Valorant
Valorant: its leagues, circuits, teams and players.
Riot Names 32 VCT Partners as Americas Kickoff Qualifiers Open
Riot named 32 VCT partner teams for 2027-2028 on Oct 22. How they were chosen, what they get, and how open teams reach Kickoff, using North America's calendar.
TournamentsLOUD Become Valorant's First Two-Time World Champions
LOUD beat Team Vitality 3-1 in Shanghai to win Valorant Champions 2026 and take US$1 million, becoming the first organization to lift the trophy twice.
TournamentsInside VALORANT Champions 2026's Move to Shanghai
VALORANT's 2026 world championship is being played in China for the first time. Here is what the venue, format and regional makeup actually look like.
TournamentsTeam Vitality Beat 100 Thieves 3-1 to Reach Valorant Champions Grand Final
Team Vitality beat 100 Thieves 3-1 in the lower bracket final to set up a Valorant Champions 2026 grand final rematch against LOUD on October 18 in Shanghai.
TournamentsTeam Vitality Sets Up a Third Meeting With LOUD in Champions 2026's Final
Team Vitality beat 100 Thieves to reach the Valorant Champions 2026 grand final, where it will face LOUD for the third time at the Shanghai event.
TournamentsLOUD Beat Vitality 2-1 to Reach the Valorant Champions 2026 Final
LOUD won the Valorant Champions 2026 Upper Final 2-1 over Team Vitality in Shanghai, becoming the first team to lock in a grand final spot.
TournamentsThe Valorant Champions 2026 final four is set in Shanghai
Vitality and LOUD will meet in the upper final on October 16 after the elimination of defending champions NRG; 100 Thieves and G2 complete a final four with no Pacific or Chinese team.
Media RightsValorant Champions 2026 groups: a higher peak, about 11.5% fewer hours
Esports Charts counted a 718.3K peak for Paper Rex against G2 Esports in the Champions Shanghai group stage, while hours watched fell about 11.5% and Kick took 7.7% of them.
TechnologyRiot rebuilds the Valorant Champions Shanghai desks after mouse trouble
Metal parts in the player desks disrupted wireless mice at Valorant Champions Shanghai. Riot installed new desks on October 2 and lets players test wireless mice again.
RankingsChampions Shanghai 2026: eight of the 16 teams got in on points
The field of Valorant Champions Shanghai is complete. In each league two teams qualified as Stage 2 finalists and two on Championship Points, among them the title holders NRG.
LeaguesVCT EMEA Barcelona Finals: FUT, Karmine Corp, Liquid and Fire Flux remain
Riot Games has confirmed the four teams of the VCT EMEA Stage 2 Finals, played August 28 to 30 near Barcelona. One of them, Fire Flux Esports, came up from Challengers.
TournamentsFlyQuest RED take top seed as Game Changers NA sets its Stage 2 bracket
Riot Games published on August 21 the eight teams and the schedule of the Game Changers NA Stage 2 Main Event in Valorant. The grand final is played in Los Angeles on September 17.
TournamentsGame Changers Americas LCQ returns to São Paulo for an October LAN
Riot Games set the Game Changers Americas Last Chance Qualifier for October 14 and 15 in São Paulo: three second seeds, one place at the Game Changers Championship.
TechnologyValorant at the EWC 2026: peripherals, Paris servers and round rollbacks
Supplied PCs, a Paris tournament server, three kinds of pause and a coach's challenge: how the Esports World Cup rulebook handles the technical side of Valorant.
National TeamsFourteen nations qualify for Valorant at the Esports Nations Cup
Eight regional qualifiers have filled the last 14 places of the Esports Nations Cup Valorant event. France, Japan and Vietnam are through; Indonesia and Hong Kong are not.
CreatorsValorant community tournament rules: what creator events may do
Riot rewrote the rules for Valorant events it does not run. What a creator or community organizer may charge, stream and name, which sponsors are barred and what Riot keeps.
LeaguesVCT Americas Stage 2: Challengers teams enter, Finals go to São Paulo
Riot Games has published the guide to VCT Americas Stage 2: it starts July 16, sends eight league teams into a Play-In with four Challengers teams and ends in São Paulo on September 6.
TournamentsLeviatán Beat Paper Rex to Win Valorant Masters London 2026
Leviatán came back from 2-1 down to beat Paper Rex 3-2 and win Valorant Masters London 2026, the Argentine organization's first international title.
LeaguesVCT 2027: eight partner teams in every twelve-team Kickoff
Riot Games has put numbers on the 2027 Valorant Champions Tour: twelve-team Kickoffs with eight partners, no guaranteed Cup places and fixed payments for open teams.
TournamentsRiot sets out Masters London: Copper Box, 13 match days, a new map
Riot Games has published its guide to Masters London, played June 6 to 21 at the Copper Box Arena: the field of twelve, a Swiss stage, a playoff bracket and a new map shown on finals day.