Valorant launches on Xbox Series S / X and PS5

Riot Games is astonishment launching Valorant on Xbox Series S / X and PS5 consoles today. After a brief beta play successful June, nan console type of Valorant will beryllium disposable successful nan US, Canada, Europe, Japan, and Brazil and features each nan aforesaid gameplay, heroes, and abilities arsenic nan PC version.

Valorant on console won’t person crossplay support because Riot Games wants to support “competitive integrity.” That intends PC players won’t beryllium getting controller support, either. The crippled will support cross-progression, truthful immoderate skins and progression will transportation complete betwixt PC and console. Both PC and console players will besides person simultaneous level releases, including equilibrium patches, caller agents, representation updates, premium content, and more.

Riot Games has besides made immoderate tweaks to nan console type of its 5v5 tactical shooter, mostly to make it much controller-friendly for hip-fire gameplay. “Focus is simply a caller shooting mode that behaves fundamentally for illustration hip-fire, but pinch reduced sensitivity,” explains Arnar Gylfason, accumulation head of Valorant. “This way, players tin usage hip-fire whenever they request velocity successful moving their camera / aim, but utilize attraction mode whenever they request precision. This besides approximates nan shooting mechanic to what console players are utilized to successful shooters, each of this without losing nan added worth Valorant’s purpose down sights provides.”

Valorant is now disposable to play for free connected PC, Xbox Series S / X, and PS5.