So far, the coveted access to the beta version of "Valorant" has only been available for selected streamers. There is a warning to Ebay buyers of beta keys.
- Only a few streamers have had keys for " Valorant ".
- Developer Riot extends its key program to all "Valorant" streamers.
- Players should stay away from Ebay offers.
Developer Riot Games is mixing up the genre of multiplayer shooters. With "Valorant *" the LoL developer is launching a dangerous competitor for "Fortnite" on the market. The game is still in the closed beta phase and access to it is in high demand.
"Valorant": Beta-Keys now with all "Valorant" streamers
At the start, interested players could only get the beta keys for "Valorant" from a few selected Twitch streamers in so-called drops. The chance of access was accordingly very small. Riot Games now wants to increase this and give more opportunities to get a key.
That's why the beta keys are now available in drop form for all Twitch streamers if they play "Valorant" actively. It is not enough if the streamer calls "Valorant" in the title, he actually has to play a game. Only then will viewers have a chance of dropping with beta access, Riot Games explains in a blog post. The developer does not increase the number of beta keys, instead there are now more ways to get one.
Viewers must link their Twitch account to their Riot account and watch a "Valorant" stream for a few hours * to receive a drop with a "Valorant" key.
If you think that it takes too long and would rather buy a beta account on Ebay , you run the risk of being blocked by Riot Games. In recent weeks, keys for "Valorant" have appeared on the auction platform, which cost several hundred euros - the game will be free after release. The developer wants to take action against this illicit trade and reserves the right to monitor buyers of beta keys and to block them if necessary. This would remove the account and money.
Riot Games also acts rigorously against hackers and cheaters and has developed its own program for this reason: The anti-cheat software Vanguard should immediately recognize cheats and automatically remove them from the game. But gamers criticize Vanguard for various reasons, as ingame.de * reports.
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What is "Valorant"?
"Valorant" is a tactical multiplayer shooter from Riot Games . The developer is best known for "League of Legends". The latest game "Valorant" is based on games like "Counter Strike: Global Offense (CS: GO)" and "Overwatch".
Five players can compete in a team. A match is fought in several rounds. Before the start, each game can choose a class, each with different skills. What's new in " Valorant " is that these skills cannot be automatically used in the game. Before each round, players must buy skills and choose weapons. The latter are independent of the choice of class.
"Valorant" offers a game mode in the beta phase that is very reminiscent of "CS: GO". For example, bombs must be defused or detonated. There should be other modes in the final game. "Valorant" should appear for the PC in summer 2020 and be Free2Play - in other words, it can be played for free and will have microtransactions. The tactical shooter has an age rating from 16 years.
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These are the agents of "Valorant"
Ten heroes or agents are currently playable in "Valorant" :
- Phoenix, the fire devil from Great Britain
- Jett, the knife fighter from South Korea
- Viper, the poisoner from the United States
- Sova, the tracker from Russia
- Cypher, the hacker from Morocco
- Brimstone, the artilleryman from the United States
- Say the healer
- the mysterious teleporter Omen
- Breach, the blaster
- the explosive engineer Raze
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