{"id":115733,"date":"2024-08-02T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/02\/valorant-launches-on-xbox-series-s-x-and-ps5\/"},"modified":"2024-08-02T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T16:00:00","slug":"valorant-launches-on-xbox-series-s-x-and-ps5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/02\/valorant-launches-on-xbox-series-s-x-and-ps5\/","title":{"rendered":"Valorant launches on Xbox Series S \/ X and PS5"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Riot Games is surprise launching Valorant <\/em>on Xbox Series S \/ X and PS5 consoles today. After a brief beta period in June<\/a>, the console version of Valorant <\/em>will be available in the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, and Brazil and features all the same gameplay, heroes, and abilities as the PC version.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Valorant <\/em>on console won\u2019t have crossplay support because Riot Games wants to maintain \u201ccompetitive integrity.\u201d That means PC players won\u2019t be getting controller support, either. The game will support cross-progression, so any skins and progression will carry over between PC and console. Both PC and console players will also receive simultaneous platform releases, including balance patches, new agents, map updates, premium content, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Valorant Xbox gameplay.<\/em><\/figcaption>Image: Riot Games<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Riot Games has also made some tweaks to the console version of its 5v5 tactical shooter, largely to make it more controller-friendly for hip-fire gameplay. \u201cFocus is a new shooting mode that behaves essentially like hip-fire, but with reduced sensitivity,\u201d explains Arnar Gylfason, production director of Valorant<\/em>. \u201cThis way, players can use hip-fire whenever they need speed in moving their camera \/ aim, but utilize focus mode whenever they need precision. This also approximates the shooting mechanic to what console players are used to in shooters, all of this without losing the added value Valorant<\/em>\u2019s aim down sights provides.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Valorant <\/em>is now available to play for free on PC, Xbox Series S \/ X, and PS5.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Riot Games is surprise launching Valorant on Xbox Series S \/ X and PS5 consoles today. After a brief beta period in June, the console version of Valorant will be available in the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, and Brazil and features all the same gameplay, heroes, and abilities as the PC version. Valorant on console […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-115733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}