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Valorant Patch 4.05 is live with a slight nerf for one of our agent rising in popularity and game system updates that would make life easier. There are also slight bug fixes to add up to the patch given by Riot Games Patch Notes here. With Brimstone being the only agent directly affected, there will […]

Two days of Icebox picks, and The Guard is really showcasing why they’re a top contender in the VCT Challengers Stage 1 Playoffs brackets. After tearing apart top guns Sentinels yesterday, The Guard are capitalizing on their momentum, this time taking down Luminosity Gaming. The 2-0 victory may be the same result as their group […]

Cloud9 may be considered the best team in the NA VALORANT scene right now, but OpTic Gaming have something to say about that. In their semifinals matchup in the VCT Challengers Stage 1 Playoffs, OpTic rallied to a 2-1 series win, showing that despite some hiccups in the group stage, they’re definitely still top contenders […]

New blood The Guard are definitely making a name for themselves in the 2022 VCT Challengers Stage 1 tournament. Emerging as the second seed from Group A, suffering a loss only to Cloud9, The Guard are hungry to prove themselves in the playoffs stage. Now, they have executed a clinical 2-0 victory over Sentinels (SEN) […]

Version1 (V1) may have gone undefeated during the 2022 VCT Challengers group stage, but Luminosity Gaming (LG) have stepped up and pulled the breaks on V1’s momentum in the quarterfinals of playoffs. LG were the fourth ranked team out of Group A, and were by all counts, unexpected to win against V1, arguably considered the […]

The 2022 VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) NA Challengers Stage 1 is ramping up with the playoffs stage featuring the top teams from the previous round. Four squads from each of two groups have qualified to the brackets stage, where they’ll be competing in a double elimination format for a shot at heading to the first […]

The Valorant Masters Stage 3 Berlin champions Gambit announced the departure of its Valorant roster in their organization. They will continue their run in VCT 2022 as an independent team known as M3C. This is referencing to their 1st place finish in Valorant Masters Stage 3 Championship. They will go up against Navi, BIG, and […]

The VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) EMEA Challengers will welcome back 2021 VALORANT Champions runners-up Gambit to the stage—just under a different, and neutral, name. The development comes amid the continued conflict in Ukraine and Russia. As a Russian team, fans were wondering whether Gambit could still compete in VCT. With the org’s decision to allow […]

The main event of 2022 VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) Stage 1 Challengers in NA has kicked off its main event with 12 of the top teams in the region competing for a shot at the international Masters stage. Bookmark this tracker to stay updated with the latest match results and team standings for VCT Stage […]

Reports have surfaced that the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) Stage 1 Masters event in Reykjavik, Iceland still won’t be opening its doors to a live audience. This means that fans will yet again miss out on a chance to watch their teams play in-person. In fact, to date, no international VCT event — even the […]

On the final week of the 2022 VCT NA Challengers Stage 1 group stage, Cloud9 (C9) Blue have yet again shown why they are arguably the best VALORANT team in the region right now. C9 has put up an undefeated record, 5-0, throughout the group stage, capping off their performance with an emphatic 2-1 series […]

VALORANT players can look forward to new maps arriving in the game soon, as Riot developers have just confirmed that multiple layouts are in the pipeline. Not only that, but we could potentially see variants like night-time versions of the current maps. Given that the map design influences gameplay and strategies, it’s no surprise that […]

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in a massive humanitarian crisis over in Europe, leaving many wounded, displaced, or without sustained access to electricity, food, and water. In response, the gaming and global community have largely continued calling for help and support to those most in need and most affected by the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Riot […]

Stuck with Split five times in a row? VALORANT players have long been calling for a way to pick the maps they get upon loading into a game. The dev team has listened to those concerns and introduced a change to increase the variety of maps that players can get in succession. The new map […]

VALORANT Episode 4 Act II goes live with the promised Yoru rework and members of the Controller role get a few tweaks. Icebox, especially its B site, receives major changes while Ascent gets a slight modification. For the Battle Pass details and new skin bundle Gaia’s Vengeance, click here. Agent Updates General Improved the system […]

Riot Games just revealed more details about the new-and-improved Yoru, and even announced the release date for the rework. According to the official blog post, VALORANT players can expect to see Yoru equipped with his new abilities by the time Episode 4 Act II rolls out. If no delays happen, the Yoru update will be […]

VALORANT PS4, VALORANT PS5, VALORANT Xbox One, VALORANT Xbox Series X, VALORANT Switch – all these now a possibility as a VALORANT console version may have just inadvertently leaked by Riot Games themselves. While some are waiting for the mobile version of VALORANT, looks like players have something else to look forward to. Riot’s recent […]

When the VCT Stage 1 Challengers main event kicks off this weekend, viewers may be surprised to see a new name on the team sheet. No longer competing under the Envy banner, partner organization OpTic Gaming has taken over the former’s VALORANT roster. Fans don’t need to fret, though, as this doesn’t mean that the […]

VALORANT esports fans won’t have to wait long now to see the top talents in North America go head-to-head. The VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) Challengers Stage 1 main event is kicking off this weekend, with 12 rosters ready and raring to rack up frags, execute strategic outplays, and come in the clutch. Now they are […]

Three esports giant organizations are out of the running towards a spot for the first main event of VCT 2022 in NA region. T1, TSM, and FaZe Clan Valorant rosters are out of VCT NA’s qualifiers for Challengers 1 of VCT. TSM was a shocker for most as they were one clear favorite to reach […]

