Valorant Gets Console Launch Across Xbox Series X and S, PlayStation 5

Posted by Reinaldo Massengill on Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Riot Games‘ popular free-to-play tactical shooter “Valorant” is no longer a PC-only game.

As of Friday, the title has officially launched across Xbox Series X and S consoles and PlayStation 5 in the United States and Canada, Europe, Japan and Brazil, following limited beta testing.

It should be noted that cross-play will not be available between PC and console player matches, which Riot says is in order to “maintain ‘Valorant’s’ renowned standard for competitor integrity.”

Riot’s “Valorant” is a competitive 5v5 character-based first-person tactical shooter. The free-to-play title, which launched in 2020, 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.”

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“Valorant’s” expansion beyond PC marks Riot’s first live service console game, and Riot says both PC and console players will receive simultaneous platform releases of all “Valorant’s” live patch balances, new agents, maps, premium content and additional live service features.

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Though “Valorant’s” move to Xbox X and S and PlayStation 5 is limited to United States and Canada, Europe, Japan and Brazil territories for now, Riot says it “will continue to monitor other regions for further expansion onto consoles.

“We’ve received so much valuable feedback from players during Limited Beta, and feel confident to deliver on our gameplay promise for console players,” Arnar Gylfason, production director of “Valorant” at Riot Games, said. “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.”

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