Nerd Street Gamers and Spectacor Gaming are partnering with Riot Games to make the largest all-women VALORANT tournament even bigger; expanding the original one-day, eight-team event to a three-day, twelve-team tournament and raising the stakes from $10,000 to a $50,000 prize pool over the course of September 11-13. In addition to T1 Entertainment & Sports and G FUEL, The Official Energy Drink of Esports®, Riot Games j
North American organization Renegades has signed Alexander "retrQ" Kadan to its VALORANT roster ahead of the $10,000 Pulse Series tournament, the org confirmed Thursday. This officially completes Rene
Esports media company RFRSH Entertainment announced Tuesday that it will be hosting the next VALORAT Ignition Series tournament in Europe, marketing it through its BLAST esports arm. The BLAST VALORAN
Лast night, August 30, sinatraa added a second Ignition Series title to his cabinet, with a nice bank to go with it.
The team list for the LVL Clash 2 VALORANT Ignition Series was finalized Monday as LVL Global announced the final invited team. The tournament, to take place August 28-29, is the fifth Ignition Series
DIG has signed four of the five players who have been playing on an independent VALORANT roster under the name Homeless, with the fifth starter to be announced at a later date.
North American organization Cloud9 is doubling down on VALORANT and expanded its presence in the game by announcing an all-Korean roster Thursday.
The VALORANT kings of Europe, G2 Esports, will look to win five straight Ignition Series titles at the end of this month.
On August 12, while playing against FunPlus Phoenix in the group stage of the €15,000 Allied Esports Odyssey — a major tournament part of Riot Games' official Ignition Series in VALORANT — G2 Esports Sage player David "Davidp" Pins found out that his father had passed away.
Chinese esports organization FunPlus PhoeniX has entered the competitive VALORANT scene, signing a full roster of European talent. The move was initially reported by ESPN Esports' Tyler "Fionn" Erzberger via Twitter.
Professional streamer and former competitive gamer, Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek, announced he is returning back to his roots with a deal to livestream exclusively on Twitch at www.twitch.com/Shroud. Shroud celebrates his homecoming and will be kicking off his first stream very soon. Fans can follow his Twitter for the exact date and time.
Team Liquid is announcing an unprecedented fan recognition program, building a platform that registers fan engagement across all aspects of Team Liquid . From watching professional esports matches, to watching players' Twitch streams, to responding to tweets, interacting with the community on Discord and Reddit, and more, Team Liquid will have a place to recognize their fans. Read more on the new platform here:
Team Liquid announced the launch of their new community outreach platform, Liquid+, which will change the way fans interact with their favorite team and players. Steve dove into the idea behind the platform, read what he has to say about its inspiration and social impact here:
In partnership with Riot Games LATAM, Glory Lamothe has created her second cosplay from the VALORANT series.
US President, Donald Trump, signed an executive order banning transactions to Tencent Holdings Ltd., who own Riot Games, and part of Epic Games, Blizzard, Supercell, and others, causing a massive shakeup in the gaming and esports industry. Read more here:
Team Liquid is proud to announce their new esports roster for VALORANT, the new tactical shooter made by Riot Games. The five-man roster consists of the entire former fish123 roster that did so well during the game's early tournaments, most recently placing second at the WePlay! VALORANT Invitational. Read more on the team here:
FaZe Clan announced the disabling of Killjoy for its Ignition Series tournament via the FaZe Update Twitter account with the following explanation: "Due to the recency of Killjoy's release, there is a risk that multiple issues may negatively impact the competitive integrity of this weekend's tournament. As such, Riot Games has requested that she be disabled in official tournaments until they are confident in her stability."
UPDATE 8/5: FaZe Clan has confirmed the signing of Rawkus as its fifth VALORANT player, which completes its starting roster. Rawkus was a member of FaZe Clan in 2016 at the start of his professional Overwatch career, and will now return to the organization to start his VALORANT career.
In the middle of an ongoing pandemic, a major partnership failure, and an ongoing conversation around esports work-life balance, Riot Games is taking a week off work to refresh and recharge. Read more about what that means for your favorite games here:
An incredible cosplay of Killjoy has surfaced only five days after Riot Games' announcement of the new VALORANT agent coming to the game in Act II. German cosplayer 'farbenfuchs' cosplayed the German agent to perfection in a photoshoot with Shattered Light Photography.
