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Rocket League Paris Major Bundle will fund prize pool for May 20 RLCS start

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will sell a new Bundle from May 19 to May 30, and every purchase is tied directly to the prize money for the esports teams headed to Paris. The bundle costs 1,000 in-game credits, or $9.99, and its sales will help swell the pool for the event that begins May 20.

The game’s publisher said 100% of the bundle’s net sales, after taxes, will be split between the best-performing individual players and the best-performing teams. Half of that money will go to players through Player Performance Awards, which are divided equally across three categories, while the other 50% will be shared among the 16 teams at the Paris Major, with higher-placing teams taking a larger share.

For players buying the bundle, the pitch is simple: cosmetics in exchange for added money at the top of the competition. The more bundles that sell, the larger the prize pool becomes, giving the Paris Major a direct link between in-game purchases and on-field payouts.

The move fits a familiar strategy in esports, where publishers use special items to turn fan purchases into event funding. and also said they plan to release a similar bundle later this year to support the , extending the same model beyond Paris.

The timing also matters because Rocket League has recently added anti-cheat, a step aimed at protecting the integrity of competition as the season moves into one of its biggest stages. With the bundle available only through May 30, the sale window is brief, and the effect on the prize pool will become clear as the competition begins and the purchases come in.

By the time the Paris Major opens on May 20, the question will not be whether the bundle exists. It will be how much money players can push into the event before the shop closes, and which teams end up earning the biggest share of the total.

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