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First look at Valorant Mobile
According toleaksand sources on Twitter, Riot Games has begun playtesting for Valorant Mobile in China. The information shows alleged gameplay, user interface and video of the loading screen for the mobile game in Chinese.
Valorant Mobile game play| Credit: Pritykin Andrew
Another image shows what is alleged to be the Agent selection screen that players will go to before a game.
After the massive success of Valorant on PC, Riot announced plans to bring the game to mobile during its one yearanniversaryin 2021. Since then, fans have eagerly been waiting for updates on the mobile game. The leaked China tests are the first players have seen on the game’s progress so far.
In aninterviewwith Polygon, Valorant executive producer, Anna Dolon mentioned that the team was looking to create a “unique-to-mobile experience” for Valorant mobile players.
For us, whatever you get out of playing on PC, you should get out of playingValoranton mobile. But we have to recognize that the mobile player need is different.”
She also stated that the game was in the works and there were no plans for cross-play.
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Before now,PUBG,Free Fire andCall of Dutyhave dominated the scene leaving players and content creators with few options. The introduction of these games will create a more competitive mobile scene. It will also increase the player base of mobile gaming and esports tournaments.
Additionally, Riot is no stranger to mobile games and with the popularity of the PC version, Valorant Mobile will be a fierce contender when released.
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