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Having an Epic Games account is now a requirement to play Rocket League. (Image source: Psyonix)An Epic Games account is now a requirement to play Rocket League, as of the latest update for the game. There is now no way to play Rocket League without having an Epic Games account, and Epic Games will happily…
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Earlier this week, an international team of astronomers announced they had detected traces of phosphine, a simple molecule associated with living organisms, in the atmosphere of Venus. While it is not definitive proof of extraterrestrial life, it’s hard to explain without invoking extraterrestrial microbes floating in the acid clouds of Earth’s neighbor. The only way…
After a 2.5gb update, I was met with a weird tutorial for a first time player. Since I’ve got 1550 hours in the game, I thought that was a bit strange, but did the tutorial.It wants me to sign up for an epic account. Which requires accepting the Epic Games TOS and Privacy Policy. Neither…
Something to look forward to: Everyone’s favorite competitive vehicle sports game, Rocket League, finally has a free-to-play launch date. The game will lose its upfront cost on September 23, and will instead be monetized exclusively through cosmetic microtransactions. If you’re like me and have held off on playing Rocket League due to its entry fee,…
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Rocket Lab’s 14th mission, “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical,” had a stowaway aboard. The New Zealand launch company quietly included its first fully functioning satellite next to its paying customer’s payload. First Light, as it’s called, is a sort of tech demo intended to show how access to orbit doesn’t have to be, as…
Small satellite launcher Rocket Lab says it has successfully flown one of its own satellites, demonstrating that the spacecraft’s design holds up in Earth orbit. It’s the first time the company has flown its in-house cylindrical spacecraft, known as the Photon, which Rocket Lab hopes to sell to customers for use in ambitious deep-space missions.…
The release of Rocket League’s massive gameplay redesign is mere weeks away and its developer, Psyonix, is sharing more details as to what gamers can expect once it does drop around mid-September. High on that list is the fact that neither Playstation or Switch owners will need to maintain an online subscription in order to…
Rocket Lab is making the final preparations for its first launch since July 5 when a problem during the second-stage burn caused the loss of seven satellites built by three companies. The mission, called “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical,” will aim to deploy a 100kg-class microsatellite for San Francisco-based Capella Space, an information services…
Let’s go to LEO — “There have been some issues that have been uncovered just recently.” Eric Berger – Aug 21, 2020 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / An Ariane 5 rocket lifts off on August 15, 2020.Welcome to Edition 3.13 of the Rocket Report! This week’s report is one of the longest ever, because there…
The huge rocket for the ULA Vulcan just passed a fiery Landmark
The new rocket motor for the huge ULA Vulcan is one step closer to launching into space, with Northrop Grumman successfully putting one of the beastly motors through its paces this week. The ground test of the extended length 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor, known as GEM 63XL, is a key milestone on the way to…
Digging into the flame trench — “With God’s help, he will teach our technicians to make rockets.” Eric Berger – Aug 14, 2020 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / The Space Launch System rocket core stage is shown installed on the top-left side of the B-2 Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.NASAWelcome to Edition 3.12…