{"id":2378,"date":"2020-04-13T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2507849"},"modified":"2020-04-13T17:25:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T17:25:00","slug":"valorant-closed-beta-the-tactical-hero-shooter-i-never-knew-i-wanted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/13\/valorant-closed-beta-the-tactical-hero-shooter-i-never-knew-i-wanted\/","title":{"rendered":"Valorant closed beta: The tactical hero shooter I never knew I wanted"},"content":{"rendered":"

League of Legends<\/em>‘ creators made a Counter-Strike<\/em> clone—and holy crap, is it good.<\/h2>\n

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In October, the makers of League of Legends<\/em><\/a> announced an ambitious plan to roll out new games in entirely different genres<\/a>. A fighting game, a card game, a possible action-RPG, and more—Riot Games is up to 10 announced “future” games<\/a> at this point. That’s a lot for a company whose second legitimate game didn’t launch until last year.<\/p>\n

Most of these new games are set in the League of Legends<\/em> universe, one that we’re admittedly not bullish on at Ars Technica. That’s one reason why the biggest exception to the newly rising LoL<\/em>-iverse caught our eye: Valorant<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Previously known as “Project A,” this PC-exclusive game was first teased as a “character-based tactical shooter.” That description, combined with brief footage<\/a>, had us asking: was Riot seriously going to slam Counter-Strike<\/em><\/a> and Overwatch<\/em><\/a> together in such shameless fashion? The answer is a loud and clear “yes.” And after diving into the new game’s first public test this week, we’ve come away utterly impressed with this chocolate-and-peanut-butter combination. Shameless as it is, this early version of Valorant<\/em> is already as thoughtful and compelling an entry in the online-shooter fray as we’ve seen in years.<\/p>\n

On Brimstone, on Phoenix, on Sova and Omen…<\/h2>\n
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