VALORANT Launches on Consoles: US, Canada, Europe, Japan, Brazil

Gaming Staff • August 2, 2024

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Riot Games has announced the official launch of VALORANT on console for players in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, and Brazil. The game is now available on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation®5. As Riot's first live service console game, VALORANT Console aims to provide the same competitive experience that PC players have enjoyed for years, with a precise, team-based, tactical shooter.

Cross-play will not be available between PC and console player matches to maintain VALORANT's competitive integrity. However, both PC and console players will receive simultaneous platform releases of all live patch balances, new agents, maps, premium content, and additional live service features. Riot Games plans to continue monitoring other regions for further console expansion.

Arnar Gylfason, Production Director of VALORANT at Riot Games, expressed confidence in delivering the gameplay promise for console players, stating that they look forward to console players experiencing the same thrill as VALORANT PC players. VALORANT is a free-to-play game with high-fidelity gunplay, a diverse arsenal of guns, agents with unique abilities, and competitively tuned maps. The game is optimized to perform on a wide variety of PC and console platforms, and Riot Games is committed to preserving the core tenets of the tactical shooter genre and upholding the competitive integrity of the gameplay experience across all available platforms.

VALORANT is a 5v5 character-based first-person tactical shooter developed and published by Riot Games for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation®5. 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. The game is known for its best-in-class game server quality, global infrastructure, and proprietary anti-cheat technology. Players can visit PlayVALORANT.com for more details about VALORANT Console and how to get started.

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