New Riot Shooter, Valorant Announced: Screenshots, Release Window, PC Specs

Riot Games has officially revealed the title of its tactical shooter formerly known as Project A. Valorant is a 5v5, free-to-play shooter from the developers of League of Legends that is set launch in summer 2020. Valorant features a cast of characters known as agents who are from real-world cultures and locations, meaning it’s not tied to the lore of its League of Legends series. Set in a near-future Earth, characters will come from a wide range of locations and cultures. Each agent has a set of unique abilities, though the core gameplay is focused on tactical, team-based shooting. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=riot-games-fps-valorant&captions=true"] Riot Games executive producer Anna Donlon says that the shooter will “uphold the fundamental values of a competitive tactical shooter: precise shooting, lethal gunplay, and strategic execution.” Some examples Riot gives is how "a player with steady aim and a pistol will always beat an unsteady sniper." Time-to-kill is also low, meaning headshots are usually instant kills and rifle kills take 3-4 bullets. Recoil is said to be punishing. Two teams will work together and lock in as an agent for the entire duration of a round-based, attackers vs. defenders match. The team who wins a best-of-24-rounds match wins the game. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/10/16/riot-games-project-a-announcement-trailer"] Riot says it has high-end performance in mind for Valorant and as such implemented dedicated 128-tick servers for global players, a custom-built netcode for precise hit registration, and proprietary anti-cheat prevention and detection.

Valorant PC Specs

Recommended Specs - 60fps

• CPU: Intel i3-4150
• GPU: Geforce GT730

High-end Specs - 144+fps

• CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz
• GPU: GTX 1050 Ti

Minimum Specs - 30fps

• CPU: Intel i3-370M
• GPU: Intel HD 3000

PC Hardware recommendations:

• Windows 7/8/10 64-bit
• 4GB RAM
• 1GB VRAM

  Valorant is the latest game from Riot, which spent the previous decade focusing primarily on a single game, the MOBA League of Legends. At its 10th anniversary, Riot announced a variety of new projects including the League of Legends card game Legends of Runeterra, a fighting game called Project L, and a mysterious social game called Project F. For everything Riot has in the pipeline, including a new animated TV series, check out IGN’s recap of Riot’s 10th-anniversary livestream. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN.