Valorant Esports News

As the year wraps up, Riot Games invites VALORANT players to reflect on their gameplay journey with the annual VALORANT Flashback 2024 (Recap). This personalized recap highlights achievements, stats, and unique moments, creating an engaging way to celebrate another year of tactical brilliance and thrilling clutches. What is VALORANT Flashback? VALORANT Flashback is an interactive recap of your in-game performance and milestones. It provides insights into gameplay stats, agent preferences, map strengths, and unforgettable moments. Designed to celebrate your growthmore

It has been more than 4 years since VALORANT first went live. Millions of players, and billions of hours logged into one of the most popular FPS titles in the world, the game only continues to grow in popularity. At release, VALORANT had 10 agents. Since then, the roster has swelled to an incredible 25, split across 4 different roles. Any new player would understandly find themselves overwhelmed, much less spoiled for choice in terms of agent variety. To simplifymore

VCT 2025 is on the horizon, starting 11 January 2025, 48 teams will participate in a year long competition vying to be crowned the VALORANT Champion. The competition will feature small tweaks compared to the 2024 season, creating a better year-long experience for the players and audience alike. Let’s deep dive into what the VCT 2025 season has to offer. VCT 2025: Format and Schedule Kicking Off Similar to the previous year, the VCT 2025 will kick off with themore

VCT 2024 was a blast. The season saw the return of a fan-favorite team in Sentinels lift the first Masters trophy, had Pacific lift the region's first title and ended with an unexpected champion from China. The year also saw an unprecedented rise in the popularity of the relatively nascent esport, with its new region, VCT CN coming into its own toward the end of the year. But, the year wasn’t without its fair share of criticism, from tournament schedulingmore

The Esports Awards decorate teams, players, personalities and events all across the world of esports. Now, the glitz and glamour of competitive gaming took center stage on November 21st, all things esports gathered in Los Angeles for the Esports Awards 2024. Meant to honor all of the achievements that have shaped the scene over the past year, the event saw several worthy winners lift their awards in a night they'll remember for years to come. And yet, not all thatmore

Introduction to Kingdom Corporation Kingdom Corporation (K-Corp) stands as one of the most influential entities in the universe of Valorant, shaping the Alpha Earth economy with its mastery of radianite technology. This resource, discovered around 0 YFL, revolutionized energy production, allowing Kingdom to provide power for three-quarters of the planet. Beyond energy, Kingdom expanded into industries like weapons manufacturing, fashion, and more. Despite its innovations, the corporation faces widespread scrutiny due to its controversial methods and growing global influence. Themore

One of the biggest and most popular off-season events, Red Bull Home Ground is once again upon us. With its fifth edition, the Red Bull team along with eight of the top teams worldwide will visit Berlin to crown this year’s Home Ground Champion. Starting today on the 21st of November, the event will run until the 24th, culminating in a Grand Finals. Red Bull Home Ground #5 Format and Schedule The fifth edition of Red Bull Home Ground willmore

The Patch 9.10 Agent changes aim to mix up the VALORANT experience, reworking abilities and shifting the balance of power across key agents. With significant buffs to Sage and Phoenix, alongside nerfs targeting Cypher, Omen, Jett, and Clove, this update promises to reshape team strategies and the competitive meta. Let’s dive into the details and explore how these changes could affect gameplay. Buffs to Sage, Phoenix, and Deadlock Sage - A comeback for the Ice Sentinel? Sage’s buffs aim tomore

The upcoming VALORANT Patch 9.10 is arguably the biggest patch in terms of the changes it introduces. The patch not only introduces changes to multiple agents, it introduces significant gameplay changes, changes to overall movement inaccuracy and a major update to phantom. While these changes are overwhelming, they can be separated into gameplay changes and agent changes. This article tackles all the gameplay changes coming with the patch, what they entail and how they will affect the game itself. Majormore

A new skin bundle is on the way for VALORANT players entitled: Combat Crafts. Designed purposefully as ‘cheap’ and ‘garish’ knockoffs of previous skinlines, it is an obvious nod to the concept of budget collections where collectors acquire facsimiles or skinlines that carry similar animations, VFX, or models as the intended premium skinlines, but for a fraction of the cost. VALORANT Combat Craft Skin Bundle  The upcoming bundle will feature the following items: Combat Craft Phantom Combat Craft Bulldog Combatmore

