Our latest coverage of Valorant.
Valorant has just added a new character to its roster with the ability to wreak havoc on enemies and help out their allies from the afterlife. Meet Clove, a virtually immortal non-binary character with the ability to place clouds of smoke anywhere on the battlefield even when they’re dead. They can also use their ultimate skill to resurrect themselves and [...]
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If you’re a League of Legends or Valorant player and a Prime Gaming subscriber to boot, Riot Games and Amazon have one final freebie for you to claim as the two companies officially part ways. The end of their partnership was announced back in December, marking the end of the monthly loot drops that LoL and Valorant players have been [...]
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Riot Games is showing two of its most popular titles some love with the addition of new characters for League of Legends and Valorant. The former is currently awaiting the arrival of a new champion named Milio while the latter already welcomed Gekko into its roster earlier this week, both of whom use adorable anthropomorphic blobs to do their bidding. [...]
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Tencent, the parent company of Riot Games, released their Q2 2022 earnings report today and in it was a bit of detail surrounding Valorant's performance. For the April-June period Valorant "achieved record-high MAU (monthly active users) and quarterly grossing receipts". Tencent also called out Valorant specifically as a strong a top performer in their International Games segment with the game's [...]
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Last month, Riot Games revealed its plans to record in-game voice communications in Valorant as part of their efforts to combat toxic behavior. As expected, this raised a whole host of concerns within the community about data and personal privacy. The studio was quick to promise that they would keep only the absolute bare amount of data needed to make [...]
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Valorant has kicked off Season 5: Act 1 featuring a new underwater map called Pearl, the new Ascendant rank, two new reward tracks, and more. “Pearl is the wonder in the deep blue. The newest Valorant destination mixes technological marvels with tactical three-lane gameplay. You’re going to have to survive without the rotation and mobility support of doors, ascenders, or [...]
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A new Agent has entered the competitive battlefields of Valorant with the release of Patch 4.08. Meet Fade, a new initiator that promises to be the Agent of your dreams, or your nightmares depending on which side you’re on. “Turkish bounty hunter, Fade, unleashes the power of raw nightmares to seize enemy secrets. Attuned with terror itself, she hunts targets [...]
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Valorant Game Director Joe Ziegler has left the dev team for Riot Games’ popular online tactical shooter to work on a different unnamed project for the studio. According to Ziegler’s farewell message, he will be replaced by Senior Director Andy Ho who has been working with Riot for more than a decade. “After eight years of working on Valorant, building [...]
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Valorant is celebrating its first birthday this week, and like a proud parent, Riot Games reveals that the tactical first-person shooter has logged over 14 million active players on PC and half a billion games played in just its first year. “After a record-breaking closed beta debut and successful global launch, VALORANT quickly established itself as a global fan-favorite, emerging [...]
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Last week’s major Valorant update saw the debut of the newest agent, Yoru, and the start of Season 2 among other things. Patch 2.01, while smaller in comparison, introduces significant structural changes to the Split map to make it more balanced for the attacking team. “This Split update is focused around improving attacker options on the map, as well as [...]
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