Neowin News Feed for: Valorant

Intel releases new graphics driver with Wuchang: Fallen Feathers support and more

Taras Buria — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:56:01 +0000

Intel has released a new graphics driver with optimizations for Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Valorant, Unreal Engine 5 upgrade, and more. Read more...

Nvidia 577.00 driver adds Valorant UE5 upgrade support, WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers, and more

Taras Buria — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:52:01 +0000

Nvidia has released a new graphics driver under version 577.00, bringing support for Valorant's Unreal Engine 5 upgrade, WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers, and more. Read more...

Nvidia releases new hotfix driver with patches for Valorant crashes and FFXVI freezes

Taras Buria — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:56:01 +0000

Nvidia has released a new hotfix driver to address Valorant crashes on new RTX 5000 graphics cards and Final Fantasy XVI freezes. Read more...

Valorant's newest agent is Tejo, a drone and missile-wielding Initiator

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 23:24:01 +0000

Riot Games is kicking off 2025 with a brand-new agent for its competitive FPS Valorant. Tejo comes with a hand-held missile launcher, a drone, and plenty of firepower. Read more...

Riot is moving Valorant to Unreal Engine 5 but there may not be a massive upgrade

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 22:08:02 +0000

Riot says its competitive shooter Valorant is now being moved to Unreal Engine 5 after squeezing "every ounce of everything" out of Unreal Engine 4. Read more...

Riot is hiking virtual currency prices by up to 70% in LoL, Valorant, more in many regions

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:32:01 +0000

Many countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia are soon getting price hikes when purchasing virtual currencies in free-to-play Riot titles. Read more...

Riot Games' free-to-play FPS Valorant has officially launched for Xbox Series X|S and PS5

John Callaham — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:30:01 +0000

After a brief open beta period, Riot Games has announced that its hit PC free-to-play first-person shooter Valorant has officially launched for the Xbox Series X and S consoles, along with the PS5. Read more...

Valorant Xbox Open Beta test begins with Game Pass users unlocking all Agents

John Callaham — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:30:01 +0000

Riot Games has launched its open beta test for the upcoming Valorant Xbox Series X and S console versions. The free-to-play shooter lets Game Pass members unlock all of the game's Agents. Read more...

Riot's competitive shooter Valorant is coming to Xbox Series X|S and PS5, beta next week

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 00:02:01 +0000

Riot is finally bringing its 5v5 competitive shooter Valorant to consoles, with crossplay between Xbox and PS5. A closed beta for this version is kicking off in June, and registrations are now open. Read more...

Summer Games Fest 2024 roundup: Palworld update, Skate World, and more

John Callaham — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 23:46:01 +0000

Summer Games Fest 2024 was packed with new trailers, release date reveals, and updates for current games. That includes an upcoming big update for Palworld, along with an update on EA's Skate World. Read more...

League of Legends dev Riot Games lays off 530 team members, or 11 percent of its workforce

John Callaham — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 01:46:01 +0000

Developer Riot Games, best known for its MOBA title League of Legends and its FPS Valorant, announced a round of layoffs that will affect 530 team members or 11 percent of its total workforce. Read more...

Valorant, League, and more Riot titles arrive to Xbox Game Pass with huge benefits

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 23:58:01 +0000

Xbox Game Pass subscribers will soon be able to skip the free-to-play grind of major Riot titles to unlock all Agents and Champions for no extra cost. The feature goes live in a few days. Read more...

Valorant will start recording your voice chats soon

Usama Jawad — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 09:12:01 +0000

Riot Games has provided a launch date for a controversial change that will allow it to record your voice chats to train its language model and take action upon reported incidents of hate speech. Read more...

Riot Games' PC and mobile catalog is coming to Game Pass

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 17:42:01 +0000

Riot Games just announced its free-to-play PC and mobile catalog will be available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers on Windows and Xbox Cloud Gaming, with almost all major unlocks already available. Read more...

Valorant creator is releasing its own game launcher

Usman Khan Lodhi — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 23:30:01 +0000

Riot Games, which is most known for developing popular shooter game Valorant and League of Legends, announced its plans to release a launcher for its games. It is set to arrive on September 20. Read more...

Playing Valorant on Windows 11 requires TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot

Sayan Sen — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 08:18:02 +0000

Riot Games' Valorant now requires TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot to run. That's because the game's Vanguard anti-cheat engine now carries these requirements on Windows 11 to ensure secured systems. Read more...

Valorant's voice chats will be recorded to fight toxicity

Usman Khan Lodhi — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 22:36:01 +0000

Riot Games is stepping up its efforts to moderate voice comms in Valorant. The firm will now record voice chats in a bid to tackle harassment; however, it would only be done once a report is filed. Read more...

Nvidia's 446.14 WHQL driver is Game Ready for Valorant but no WDDM 2.7 support yet

Vishal Laul — Wed, 27 May 2020 13:16:01 +0000

Valorant is set to release out of its beta on June 2, and in anticipation, Nvidia today has released its 446.14 WHQL-certified driver. There are optimizations for Minecraft Dungeons and more as well. Read more...

Riot Games' Valorant is out June 2, will enable automatic cheater banning systems

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 21 May 2020 19:00:01 +0000

Valorant, Riot Games' competitive shooter, is exiting beta on June 2. The full release will mean a new map, agent, and more. The cheat detection auto-banning system will also be brought online. Read more...

Riot Games unveils Valorant, its upcoming competitive multiplayer shooter

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:30:02 +0000

The first-person competitive shooter that Riot Games teased last year was finally unveiled today to be Valorant. There are new gameplay footage and information on how the title plays out in rounds. Read more...