Ever since Riot Games introduced Raze to Valorant, there has been an outcry about her abilities and now she has been nerfed. Additionally, one of the strongest agents, Sage, has seen some much needed changes.

Riot Games have already started outlining the plans for Valorant's esports ecosystem and while it may seem too early, the company says the interest is overwhelming.

A lot has been said about Valorant's anti-cheat system recently, with some going as far as to call it malware, but Riot put their money where their mouth is and posted a lavish bug bounty on HackerOne.

Riot Games ran into the first game-breaking bug in Valorant's beta recently as players discovered that Cypher could give one of his weapon to his attachable camera.

All VALORANT Twitch streams will start dropping closed beta access as long as they are actually playing the game. The drops will be running 24/7 but this won't affect the number of drops. The drops can happen even if you are offline.

Riot Games' marketing campaign for Valorant included hefty expectations of the new in-house anti-cheat and it seems like it's already paying off as a ban kicked in just two days after the beta started.

Valorant is a bold step for Riot Games, indulging a familiar aesthetic with CS:GO like sensibilities that, when combined, forms a cohesive whole that works on almost every level. As a first step towards wider release, things are looking positive.

If you are watching Valorant streams hoping for beta access, you probably noticed the new face on the field. Raze is a demolitions expert that specialises in dealing damage and denying space by smoking enemies rather than areas.

Riot Games are known for their success while chasing the competitive side of gaming and they are aiming to continue with Valorant as they confirmed the game's ranked mode will get tested during beta while casual will have skill based matchmaking.

Riot Games are revealing more details about Valorant and their direction as the closed beta approaches and they have made it known that no loot boxes are in the team's plans but there are also no plans other things, like MacOS.