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Starting October 13, VALORANT heads into Act III with an all-new artic map in Icebox, a battlepass, a gun bundle, and an Australian agent in Skye. Your next battleground is a secret Kingdom excavation ...

While it might be lacking in maps, modes, and playable characters when compared with the rest of the tactical shooter genre, there’s no other game that does weapon skins quite like Valorant. From ...

As players saw, Valorant previews its Episode 3 with newcomer KAY/O donning a Guardian with a skin straight stylized in Ruination. On top of that, the Ruination Bundle has more skins to offer that fit ...

Valorant is easily the most popular 5v5 FPS game in 2022, but it wasn't always the go-to shooter. Before Riot dipped its toes into FPS, CSGO reigned over the genre with a lucrative market and ...