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Rocket League Switches to Unreal Engine 6 at Paris Championship

5/25/2026

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France, Psyonix and Epic Games announced at the Rocket League Championship Series 2026 in Paris that Rocket League will run on Unreal Engine 6, showing a trailer with a purple UE6 logo and in-game footage.
Epic gave no details on how Unreal Engine 6 improves on Unreal Engine 5.
Tim Sweeney said in May 2025 that Unreal Engine 6 is “a few years away,” will be multithreaded, integrate Verse, and may see builds in 2–3 years.

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France, Psyonix and Epic Games announced at the Rocket League Championship Series 2026 in Paris that Rocket League will run on Unreal Engine 6, showing a trailer with a purple UE6 logo and in-game footage.
Epic gave no details on how Unreal Engine 6 improves on Unreal Engine 5.
Tim Sweeney said in May 2025 that Unreal Engine 6 is “a few years away,” will be multithreaded, integrate Verse, and may see builds in 2–3 years.