Valorant wouldn’t miss out on the celebration of the Lunar New Year if League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics are doing it. Valorant has released a Lunar New Year Battle Pass completely free to all players! You can get them the same way you level up your battle pass by playing a lot of Valorant […]

If you’ve ever asked yourself, “does Killjoy like NFTs?” The answer is no. No, she does not. One of VALORANT’s official Twitter accounts showed us a day in Berlin with Killjoy, everyone’s loved German Genius. Everything was fine and dandy; coffee and pretzel for breakfast, several tourist spots, and a very relatable game of League […]

Riot Games recently announced a partnership with Amazon to give out free Valorant loots for Amazon Prime Gaming subscribers. With various skins collections showed off already by a lot of players. There’s also the sprays, player card, titles and gun buddies to match their profile inside the game. Like any other game, these cosmetics cost […]

Popular Twitch streamer Michael “shroud” Grzesiek doesn’t believe that Valorant’s new agent, Neon, will make it to professional meta. Valorant’s latest agent received a lot of attention due to her alluring teaser using the slide mechanic, as well her being another radiant element. The new agent has a high pick rate due to being new […]

VALORANT Episode 4 Act 1 was officially released back on January 11, 2022, which was also the debut of Neon. It’s only natural that players get excited when a new Episode or Act releases in VALORANT because of new content drops. This time won’t be any different as we are rapidly approaching VALORANT Episode 4 […]

FaZe Clan will be looking to make a splash in North America’s VALORANT scene with its refreshed roster for VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) 2022. The team members were (accidentally) revealed ahead of the VCT NA Challengers Stage 1 Open Qualifiers, set to begin in just a few days. According to the VCT tournament page Battlefy, […]

Valorant Patch 4.01 is online and the Ares Meta is no more. With the hot fix of the gun online, the era of the LMG weapon Ares has come to an end. Riot made changes before to the gun to make it more relevant, however they made it too strong. The initial release of the […]

The North American region for Valorant Champions Tour is ready to kick off on January 27, 2022. The VCT NA Stage 1 Challengers will begin with an open qualifiers for its opener. Only 4 teams will get to advance to the main event for this first open qualifiers on January 27 to 30. The second […]

The VALORANT pro scene is kicking back up all over the world for its second official season. VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) 2022 will again start off with the first iteration of Challengers, including the main event and the open qualifiers beginning next week. For the NA squads that topped the VCT 2021, however, they’ll be heading into the competition […]

100 Thieves officially signs Team Liquid’s ec1s and FaZe Clan’s BabyJ to complete their Valorant roster. Finalizing the roster with these two new acquisitions, they will be playing alongside the main trio of the team. These players are Ethan “Ethan” Arnold, Spencer “Hiko” Martin, and Peter “Asuna” Mazuryk. Ec1s will take on the in-game leading […]

With the release of VALORANT Episode 4 Disruptions, all players focused on the new VALORANT Agent, Neon being released. What we didn’t expect is another unsung hero of the patch, the LMG that started the Ares meta. A lot of players, even pros, think that this gun is too overpowered or unbalanced. Here’s why. In […]

With Riot’s big games both releasing new characters at around the same time, fans began wondering whether Neon from VALORANT and Zeri from League of Legends were essentially the same. Several weeks of speculation and theory-crafting later, developers from both games have finally spoken up and settled the debate in a new blog. VALORANT developer John Goscicki and League developer Ryan […]

The official VALORANT Champions Tour NA Twitter page has confirmed that Neon will be playable in the NA Open Qualifiers of VCT Stage 01. As with any new Agent released in VALORANT, Neon is subject to the two-week competitive ban from official Riot Games-sanctioned VALORANT tournaments. But with her being released on January 11, 2022, that makes her available […]

VALORANT Patch 4.0 kicks off EP 4 with new Duelist Neon, melee and gun changes, and map tweaks. Details directly taken from the full patch notes, available here. All that's new in VALORANT Episode 4 Act I, collected here, for your reading pleasure: https://t.co/Hp8nRvy7K4 pic.twitter.com/zV0qlHi2Qy — VALORANT (@VALORANT) January 11, 2022 AGENT UPDATES Neon releases […]

Riot Games, developer and publisher of First Person Shooter VALORANT, is working against “instalocking”. According to a reliable leaker, Cascade Picking is Riot’s answer to players who lock their agent instantly upon agent select. Cascade picking is in the works and will release in a future act. This is a solution to instalocking | #VALORANT […]

What was once an all-Swedish team in EMEA, Guild Esports will now be fielding an international roster for VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) 2022. The side follows several other European teams who have opted to go global for this year’s competitive campaign. Guild has added three new players to its roster to compete alongside the core duo […]

After a flurry of leaks plus an amazing trailer, VALORANT has officially dropped the details on its newest agent, Neon, alongside other updates in Episode 4: Disruption. The new Filipino agent—the first of her kind in the game—comes with an electrifying arsenal that you can now test out on the PBE. (Some gamers are already calling her […]

VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) 2022 is just a few weeks away, and teams are already stepping up their preparations for the second official season of the pro circuit. But on Wednesday, North American team Evil Geniuses (EG) announced they are parting ways with three players. This means they will be scampering to build a new […]

The VALORANT community is eagerly anticipating the release of agent 18, who we now know as Neon. The lightning-quick new agent is the first Manila-based hero in the game—and she’s designed by a Filipino, too. As Neon’s trailer, Spark, dropped on Wednesday, fans immediately took notice of the Philippine-inspired elements all over the video, praising […]