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Rematch Elite Edition Hitting Retail Shelves on November 14

Sloclap confirmed that Rematch will be getting a physical edition for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on November 14, priced at $40. The Elite Edition is set to include the full Season 1 content scheduled to launch later this month.

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Rematch crossplay is delayed after devs found "a major matchmaking issue" during its "final tests" before Patch 3's launch

"Since Crossplay is the heart of Patch 3, we've decided to delay the release while we fix it"

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Rematch's latest update aims to fix 'major netcode releases' including missed tackles and false goals, crossplay will 'hopefully' go live by the end of August

The second big Rematch patch is now live in Steam beta and expected to roll into the full game on Monday.

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Why is REMATCH struggling to retain its players? One of my favorite online games is still missing the most crucial feature of all

Are cosmetic microtransactions sidelining the potential of this fun multiplayer football title? REMATCH is losing its players, and crucial features are still absent.

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EA boss doesn't seem worried about Rematch stealing EA Sports FC 26's thunder as he insists "we love competition," but are "always watching" competitors: "We never sit back with arrogance"

EA CEO Andrew Wilson thinks "we have the greatest football creation team on the planet"

GamesRadar

Sifu wasn't just a kung-fu game, say its devs, and Rematch is actually a "samurai game" and not a football game

I think I've been playing it wrong

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Rematch devs call it a 'samurai game' and give a timeline for player reports, new ranked queues

Plus a patch adds colorblindness features, gamepad remapping.

PC Gamer

Rematch's first big patch makes being a goalkeeper even more terrifying, because improved hit detection means I'm being mobbed on every goal kick

My controller can't get much sweatier

GamesRadar

Rematch dev is "sorry" that players wanted more Sifu, "but for the moment it was better to let it rest"

Sloclap had "given everything we had on Sifu"

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FIFA and Rocket League aren't major Rematch competitors, according to director who says that fans of the football game "don't have an alternative" to play instead

And Football Manager certainly doesn't count

GamesRadar

Rematch director doesn't want to make "$50-100 million" games, "because that's what the big studios do" and all it does is limit the studio's creative freedom

And that just makes it harder to survive in a tough industry

GamesRadar

Rematch developers didn't 'get' the game, Sloclap boss says, until they started playing internal tournaments: 'I don't give a s**t about football, but this really struck something in me'

It turns out that a lot of Rematch developers, and a big chunk of players, aren't soccer fans.

PC Gamer

Rematch's developers expected players to develop new tech fast, but 'not nearly as fast as it is going right now'

Tekkers!

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"The essence of football is not in the rules": Rematch's creative director on nailing that five-a-side feeling and making a game "about kicking a ball rather than kicking heads in"

Interview | Creative director Pierre Tarno dives into the motion that ties Rematch, Sifu, and Absolver together

PC Gamer

Rematch devs talk balls—specifically, how to balance the ball's feel with function: 'It's the basic brick of the game, it's like an atomic component'

Any tweaks need to be done in a "considerate and deliberate way".

PC Gamer

No more dolphin swimming or flying in Rematch—in a bug fix, Sloclap very seriously explains why levitating soccer players aren't part of its vision for the game

It's okay, Sloclap. We understand.

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I spent 75 hours unlocking every trophy in Elden Ring Nightreign, only for Rematch to steal its thunder with a single hat trick

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"Chasing safe bets is a death sentence": Rematch devs had no desire to simply chase FIFA or Rocket League, but they spent years planning out their hit football game

"It was not a question of 'oh, Sifu did very well – what are we doing next?"

GamesRadar

Rematch players have discovered that flopping around the field is faster than sprinting, but Sloclap is going to stop the flop

"We're planning to push a fix very soon, before this weekend."

PC Gamer

Rematch players are flopping about like schools of flying fish because—and I tested this—it's actually faster

I foresee a hotfix in Sloclap's future.

Operation Sports

The Sports Game You Didn’t See Coming Just Hit 3 Million Players – Without Being Free-to-Play

Rematch is huge!

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How to unlock titles in Rematch

Expand the Rocket League style kickabout further with our Rematch titles guide

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Rematch devs "never considered free-to-play," even if it risked being "dead on arrival," because "the best way to make a commercial success is to just make a very good game"

"I think that if it's original and solid, plus very reasonably priced, players will get it"

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Rematch review

A few kinks aside, Rematch is pitch perfect.

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