We are entering a new era of VALORANT. 2-time World Champion Ava “florescent” Eugene is shattering barriers as she becomes the first ever Game Changers player to make the transition to Tier 1 VALORANT. The Shopify Rebellion (SR) star is expected to join Apeks in VCT EMEA for the 2025 season. According to reports, she has successfully reached verbal agreement with the EMEA organization. The move was first reported by Alejandro Gomis, esports journalist. Apeks most recently won the VCTmore

Iso in Valorant has quickly become one of the most intriguing agents to join the roster. As a duelist with a distinct background and powerful abilities, he adds a fresh dynamic to the game’s competitive landscape. Representing Chongqing, China, Iso brings a unique style of combat rooted in his past as an elite assassin for the Scions of Hourglass. This guide dives deep into Iso’s lore, abilities, and gameplay strategies, offering everything you need to master this agent. Iso’s Loremore

Shopify Rebellion put on a commanding showing against MIBR in the Grand Final to win the 2024 VALORANT Game Changers Championship. With their 3-0 sweep over the Brazilian side, Shopify Rebellion claim their second back-to-back VCT GC Championship title in truly dominant fashion. After lifting two Championship trophies in the three years since the tournament's inauguration, Alexis "alexis" Guarrasi, Ava "florescent" Eugene, Melanie "meL" Capone, Nicole "Noia" Tierce and Sarah "sarahcat" Simpson may have just started the very first dynastymore

The Valorant Range Map serves as the perfect practice ground for new players and seasoned veterans alike. Designed to help players develop skills, test agent abilities, and improve weapon control, The Range offers valuable tools for improving performance and understanding Valorant's in-depth lore. This guide provides everything you need to know about each feature, training mode, and secret hidden within the Range. Map Overview The Valorant Range Map, found in the Practice menu, lets players train with different agents and weapons. Set on a floating island, it's a piece of Venetian land suspended after a spike explosion. Players navigate diversemore

After months of speculation and roster trials, LOUD has officially closed its lineup for the upcoming 2025 VALORANT season, announcing key signings of veteran Vinicius 'v1nny' Gonçalves as their in-game leader (IGL) and aim-beast star Douglas 'dgzin' Silva in the Duelist role. This revamped roster is set to make a fresh start after a challenging 2024 season that saw the team struggle in the VCT Americas stages and miss out on the VALORANT Champions tournament for the first time. LOUDmore

So, you’ve played your fair share of Valorant matches, landed some incredible headshots (god knows how), and maybe even been called “cracked” a few times, but now it’s time to say goodbye and uninstall Valorant - whether it’s to free up space, take a break from the ranked grind, or move on to new adventures. Whatever your reason, uninstalling Valorant isn’t as straightforward as dragging it into the recycle bin. Let’s dive into an easy step-by-step guide to help you uninstall Valorant, remove Riot Vanguard, and even delete your account if you’re ready to move on completely. Why Uninstall Valorant?more

Gekko is one of the latest agents introduced in Valorant, bringing a unique set of abilities that can turn the tide of any match. This guide will delve into everything you need to know about Gekko, from his abilities to strategies for maximizing his impact in the game. Learn how to master Valorant Gekko with tips, strategies, and detailed insights into his unique abilities for dominating the game. Understanding Gekko's Abilities Gekko's abilities are centered around his team of creatures,more

This tier list has been updated as of Patch 9.09 Riot Games’ tactical FPS in 2024 can be pretty overwhelming with its fairly large and diverse roster of agents, as well as the multitude of different abilities you find yourself exposed to as a new player. With so much to experience and master, tackling VALORANT raw can be a challenge. But fear not, we’re here to help! This guide quickly ranks all 25 agents across the 4 different roles intomore

Tencent Holdings, the Chinese tech giant, recently published its third-quarter revenue results, revealing an impressive financial performance driven by the popular game VALORANT. Tencent reported a 30% year-on-year growth in gross receipts for VALORANT in Q3 2024, largely attributable to its expansion to console platforms and esports-themed in-game purchases. This growth underscores the game’s evolving role in the global gaming ecosystem and its rising popularity among players worldwide. Console Expansion Drives Player Engagement A pivotal factor in VALORANT’s revenue surgemore

Word from Writer: Article is written with information available up to the 11th of November, 2024. Future changes to the system may not be reflected in this guide. Agents are the quintessential ‘X-factor’ element in VALORANT. In a tactical shooter where everyone has access to the same cache of weapons, the agent YOU pilot and your familiarity with the agent can often become the ultimate deciding factor if you win or lose a match. Starting Out in VALORANT - The Newbie’s Beginner Toolbox WIth that said, every new VALORANT account has access to the same 5 starting agents: Jett, Sova,more