Valorant Console Out Now – and We’re Just Getting Started

Riot Video games was based with the concept that competitors needs to be gratifying at any stage – whether or not it’s your first Valorant Aggressive recreation after hitting stage 20 otherwise you’re grinding to Radiant, competing in our video games ought to really feel truthful. Aggressive integrity is on the coronary heart of every thing we do, and it’s one component that units Valorant other than different shooters on console.

One factor we’ve discovered after 4+ years of Valorant on PC is that y’all are fairly cracked. The Valorant playerbase continuously innovates across the meta and comes up with new strats that shock even us. Gamers persistently discover new capability synergy between Brokers, new line-ups, new flank watches, new methods to make use of a weapon, higher smoke placements – you get the image. Actually, we like to see it. And now we’re so excited to welcome the console neighborhood into that area and see what you’ll give you subsequent.

Due to the ever-changing panorama, we’re continuously monitoring how our maps, Brokers, weapons, and skills are performing throughout totally different ability ranges.

Typically an Agent may skew too highly effective as gamers be taught and grasp their skills. Or possibly a map turns into one-sided as groups work out the right way to optimize Agent utility. Or possibly a sure weapon turns into too robust as gamers hone their purpose and discover ways to higher synergize with Agent skills.

Over time, seemingly small imbalances could make a recreation begin to really feel stale and predictable. And that’s simply not Valorant.

So, what does all this imply for the sport long run? For our devs, it means their work is rarely accomplished. For our gamers who aren’t acquainted, it means reside service and reside steadiness.

We put out patches each two weeks throughout all platforms to handle issues like recreation steadiness, bug fixes, or QoL enhancements. And some instances per 12 months, we launch bigger updates to an Agent’s complete package when there’s a possibility to bolster or tamp down their power. These sorts of updates usually aren’t wanted fairly often and will solely be carried out at a time that received’t have an effect on energetic Professional play schedules.

Up to now, since Restricted Beta began on console two months in the past, Valorant has already seen 4 patch updates. We’re updating the sport continuously, however taking note of the distinctive wants of every platform. Steadiness parity between PC and console isn’t essentially assured.

Why? Whereas the extent of competitors and skill-expression is identical for Valorant on PC and console, the sport must be balanced independently between platforms. With totally different enter strategies (controller vs. mouse and keyboard) comes totally different playstyles. Some Brokers shine on console however aren’t as efficient on PC and vice versa. So our recreation builders have to check every extensively and modify solely when it is smart.

Past recreation steadiness, Valorant includes a rotating map pool for Aggressive queue to make sure gamers get extra selection whereas rating up, and even sometimes to make modifications to a map when it’s out of the aggressive rotation.

In the end, it’s as much as you – our passionate neighborhood – to tell us how we’re doing and present us the way you’d stage up the sport. We’re so grateful to these of you who helped us put together for today by collaborating in our Restricted and Open Beta intervals, and we will’t wait to see what you’ll do subsequent. So hop on, queue up, and frag out.

GL HF.