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The community pointed out some features that the long-awaited Counter Strike 2 could have taken from VALORANT. Check them out here. Counter Strike 2 Features from VALORANT The CS community has long been waiting for Counter Strike 2, since rumors about game engine Source 2 years ago. Now that it’s finally here and there is […]

Gekko is Valorant’s newest agent on the block and he looks to deliver and change up the meta with his kit that features an array of adorable creatures. Gekko plays the initiator role which means that his role is to set up for his teammates and to find information on the enemy team. To be […]

VALORANT has previously announced that it will move to a franchise league model starting 2023. Here are all of the confirmed franchise league VCT teams, as well as their currently signed players, for the Americas, EMEA, and Pacific. Americas Franchise Teams 100 Thieves Peter “Asuna” Mazuryk Derrek “Derrek” Ha Brenden “stellar” McGrath Matthew “Cryocells” Panganiban […]

HyperX and Riot Games will continue their exclusive partnership for the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) this 2023. Today, Riot Games and HyperX announced a multi-year partnership extension for the VCT, making HyperX the exclusive partner for keyboards, mice, and mousepads for the prestigious FPS tournament. This partnership will see HyperX supporting the tournament on all […]

VALORANT recently dropped “greater than one” by Ericdoa to celebrate the release of Gekko, the shooter’s newest Agent. Ericdoa and Gaming: “Music and gaming go hand and hand.” Eric George “Ericdoa” Lopez is a 20-year old singer-songwriter from Connecticut. His music can be classified as “hyperpop/digipop,” so it is already inherently close to the gaming […]

The 2023 Valorant Champions Tour starts with VCT LOCK//IN in Brazil, the biggest LAN yet in the history of the game and here’s how to watch it. VCT LOCK//IN Brazil is the first event of the 2023 Valorant Champions Tour and will feature the 30 partner teams from the EMEA, Pacific, and Americas leagues, as […]

From Brazil to Tokyo, and now to the United States of America, Valorant is going on a world tour this year. Valorant Champions 2023 will be held in Los Angeles, California. Here is everything you need to know about Valorant Champions 2023 Los Angeles, including the event dates, venue, tournament format, and how to purchase […]

Riot Games has just confirmed the identity of Valorant’s new Agent 22. The Los Angeles native called Gekko will be the game’s sixth initiator, and as his codename would suggest, the 22nd agent overall. His arrival was announced following leaks and rumors during the last day of the kick-off Valorant tournament for VCT for this […]

Riot Games have officially announced and confirmed that VALORANT will have its in-game competition, Premier, available for everyone to enjoy. VALORANT Premier release date to be confirmed. What is VALORANT Premier The global open beta for VALORANT’s new team-based competitive system, Premier, is on its way. Take a look at how Premier is changing the […]

It seems players will not have to wait long as VALORANT will be revealing and showcasing Agent 22 soon, according to leaks. VALORANT Agent 22 reveal According to popular VALORANT leaker @ValorLeaks, the previously teased Agent 22 will be revealed during the VALORANT LOCK//IN Grand Finals. This agent will also be showcased in-game during the […]

Valorant Patch 6.02 is here and there are a lot of changes to its gameplay, some bug and agent fixes, and a slight change to the Lotus Map. Here is everything to know about the latest patch notes on Valorant. We are almost in a month after Episode 6‘s release, and we have a patch […]

Maximize your chances of success on the new Lotus map in Valorant with Viper, the powerful Controller Agent with our Valorant Viper Guide. Valorant released a new map called Lotus that allows players to maximize their use of the Controller, especially with Viper’s Snakebite and other abilities, by implementing diverse tactics. In this Viper guide, […]

The German hacker agent, Killjoy, in Valorant, has significantly affected the professional Valorant meta. In the game’s progression, players and teams are increasingly opting for Killjoy in their defensive lineup, causing a drastic decrease in the previously popular agent Chamber’s pick rate. Killjoy’s impact on the professional Valorant meta has also influenced the amateur and […]

In “Valorant,” Incendiary is one of Brimstone’s abilities. It allows him to launch a canister that creates a fire zone, damaging any player who passes through it. This ability is useful for flushing out defenders or developing areas of denial, making it easier for the attacking team to take control of a point. The Incendiary […]

The dates for VALORANT’s first Night Market of 2023 for EP 6 Act 1 have been announced. VALORANT Night Market EP 6 Act 1 The upcoming Night Market is not only the first of the year, but also the first of Episode 6. As the official Riot Games and VALORANT social media accounts have shared, […]

Famous Content creators Ludwig “Ludwig” Ahgren and Tarik ‘tarik’ Celik recently collaborated for a $50,000 Valorant invitational. They did this while waiting for the official start of Valorant Esports by Riot Games for some teams in NA to enjoy and have fun. In the end, The Guard was the winner of the entire tournament, even […]

Read along for the VALORANT Patch 6.0 Notes, where the new map Lotus goes live, Split returns to the pool, and some Ranked changes. VALORANT Patch 6.0 Notes Gameplay System Updates Zoom inputs for ADS and Scopes when using Toggle Zoom updated in the backend. This fixes the Zoom disagreements between the Client and Server, […]

SEA Games 2023 is confirmed to be held in Cambodia, and here’s our list of VALORANT Dream Teams for each participating country. Note that the lists below are purely speculation. Furthermore, the tentative dates of Cambodia 2023 (May 5-17, 2023) coincide with the VCT 2023: Pacific League (March 26 – May 28, 2023). The latter […]

The VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) will be headed to Japan in 2023, as Riot just announced VALORANT Masters 2023 Tokyo for June next year. Japan has been one of VALORANT’s largest markets in 2022, and Riot will be rewarding its loyal fans in the East Asia region with a Masters event of its own. It […]

