Valorant Will be Publicly Available in June

Riot Games has announced that Valorant will be launching free-to-play on June 2, 2020 after a month-long closed beta. The official launch will reset player accounts for anyone who was participating in the closed beta. Valorant is Riot’s new 5v5 tactical shooter mixed in with some light hero elements. Players have described it as a mix of Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offense and Blizzard’s Overwatch, but Valorant is very much its own thing.

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As mentioned, once the official release version is live players will have their accounts reset. So win-loss records and progression will start from zero for all players. “Our goal has always been to bring Valorant to as much of the world as soon as possible, so we’re hyped to be able to do so on June 2,” says Anna Donlon executive producer of Valorant.

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Along with the full launch, Valorant will release with new patch content. Riot is also promising regular new game content, game modes, agents, and maps after launch.

For more check out IGN’s review of Valorant. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN.

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