Valorant Full Launch Coming in June, Will Include New Character, Map, and Mode

Valorant Full Launch Coming in June, Will Include New Grapheme, Map, and Mode

Riot Games' new tactical character shooter Valorant launched in beta dorsum in Apr and immediately fabricated a large splash, leaving players hungry for the game's full release. Well, surprise, it seems that's happening sooner than nigh were expecting! During the latest Summer Game Fest broadcast, Valorant producer Anna Donlon and game managing director Joe Ziegler announced the big i.0 release will be coming in early June.

The launch of Valorant will as well come up with some new content – while Donlon and Ziegler didn't go into specific detail, they did mention we'll be getting one new character, who will be "interesting and spicy," some other map, and hopefully an additional fashion (they admitted COVID-19 could delay that). Apparently, the new style volition be something quicker to requite players a breather between longer more competitive games, although information technology isn't team deathmatch (that's coming afterwards). If you've got a few minutes, you lot tin check out Geoff Keighley'south full Valorant interview, below.

Haven't been keeping up with Valorant? Hither'southward a quick rundown of what it brings to the tabular array:

Where Precise Gunplay Matters.

Here's what we think information technology takes for you to trust a game enough to invest: 128-tick servers, at to the lowest degree 30 frames per second on most min-spec computers (even dating back a decade), threescore to 144+ FPS on mod gaming rigs, a global spread of datacenters aimed at <35ms for players in major cities around the world, a netcode nosotros've been obsessing over for years, and a commitment to anti-crook from day one. Shooting in Valorant is precise, consequential, and highly-lethal - we want you to win on your skill and strategy alone.

But Creativity Is Your Greatest Weapon

Imagine this: tactical shooter meets hypernatural powers. Everyone's got guns and a unique fix of abilities, and so how exercise you beat someone with the speed of current of air? Use your own moves to outplay them and crush them to the shot. Valorant is a game for bold strategists who dare to make the unexpected play, considering if it wins, it works.

Valorant launches on PC on June 2.