As thanks for all your interest in the VALORANT closed beta and hanging out with the @Twitch community, we have a small gift: an exclusive player card for anyone who's watched enough streams to be eligible for CB. Even if you don't get in, this'll be in your account at launch.
Congrats to TenZ for being the first to reach VALORANT rank in North America!
FIRST NA VALORANT RANKED PLAYER https://t.co/6WKfbBbDtP
Annyeonghaseyo, Korea! Vamos, Latinoamérica! Bora, Brasil! Today @RiotSuperCakes welcomes new regions to the VALORANT Closed Beta and gives an update on our progress so far.
@tsuwukii: im not a sage main, i AM Sage #VALORANT
With Unreal Engine deprecating Shader Model 4 and requiring SM5, we'll also need to increase the min-spec GPU requirement for VALORANT from Intel HD 3000 to Intel HD 4000. You can still play with lower-spec GPUs, but if compatibility issues come up, we won't be able to fix.
In the next 30 minutes we're going to turn ranked on in North America.
If all goes well there, we'll turn ranked on in Europe after the hotfix patch (so after 9:30AM CEST on May 1).
We also... reserve the right to turn off ranked at any time if things get weird.
@RiotMorello: Tonight at 9pm PST, myself and @ZachBetka, @pwnieride ,@RiotMEMEMEMEME, @Altombre and our Twitter-less VFX Lead Niles Tuck…
Track is Supercharged by @blankemusic and @KayohOfficial.
BREACH /// Sweden "Hit them fast, hit them hard." #VALORANT
Maintenance is taking a little longer than expected for NA. Servers will be back up closer to 12pm PT (EU servers are not expected to have this delay).
We meant May 1 for EU. The letters are close together.
Tomorrow we're deploying a hotfix patch to address some exploits, fix two bugs, and revert the headshot sound.
NA's patch hits April 30 @ 4:30AM PT, back up @ 10AM PT.
EU's patch hits April 31 @ 3:30AM CEST, back up at 9:30AM CEST.
If all goes well after this... maybe ranked.
FYI - these store prices were made up for the test environment. They do not reflect the prices of the items in game.
For those asking for ranked to be turned on - not today, sorry. We're evaluating on a day-by-day basis based on server stability and competitive integrity of the queues (e.g. no uncounterable exploits). Today is not that day. Will let you know tomorrow.
Collections, customizations, contracts, and content! @SWAGGERNAU7 is back to chat about weapon and melee skins, Radianite Points, and the VALORANT Battle Pass. Read all about it:
@WIRED: "Each stage of learning Valorant felt like another step on the galaxy brain meme."
@TwitchEsports: Ready up for the $100,000 Twitch Rivals: VALORANT Europe Showdown!
Your favorite EU @PlayVALORANT Twitch streamers batt…
@TwitchSupport: 📢 We’ve heard concerns about creators continuously streaming VODs while tagging the channel as "Live" to farm Valorant D…
One last patch note:
Fixed a bug where Cypher's Cyber Cage would be selected at a larger range than intended causing overlapping interaction issues. Will go live with 0.49.
@IISeamusII @arkem @SWAGGERNAU7 Don't worry! At full launch, we will give you all of your VALORANT Points spent during beta back, with an additional 20% bonus as a thanks for engaging with our work-in-progress skins and store. Read all about it here:
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