Category: Riot Games

Valorant’s ranked mode will go live once its new patch is stable

If you’ve been fortunate enough to gain access to the Valorant closed beta and you’re ready to really test your mettle against other players, you won’t have much longer to wait to jump into competitive action. Riot announced that the much-anticipated… Source

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Twitch has a problem with non-stop ‘Valorant’ streams

Valorant has been a hit on Twitch, but it’s now clear that success isn’t always for the right reasons. Kotaku has documented a slew of Twitch streams that are running 24/7 solely to attract people looking for Valorant beta keys that drop after watchi… Source

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Riot outlines how Valorant’s competitive mode will work

Valorant players will soon be able to put their skills to the test. Riot Games announced today that it plans to add a competitive mode to its already popular first-person shooter "soon after" the release of the game's upcoming 0.49 update, with acces… Source

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Valorant’s wild success on Twitch wasn’t an accident

On any given day this April, at any chosen time, you’ll find around half a million people watching live Valorant gameplay on Twitch. It’s easily the top title on the streaming service, usually with double the number of viewers as Counter-Strike: Glob… Source

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‘League of Legends’ mid-season tournament canceled due to COVID-19

Bringing esports teams from around the world together for a major in-person tournament isn’t exactly feasible right now, nor will it be any time soon due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, Riot Games has cancelled this year’s League of Legends Mid-Se… Source

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ESPN will stream a ‘Valorant’ tournament today at 3:30PM ET

The Valorant esports strategy is getting off to a quick start. ESPN is streaming an Esports Valorant Invitational tournament on its Twitch channel between April 20th and April 22nd, starting at 3:30PM Eastern each day. This isn’t part of a larger cir… Source

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