esports: Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (Premier League) launch a team on the game Rocket League

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (Premier League) has launched a team on the video game Rocket League (Psyonix, car/football game), with the recruitment of the three players Rix Ronday, Luis Puente Peña and Ole Van Doorn, announced the club on 05/11/2020.

Rocket League is the fifth game played by Wolves Esports after FIFA (EA Sports), FIFA Online 4, Identity V (NetEase) and Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Corporation). Wolves are the first Premier League club to have a Rocket League team, a game on which the club will participate in the RLCS X Winter Split competition.

"Millions of people around the world are playing Rocket League and, given its similarities to football, it felt like the perfect next step into esports. Gaming and esports remain a crucial part of our brand growth strategy and signing such talented and ambitious players to represent our Rocket League esports team is another step forward in our journey to build stories outside of football and widen the appeal of the Wolves brand across the world," said Russell Jones, general manager for marketing and commercial growth at…