TL;DR: Riot Games surprises fans with VALORANT’s official launch on console in the United States and Canada, Europe, Japan, and Brazil
Date: August 2, 2024 (9:00am PT)
What you need to know:
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VALORANT Console is now available to players in the United States and Canada, Europe, Japan, and Brazil on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation®5.
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As Riot’s first live service console game, VALORANT Console will bring the same uncompromising, competitive experience that we’ve provided PC players for years: a precise, team-based, tactical shooter.
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Cross-play will not be available between PC and console player matches to maintain VALORANT’s renowned standard for competitive integrity.
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Both PC and console players will receive simultaneous platform releases of all live patch balances, new agents, maps, premium content, and additional live service features.
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Riot is a global games company and will continue to monitor other regions for further expansion onto consoles.
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Riot’s goal is that anyone who wants to play VALORANT can play and experience the game at the quality for which it was intended.
Quote from Arnar Gylfason, Production Director of VALORANT at Riot Games:
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“We’ve received so much valuable feedback from players during Limited Beta, and feel confident to deliver on our gameplay promise for console players. Whether it's hitting that perfect shot, executing a flawless team play, or wiping out the enemy team, we look forward to seeing console players experience the same gameplay thrill as VALORANT PC players.”
Learn More:
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Visit PlayVALORANT.com for more details about VALORANT Console and how to get started.
ABOUT VALORANT
VALORANT is a competitive 5v5 character-based first-person tactical shooter developed and published by Riot Games for PC, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation®5. VALORANT is a precise and lethal multiplayer game with high-fidelity gunplay, a diverse arsenal of guns, agents with unique abilities, and competitively tuned maps for unlimited hours of play. In VALORANT, players lock in their agent for the entire duration of the match and then attempt to win a round-based, attackers vs. defenders, best-of-24-rounds fight.
VALORANT is a free-to-play game and optimized to perform on a wide variety of PC and console platforms, allowing for a global audience to compete. Demonstrated by the game’s best-in-class game server quality, global infrastructure, and proprietary anti-cheat technology, Riot Games is committed to preserving the core tenets of the tactical shooter genre and upholding the competitive integrity of the gameplay experience across all available platforms.