Riot Games is reworking the Ranked Mode for VALORANT later this week, but Senior Producer Ian "Brighteyez" Fielding revealed what players could expect upon queueing up in a blog post on the official VALORANT website.
On Jun 18, esports organization T1's CEO Joe "JoeMar" Marsh called out fellow esports org G2 Esports for having a smaller prize pool than T1 for the org's VALORANT Ignition Series. The tweet itself, while meant in good fun and consistent of nothing but harmless banter, highlighted how rivalries between esports organizations could benefit the developing esports infrastructure of VALORANT, which was officially released on June 2, 2020.
Riot Games announced the Ignition Series today, the publisher’s first step to build a thriving esport around its newly released competitive 5v5 character-based tactical shooter - VALORANT.
In a report by the Anti-Cheat Police Department on Twitter, former CS:GO player, ardiis, was accused of purchasing cheat software for VALORANT, based on information provided to them by a private cheat developer. Additionally, he has been accused of attempting to match fix as well. He was reportedly set to sign with G2 Esports for their upcoming VALORANT team. Here is the report so far:
Riot Games has fired Ron Johnson and provided the following statement to Inven Global:
VALORANT has officially been launched exactly one week ago. Upon its release, the development team has gotten the chance to test balancing and game performance on a wider net of players, making adjustments accordingly.
Korea's first ever VALORANT pro team has been formed. The team's name is Vision Strikers (VS), and the meaning comes from being the ‘strikers' who have insight into the future and insight into t
T1 signed Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham, a former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive professional player, as the fifth and final player to round out its starting roster on June 3.
The 100 Thieves Valorant team will be captained by Hiko, a former professional CS:GO player who has been a professional esports athlete for over 10 years. Hiko previously played for teams such as Cloud9 and Team Liquid. In addition to being a professional Valorant player, Hiko is one of the top 5 most watched Valorant streamers on Twitch as of June 2020.
Launching on PC only, VALORANT will be live in North, South, and Latin America at 8 am EST. In the Asian-Pacific region, including South Korea and Japan, at 8 am local time. Following comes the European region and the Middle East, launching at 6 am local time.
Riot Game's VALORANT has had incredible hype throughout its Closed Beta. However, despite peaking at over 1.7 million viewers, the game has fallen to an average of just 40,000 viewers today. Read more on the reasons behind its decline in viewership, along with possible ways it can return to the top.
Riot Games teased new VALORANT Agent, Reyna, who carries the motto, "Desafía los límites" or "Defy the limits." Find information about Reyna's abilities and hints of the new map here:
CEO Amine “Uthgar” Issa, former human performance researcher and founder at Mobalytics shares the importance of data analytics when improving your play, and discusses their most recent partnership with T1.
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Esports organization TSM has announced the signing of a competitive VALORANT team. Riot Games' upcoming tactical shooter is being released on June 2nd, and TSM is the 5th organization to announce the
IMT has signed four of the five players needed to complete a full VALORANT team, but the final player has yet to be announced.
Riot Games announced their new tactical shooter, VALORANT, will launch on June 2nd globally. Despite the restrictions, they've been impressed with the Closed Beta and feel confident in their launch date. Read what will be featured in the launch here.
With VALORANT solidified in its popularity, game devs and designers have begun to explain more of their processes for creating different aspects of their universe. Specifically, how did they decide on these weapons and skins, how do they balance them, and how to they limit pay-to-win features? Read more here:
Mobalytics specializes in League of Legends and has recently expanded to Riot Games' card game Legends of Runeterra. The tweet from T1's official twitter account announcing the investment and collaboration also features a link to sign up early for access to Mobalytics' VALORANT programs.
