Valorant

Riot Games deployed a patch to Valorant recently with balance and a few other changes but an unintentional one came along as players saw major FPS drops in the game. The team confirmed they are close to releasing a fix for this.

Following a number of accusations for everything from spying on users to diabolical plans for world domination, Riot made some changes to their Vanguard anti-cheat system.

Riot Games stated that Valorant will get two additional agents and one map by the time the game sees full release. So far, it looks like Sabine, the Vampire is the closest one to a finished state.

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.