switch, Rocket League has now been hit with a new update addressing in-game bugs and adding new content.

The update sees two new arenas added alongside an Esports shop. Changes and modifications have also been made to the game itself, dominantly around the 'cage' ball indicator.

Here are the full patch notes from Psyonix:

Ver 2.1.1 - October 11th

New Arena: The Block (Hoops)

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  • The Block is now available in Private Matches, Exhibition Matches, and Free Play
    • The Block will be available in Online Matches starting October 12

New Arena: Farmstead (Spooky)

  • Farmstead (Spooky) is available in Private Matches, Exhibition Matches, and Free Play

El Chapulín Colorado

  • The El Chapulín Colorado tab is now live in the Item Shop for a limited time

Esports Shop

  • All teams in the Esports Shop have new Home and Away kits
    • Kits are available for Dominus, Fennec, and Octane Car Bodies
  • North America (NA):
    • Complexity
    • Dignitas
    • FaZe Clan
    • FURIA
    • Ghost Gaming
    • G2 Esports
    • Luminosity
    • NRG
    • OpTic Gaming
    • Rogue
    • Spacestation Gaming
    • Version1
  • Europe (EU):
    • Endpoint
    • Evil Geniuses
    • Guild
    • Karmine Corp
    • Moist Esports
    • Oxygen Esports
    • Soniqs
    • Team BDS
    • Team Liquid
    • Team Vitality
  • Oceania (OCE):
    • KC Pioneers
    • PWR
  • South America (SAM):
    • Team Secret
  • Middle East/North Africa (MENA):
    • Team Falcons

CHANGES AND UPDATES

Arenas - Ball Indicator

  • Updated the version of the “cage” ball indicator (which appears when the ball is on or close to a wall) on Sovereign Heights, Salty Shores (Night), Neo Tokyo (all versions), and Starbase ARC (all versions)
    • The cage ball indicator in these arenas matches the indicator already used in Champions Field
  • Modified the cage ball indicator on Champions Field (Day), and Salty Shores (Night)
    • The indicator now features a colored outer ring for improved visibility on these brighter Arenas

Arenas - Online Matches

  • Neo Tokyo has been re-added to Online Playlists

BUG FIXES

  • Fixed a bug preventing bots from leaving the scoreboard when replaced by a human player
  • Changed the Ford Bronco Raptor back to the Merc hitbox
  • [Rumble] Fixed the targeting crosshair so it does not remain on screen during a Goal Replay
  • Fixed appearance of Painted Standard Boost exhaust
  • Fixed Portuguese localization for “Nice Demo” Quick Chat
  • Fixed appearance of notifications for players using a 4:3 or 5:4 aspect ratio resolution
  • Fixed a bug that granted Honda Civic Type R Wheels to players who do not own the Car Body
    • Any player who has the Wheels without owning the Car Body will keep them
  • [Nintendo Switch] Fixed appearance of Franko Fone: Inverted Wheels
  • [Knockout] Splitscreen players will no longer be kicked once the primary player/player 1 is eliminated from the match
  • [PlayStation] Players are now properly notified with an error message if they try to unblock a player on the in-game Friends List that is also blocked on the platform level
  • Fixed a visual bug in the Color Picker menu when both controller and keyboard and mouse are plugged in

That's all the updates for now. With just over a month to go before the game's five-year anniversary on Switch, maybe we can expect to see even more new content added soon.

What are you most excited to see in this new update? Drive down to the comments to let us know!

[source rocketleague.com, via gonintendo.com]