Just one day after officially releasing, Sloclap’s multiplayer soccer game REMATCH has amassed over one million unique players. This follows several successful beta tests, where player numbers reached over 160,000 on Steam alone. In a recent post on X (Twitter), Sloclap has expressed gratitude for the warm reception and promises to deliver hotfixes for various bugs affecting the game.
‘REMATCH’ Celebrates one million players just a day after official release
The milestone is certainly reason to celebrate; however, many players aren’t having as cheerful an experience in REMATCH. Since its Early Access release on June 16, players have reported desyncing, crashing, long queues, and the lack of crossplay. Sloclap has addressed these issues in various posts, promising to focus their efforts on patching REMATCH as best they can. Crossplay, Sloclap says, is its top priority at the moment.
“It’s very important for us that our players are able to enjoy Rematch with their friends, so along with bugfixes, crossplay is our absolute highest priority, we’re committed to delivering this feature swiftly, and we’ll share a more precise deadline as soon as possible. We already have a basic working version from a technical standpoint, but we need to implement the relevant interfaces, before debugging and polishing it, and finally passing console certifications successfully – all this takes time but we are doing our best to move forward quickly,” an update from Sloclap reads.
On June 20, a new hotfix for REMATCH was released, addressing several desyncing and networking issues:
Other issues Sloclap intends to address are lag and performance, as well as bugs and stability.
A level Playing Field
The future looks promising for REMATCH, however, with many new features planned for the near future. Sloclap intends to improve core gameplay aspects, including slide tackling, tweaks to goalkeeper mechanics, the dribbling system, and more. Competitive features like an in-game tournament system and leaderboards will also arrive at some point.
REMATCH is available on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam and Game Pass.
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