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Riot Games Opens Doors to Sports Betting Sponsors for Esports Tournaments

June 30, 2025 John Silver Comments

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Riot Games is making a significant change to its approach on sponsorships for its two flagship esports titles, League of Legends and Valorant. The company announced it will now allow official sports betting sponsors for its major esports tournaments, reversing a long-standing policy that kept betting-related advertising out of its broadcasts and events. Other competitive multiplayer games like Counter-Strike 2 [...]

Riot Games’ ‘Project T’ Is Reportedly A Competitive MMOFPS Based On Valorant

August 7, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

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It’s been three years since Riot Games first revealed that it was working on a League of Legends MMORPG. Unfortunately, it’s likely going to be a few months or even years before we hear anything about it again following the studio’s decision to “reset” the MMO’s direction earlier this year in an effort to set it apart from all the [...]

Valorant Officially Launched On Consoles In Selected Regions And Without Cross-Play

August 5, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

Riot Games brought Valorant to a whole new demographic when it launched the popular team shooter on PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X|S over the weekend. The launch marked a huge milestone for Riot as it’s the studio’s very first live service title to be released on consoles. Not everyone will be able to play Valorant on consoles, however, [...]

Valorant Adds A New Controller Character Who Can Still Fight From Beyond The Grave

March 26, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

Valorant has just added a new character to its roster with the ability to wreak havoc on enemies and help out their allies from the afterlife. Meet Clove, a virtually immortal non-binary character with the ability to place clouds of smoke anywhere on the battlefield even when they’re dead. They can also use their ultimate skill to resurrect themselves and [...]

The Final League Of Legends And Valorant Prime Gaming Freebies Are Now Up For Grabs

February 10, 2024 Marc Marasigan Comments

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If you’re a League of Legends or Valorant player and a Prime Gaming subscriber to boot, Riot Games and Amazon have one final freebie for you to claim as the two companies officially part ways. The end of their partnership was announced back in December, marking the end of the monthly loot drops that LoL and Valorant players have been [...]

League Of Legends And Valorant Get New Blob-Throwing Additions To Their Rosters

March 9, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

Riot Games is showing two of its most popular titles some love with the addition of new characters for League of Legends and Valorant. The former is currently awaiting the arrival of a new champion named Milio while the latter already welcomed Gekko into its roster earlier this week, both of whom use adorable anthropomorphic blobs to do their bidding. [...]

Valorant Hits Record High Monthly Active Users and Revenue in Q2 2022

August 17, 2022 Omer Altay Comments

Tencent, the parent company of Riot Games, released their Q2 2022 earnings report today and in it was a bit of detail surrounding Valorant's performance. For the April-June period Valorant "achieved record-high MAU (monthly active users) and quarterly grossing receipts". Tencent also called out Valorant specifically as a strong a top performer in their International Games segment with the game's [...]

Valorant’s Anti-Toxicity Voice Recording Feature Rolls Out Later This Month

June 28, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Last month, Riot Games revealed its plans to record in-game voice communications in Valorant as part of their efforts to combat toxic behavior. As expected, this raised a whole host of concerns within the community about data and personal privacy. The studio was quick to promise that they would keep only the absolute bare amount of data needed to make [...]

Valorant Kicks Off Season 5 With A New Underwater Map, Rank, And Battle Pass

June 24, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Valorant has kicked off Season 5: Act 1 featuring a new underwater map called Pearl, the new Ascendant rank, two new reward tracks, and more. “Pearl is the wonder in the deep blue. The newest Valorant destination mixes technological marvels with tactical three-lane gameplay. You’re going to have to survive without the rotation and mobility support of doors, ascenders, or [...]

Fade Joins Valorant’s Roster As The Popular Shooter’s Newest Initiator Agent

April 28, 2022 Marc Marasigan Comments

A new Agent has entered the competitive battlefields of Valorant with the release of Patch 4.08. Meet Fade, a new initiator that promises to be the Agent of your dreams, or your nightmares depending on which side you’re on. “Turkish bounty hunter, Fade, unleashes the power of raw nightmares to seize enemy secrets. Attuned with terror itself, she hunts targets [...]

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