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Valorant

Valorant (stylized in all caps) is a 2020 first-person tactical hero shooter video game developed and published by Riot Games. A free-to-play game, Valorant takes inspiration from the Counter-Strike series, borrowing several mechanics such as the buy menu, spray patterns, and inaccuracy while moving. Development started in 2014 and was teased under the…

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Art, Development & Reception

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Artist
Moby Francke
Composer
Jesse Harlin[better source needed]
Designers
Trevor Romleski · Salvatore Garozzo
Developer
Riot Games
Directors
David Nottingham · Andy Ho · Joe Ziegler (former)
Engine
Unreal Engine 4 (2020–2025) · Unreal Engine 5 (2025–present)

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Gameplay

Agents

Development

Release

Reception

Esports

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Valorant

Nodes75
Edges74
Triples160
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026667
Components1

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Valorant

Top relations

related to Development · 22
Valorant → Anna Donlon, Counter-Strike, David Nottingham, Development, Fortnite, Game, Games, Global Offensive, Half-Life, In, Joe Ziegler, League, Legends, Legends's, Moby Francke, Riot, Riot Games, Riot's, Salvatore Garozzo, Team Fortress
related to Release · 20
Valorant → April, Canada, Europe, For, It, Japan, June, March, May, October, PC, Project, Riot Games, The, The Round, This, Twitch, United States, Unlike, YouTube
related to Gameplay · 16
Valorant → Agent Recruitment Events, Agents, As, Every, Five, However, In, Kingdom Credits, May, Other, Players, The, There, Valorant Points, VP, Xbox Game Pass
related to Anti-cheat software · 15
Valorant → As, Chinese, Gameplay, However, May, Microsoft's, OSNews, Riot Games, Riot Vanguard, Tencent, The, TPM, Trusted Platform Module, UEFI, Windows
related to Reception · 15
Valorant → Austen Goslin, Blizzard Entertainment's, Global Offensive, I've, League, Legends, Many, On, Only, Overwatch, Polygon, Riot Games, Twitch, Valve's Counter-Strike, World Championship
related to Partnerships era (2023–present) · 13
Valorant → Brazil, Champions, China, In, LAN, Masters, Riot Games, São Paulo, The, These, Valorant Champions Tour, VCT, VCT LOCK//IN
related to Console port · 9
Valorant → June, On June, PC, PlayStation, Riot, Series X/S, Summer Game Fest, The PS5, Xbox Series X/S
related to Player behavior · 7
Valorant → Emily Rand, ESPN, Furthermore, Jordon Oloman, Rand, The Guardian, Valorant's
related to Open-qualifiers era (2021–22) · 6
Valorant → Champions, In November, Masters, Riot Games, Valorant Champions Tour, VCT
related to Esports · 5
Valorant → First Strike, In, Riot Games, The, Valorant Esports

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ValorantArtistMoby Francke1.00infobox
ValorantComposerJesse Harlin[better source needed]1.00infobox
ValorantDesignersTrevor Romleski1.00infobox
ValorantDesignersSalvatore Garozzo1.00infobox
ValorantDeveloperRiot Games1.00infobox
ValorantDirectorsDavid Nottingham1.00infobox
ValorantDirectorsAndy Ho1.00infobox
ValorantDirectorsJoe Ziegler (former)1.00infobox
ValorantEngineUnreal Engine 4 (2020–2025)1.00infobox
ValorantEngineUnreal Engine 5 (2025–present)1.00infobox
ValorantGenresHero shooter1.00infobox
ValorantGenresTactical shooter1.00infobox
ValorantModeMultiplayer1.00infobox
ValorantPlatformsWindows PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S1.00infobox
ValorantProducersAnna Donlon1.00infobox
ValorantProducersJohn Goscicki1.00infobox
ValorantProgrammersPaul Chamberlain1.00infobox
ValorantProgrammersDave Heironymus1.00infobox
ValorantProgrammersDavid Straily1.00infobox
ValorantPublishersCN: Tencent Games1.00infobox
ValorantPublishersTW: Taiwan Mobile (since May 14, 2020)1.00infobox
ValorantReleaseJune 2, 2020 (Windows)1.00infobox
ValorantReleaseAugust 2, 2024 (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S)1.00infobox
ValorantReleaseCN: July 12, 20231.00infobox

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