With the end of the year fast approaching, you can now get your entire 2022 Valorant career with VALFlashback. Here’s how you can get yours by following a few steps. 2022 has been a pretty successful year for Valorant as Riot Games’ first ever 5v5 shooter has risen in popularity when it comes to first […]

Valorant’s former director, Joe Ziegler, is moving to Bungie to “work on new stuff”. On his Twitter account, former Valorant Game Director Joe Ziegler announced that he would be taking up a post in Bungie games. To be specific, he said that he would be “working on new stuff that hopefully will one day get […]

VALORANT Insights Manager Brian Chang dives into the Riot Games approach towards smurfs and what they did (and are doing) to reduce them. This is part of the VALORANT Systems Health Series, which are deep-dive articles covering a specific topic for more transparency around the Competitive and Social & Player Dynamics. They have since discussed […]

KOI has just announced their new additions to their Valorant roster for the upcoming Valorant Champions Tour 2023. With the kick-off tournament in Rio de Janeiro closing in, it is only appropriate that the final set of teams for the franchised league finalize their roster. Tenemos un mensaje importante desde Berlín. #SomosKOI #KOIUnited pic.twitter.com/iipciU0lBU — […]

After many teasers in various tweets over several days, G2 have finally announced their Valorant roster. This Valorant roster aims to compete in the Ascension tournament to become part of the international league that will be held. Goodbye G2 Esports pic.twitter.com/hElmPWyXvF — G2 Esports (@G2esports) December 12, 2022 After being recently disqualified from the franchised […]

Well, boys, it’s finally happening. For years on end, VALORANT players have had a sneaking suspicion about a couple of Agents: Raze and Killjoy. Riot has been subtly dropping hints that’s there’s something more to the relationship between the two characters. Now, they have confirmed what many have secretly been hoping for. Raze and Killjoy […]

VALORANT Patch 5.12 goes live with a new game mode: Swiftplay! It also brings in a lot of Agent changes, especially to wide range ultimates. VALORANT Patch 5.12 Notes New Game Mode: Swiftplay Swiftplay is the game mode many have been requesting for almost as long as the game has been up. It’s a more […]

Split will finally be returning to the map pool in the Valorant Patch 6.0 update however Breeze and Bind will be the cost of its return. The map Split has been part of the map pool of the game ever since its launch of beta back in April 2020, along with Haven and Bind as […]

Riot Games posted the temporary changelist for VALORANT Patch 5.12, and it includes some substantial nerfs and changes to many Agents as well as some Game System updates. VALORANT 5.12 PBE Patch Notes Agent Updates All of the Ultimates that have “large, site-wide footprints” have had their point costs increased. Some of the abilities are […]

Split’s departure from the VALORANT map pool was a bit controversial, to say the least. Upon the release of Pearl, Split was taken off the Competitive and Unrated map pool while developers made some changes. It was a bit of a strange move, especially with other maps in the game having more pronounced problems. Well, […]

Valorant Patch 5.12 beta has finally gone live and the Chamber changes look like Riot Games is about to shake up the meta. With the beta for Valorant Patch 5.12  live, Twitter user @ValorLeaks also known as Mike, has tweeted out the various nerfs and changes Riot Games is giving to Chamber. In multiple tweets, […]

Riot Games’ tactical shooter Valorant is finally coming to consoles. This was confirmed after it was seen that Riot Games put up job listings on the gaming jobs platform Hitmarker. In the description of these job listings, it can be seen that they are looking for a Game Design Manager and Senior Game Designer specifically […]

During the recently concluded Valorant Game Changers 2022, many fans and players experienced many thrills and storylines that were formed during the event. There were many moments of raw talent that were on display as well as perfect team plays that were executed. The crowd also helped with the energy these teams were outputting. With […]

Riot Games is investigating the allegations against Rising Hope coach Vladislav “Simons” Mineev. In early October, Simons was accused by Rising Hope former head coach Jehiel “Pizzafps” Ardiente of sexual harassing her and the rest of the Game Changers team. She told her story through a TwitLonger, complete with a full timeline of the events […]

After the latest VCT Champions 2022 concluded in Turkey, Riot Games announced their franchised league for Valorant. For this franchised league, Riot Games partnered with 30 teams all throughout the globe to build the best teams they possibly could to compete at the highest tournament level for Valorant. Because not every team could get partnered, […]

Valorant Patch 5.10 is live with drastic changes from our agents that are having a difficult time looking for a game to join, be it in pro play or pub games. After the debut of Harbor in the Valorant Protocol, we have seldom seen him in actual play as he has a very limited and […]

Amongst all of the Sentinel Agents in VALORANT, Cypher has always felt like the most underpowered of the bunch. The Moroccan intel agent is arguably the biggest victim of power creep in game. With more and more agents added to the game, Cypher’s kit has felt underpowered and outdated for quite some time now. There’s […]

Jeremy “DisguisedToast” Wang showed interest in creating a Professional Valorant Team of his own, as stated in his Twitter. DisguisedToast started his day by asking his followers on October 31, “who’s the best available unsigned pro valorant player atm.” The tweet garnered a lot of attention, which led people to tag some of their favorite […]

Ex-LOUD teammates and 2022 World Champions Sacy and pANcada join North American Franchised Team Sentinels, completing the Sentinels roster, Sentinels announced. The two players helped LOUD secure the Championship in a 3-1 victory over North American team OpTiC Gaming. LOUD only lost a single map in the entire playoffs, which was in that series against […]

A few days ago, VALORANT’s newest Agent, Harbor, was finally released. Fans have long been speculating about the upcoming Controller Agent, and now, we finally got it. His agent trailer and accompanying gameplay reveal was some of the most spectacular work Riot has done in the last few months (and they’ve done a LOT). The […]