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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The VALORANT Champions Tour will conclude with the VALORANT Champions in Berlin, Germany, in December 2021. The VALORANT Champions this December will be the culmination of the entire VCT season. In a few days, the VCT Masters Berlin will serve as the final stop for those heading to Champions, with the final VCT points being awarded there. However, the Last Chance […]

Jessie Cristy “JessieVash” Cuyco, who also went by the name “Vash”, is headed to Berlin this September for VALORANT Masters Berlin with his team, Bren Esports. He is part of the first Filipino team to ever play in a VALORANT Masters, and the first Filipino team in a while to play in a Riot-sanctioned event overseas. While this is […]

Riot Games shared in a tweet that VALORANT Masters Berlin will pivot to an eight-team Knockouts stage for the playoffs. This is in contrast to the original plan of having only four teams in the playoffs. The format will remain to be a single-elimination bracket. “Based on player and fan feedback, the #VALORANTMasters Berlin knockout stage will pivot […]

Twitch streamer Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek comes out of retirement from the competitive scene. The former Cloud9 pro player last played competitively in 2017 for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Shroud returns to competitive play, this time in Riot Games’ VALORANT, along with former Cloud9 teammate n0thing and streamer ShawnBM. Former Apex Legends pro player iiTzTimmy and retired CS:GO pro Laski will […]

Sentinels proved that they are the world’s best VALORANT team by cleanly sweeping Fnatic in the Finals of Reykjavík Masters. The team won the first-ever global esports tournament for VALORANT, proving once and for all that North America reigns supreme in the game. Sentinels’ VALORANT Champions’ Tour so far… Sentinels have no problems writing their names in the annals of […]

Pro players insisted that Breeze should be removed from the VALORANT Masters Reykjavik map pool. Thankfully, Riot listened. VALORANT Champions Tour Masters Reykjavik map pool will not include new map Breeze Riot announced through a tweet that Masters Reykjavik will not have Breeze in its map pool. “After conferring with pro players globally,” the tweet […]

Riot Games decided to suspend sinatraa from the VALORANT Champions Tour, pending internal investigation. This followed a sexual assault allegation by his ex-girlfriend, Cleo “Cle0h” Hernandez yesterday. SINATRAA SUSPENDED FROM VALORANT CHAMPIONS TOUR Last March 10, Cleo “Cle0h” Hernandez revealed that she experienced sexual assault at the hands of VALORANT pro player and former Overwatch League (OWL) MVP […]