Soon, Grand Champion will no longer be the highest competitive rank in Rocket League. When the free-to-play update goes live, the Grand Champ will be split into three tiers like the other ranks, with a new highest rank, Super Sonic Legend.

In retrospect, after bragging about my becoming a champ back in April, Corey Davis, co-studio head of Psyonix, replied on Twitter: "Time to add a rank. I never thought I'd actually do it, the devil.

Here's the new rank list:

Psyonix has yet to announce an exact date for the free-to-play update, but says it should appear sometime in the middle of this month, which means in the next three weeks or so.

When the update goes into effect, all of these changes will take effect and new PC players will be able to get Rocket League for free on the Epic Store; new players on Steam will not be able to use it, but existing PC players can use the Steam version and Updates will continue.

Today's blog post includes more details about seasons, ranks, and the transition to free play. If you missed the initial news about the move to free play, you can find more details here. For current players, this means that they will get several in-game items for free as a thank you for their purchase.