Karmine Corp Crowned Champions of Rocket League Paris Major

Karmine Corp, the French Esports squad who’s reached the semifinals successful the past 2 Rocket League World Championships, stood atop the podium arsenic champions of the 2026 RLCS Paris Major aft defeating Saudi Arabian squad Twisted Minds.

In beforehand of an enthusiastic hometown crowd, the Karmine Corp roster consisting of Atow, Juicy, and Vatira emerged victorious 4 games to 2. They endured a tourney that began with 16 antithetic teams vying for the trophy.

The RLCS 2026 Paris Major Trophy

“The full crippled we dominated, and I deliberation we could person scored earlier,” says Karmine Corp’s Juicy. “But, successful the end, it was conscionable a relief. We were meant to win.”

Karmine Corp rapidly went up 2-0 successful the last earlier dropping a crippled to Twisted Minds. The decisive last crippled went into overtime earlier Atow scored the tournament-winning goal.

Earlier successful the day, the assemblage packed into La Défense arena successful Paris erupted erstwhile Rocket League was revealed to beryllium coming to the newly-announced Unreal Engine 6. A abbreviated teaser showed a glimpse astatine much elaborate environments for the game, an enhanced options selector, and more.

Juicy says the pending updates marque him adjacent much excited astir the aboriginal of Rocket League.

“]I deliberation it] volition beryllium a bully thing,” Juicy says. “[I’m excited to see] what tin beryllium made. Unreal Engine 6 is going to bring truthful overmuch to the game.”

For winning the tournament, Karmine Corp took location the lion’s stock of a much than $350 1000 prize pot. Vatira was named MVP.

The Rocket League Championship Series World Championship is coming up September 15-20 from Fort Worth, Texas.

For much connected the Rocket League Championship series, work our deep-dive into everything shown successful the Unreal Engine 6 teaser and astir however Epic is utilizing Unreal Engine to powerfulness in-person events.

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