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Nintendo E3 conference: Rocket League coming to Switch in late 2017 complete with cross-platform play… but not to PS4?

The highly-addictive vehicle-driving football game has been a huge success since it was released on PC and PS4

ROCKET League is being released onto the Nintendo Switch later this year complete with cross-platform play, it was announced today.

The highly-addictive vehicle-driving football game has been a huge success since it was released on PC and PS4 in 2015.

 Rocket League is coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year with cross-platform play
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Rocket League is coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year with cross-platform playCredit: Nintendo

And at Nintendo's E3 press conference, developers Psyonix revealed the title was coming to the console in late 2017.

It will launch with the same content, features and updates as other platforms.

It will also have exclusive battle-cars and customisation options such as Mario and Luigi hat toppers.

Rocket League will also be playable in all formats of the Switch including handheld, docked and tabletop.

It was also feature local multiplayer and online, which can cater for up to eight players.

And cross-platform play was the biggest plus to Switch version of Rocket League, enabling you to team up with Steam and Xbox One users.

But according to , it does not look like PlayStation 4 will be linked.

 Rocket League has become one of the most popular games on the market and is highly-addictive
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Rocket League has become one of the most popular games on the market and is highly-addictiveCredit: Nintendo

Others games Nintendo announced at their conference was a Pokemon RPG coming to the Switch in more than one year's time.

Details about Zelda: Breath of the Wild's DLC emerged along with Mario Odyssey's release date of 27 October.

We're also getting Metroid Prime 4, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Kirby, Yoshi and Fire Emblen Warriors for the Nintendo Switch.

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