The tactical shooter from Riot Games, creators of League of Legends, releases beta the first week of April on PC.
Valorant, the tactical shooter from Riot Games, has just announced an official closed beta for different regions, including Europe. The new title of the parents of League of Legends can be tested in beta starting today, April 7, 2020 at 2:00 p.m., limited to Europe, Canada, Russia, Turkey and the United States. “Our plan was to bring Valorant closed beta to the largest number of players worldwide as quickly as possible, but COVID-19 has disrupted the plans, committing to a worldwide launch. For now, we should focus on the regions in which we feel most prepared, which will be followed by others in the coming months, "says Anna Donlon, producer of Valorant in a statement.
On whether the beta will be more or less accessible as it is closed-cut, Donlon herself states that her intention is "to capture players from all over the world as quickly as possible, and therefore we will increase the number of players as much as possible to Testing the infrastructure, but we won't let everyone play Valorant until we are absolutely confident that we can control this uncertain new environment. " The company itself explains that it is possible that it will spread to new regions depending on how the events derived from the coronavirus pandemic unfold.
The details to enter the closed beta
Riot Games collaborates with Twitch with the promotion of the closed beta, so it has given details of how to get access to it by following three steps:
- Create a Riot account
- Connect Riot account with a Twitch account
- When the beta is activated players will have to view the featured Valorant streams to have the option to enter the closed beta
Time and channels to access the beta
The channels that can drop betas for users are the following:
- Ampeterby7
- Blackelespanolito
- Candy_ninja_
- Dridg7
- Fesbak
- Ibai
- Kaquka
- Leviathan
- Makina
- Methodzsick
- Mixwell
- Moyor87
- Muitols
- Musamban1
- Pituherranz,
- Sergiogott
- Ulises
- Winghaven
The closed beta starts today April 7 at 2pm. If you do not have a beta, you can get one on the listed Twitch channels. We recommend that before enjoying the beta, you check the Valorant requirements to play correctly on PC.
Other details: beta progress, points …
Among other details, Riot Games has specified that beta progress will not be counted in the final game, where it will start from scratch. Also that the beta will last the least amount of time possible because its intention is to launch the game in the summer of 2020. Finally, the points achieved will serve to receive a 20% increase with the launch of the game. If you scored 10,000 points in beta, we will receive 12,000 points at launch.
