A closer look at Valorant’s always-on anti-cheat system

Posted on 15/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Every time you install a new program on your computer, you’re taking a risk. With each click of the OK button, you’re placing implicit trust in whatever company or person is distributing that software. You’re assuming they’re not installing secret sp...

Summer Game Fest promises four months of big news and events

Posted on 01/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

E3, GDC and Gamescom are not happening in their usual form this summer, complicating matters for developers and publishers who typically make big game announcements at those major events. They’ll have a new avenue through which they can reveal new ti...

‘Valorant’ is harvesting talent from stagnating esports

Posted on 29/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Yesterday, the reigning MVP of Overwatch esports, Jay “sinatraa” Won, confirmed rumors and announced he was leaving his $150,000-a-year deal with San Francisco Shock for a pro career in Riot Games’ new first-person-shooter Valorant. It’s a huge deal...

The reigning Overwatch League MVP is switching to ‘Valorant’

Posted on 29/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

For Blizzard and Overwatch, a professional esports league has always been a huge part of its strategy, and now other games are competing for the talent it’s developing. League of Legends maker Riot Games is currently developing its own competitive sh...

Valorant’s ranked mode will go live once its new patch is stable

Posted on 28/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you’ve been fortunate enough to gain access to the Valorant closed beta and you’re ready to really test your mettle against other players, you won’t have much longer to wait to jump into competitive action. Riot announced that the much-anticipated...

Twitch has a problem with non-stop ‘Valorant’ streams

Posted on 25/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Valorant has been a hit on Twitch, but it’s now clear that success isn’t always for the right reasons. Kotaku has documented a slew of Twitch streams that are running 24/7 solely to attract people looking for Valorant beta keys that drop after watchi...

Riot outlines how Valorant’s competitive mode will work

Posted on 24/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Valorant players will soon be able to put their skills to the test. Riot Games announced today that it plans to add a competitive mode to its already popular first-person shooter "soon after" the release of the game's upcoming 0.49 update, with acces...

Valorant’s wild success on Twitch wasn’t an accident

Posted on 24/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

On any given day this April, at any chosen time, you’ll find around half a million people watching live Valorant gameplay on Twitch. It’s easily the top title on the streaming service, usually with double the number of viewers as Counter-Strike: Glob...

‘League of Legends’ mid-season tournament canceled due to COVID-19

Posted on 23/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Bringing esports teams from around the world together for a major in-person tournament isn’t exactly feasible right now, nor will it be any time soon due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, Riot Games has cancelled this year’s League of Legends Mid-Se...

ESPN will stream a ‘Valorant’ tournament today at 3:30PM ET

Posted on 20/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Valorant esports strategy is getting off to a quick start. ESPN is streaming an Esports Valorant Invitational tournament on its Twitch channel between April 20th and April 22nd, starting at 3:30PM Eastern each day. This isn’t part of a larger cir...

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