Here’s Everything You Must Know About The Valorant Closed Beta Debut

The closed beta launch had 1.6M viewers on Twitch

Here’s Everything You Must Know About Valorant Closed Beta — Valorant – Riot Games

Valorant, Riot Games’ upcoming game in which Overwatch meets Counter-Strike, launched closed beta recently. There were some glitches, but most of the people who participated seemed to be happy. Here’s everything you need to know about Valorant Closed Beta.

Before initiating Valorant Closed Beta, the Executive Producer of the company Anna Donlon had stated that it would be limited to only a few regions of the world due to the impact of COVID-19. She said “Our plan was to bring the Valorant closed beta to as many players around the world as quickly as possible, but the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted those plans, compromising a wider global rollout. For now, we have to focus on the regions where we feel most ready, with more regions following in the months to come.”

Prior to the launch of Valorant Closed Beta, the prospective players were given detailed instructions. Riot Games said that they need to link the Riot Games and Twitch accounts to be eligible for Valorant Closed Beta. The developer explained, “When closed beta activates in your region, watch specific Valorant streams highlighted on Twitch for the opportunity to be entitled for closed beta access.”

Though Aussies didn’t get to be a part of Valorant Closed Beta, it is possible that the game will launch during the winters, if things get back to normal soon and humans find a cure for the deadly coronavirus or control it.

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The beginning of Valorant Closed Beta was hyped as players from Canada, the US, Russia, Europe and Turkey got to enjoy the game on Tuesday. The process began with server issues (sad but true) as some players couldn’t start the process at 8 AM ET. But, the Valorant Closed Beta could be considered as a success if one looks at the chatter and clips regarding the game that were popular on social media platforms.

Everyone from streamers, teams, eports pros, Twitter users and other game enthusiasts posted a lot after the first day of Valorant Closed Beta, and the feedback was mostly positive. Have a look at some of it below!

Et devant 70K+ Viewers ! @Gotaga – @Mickalow – @jbzzed – @AzoX360 – @pmleek SONT LES PREMIERS CHAMPIONS D'EUROPE SUR VALORANT ! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/V5H1L2tiRl

— GotagaTV (@GotagaTV) April 7, 2020

At 1.7 million viewers, @PlayVALORANT has surpassed Fortnite's peak viewership at 1.69 million during the World Cup

The top two for peak viewership (as of right now):

1. League of Legends (1.74 million)
2. VALORANT (1.7 million)

The King and the Queen pic.twitter.com/n2nHLAn9Bb

— The Esports Writer (@FionnOnFire) April 7, 2020

with the launch of Valorant and with coronavirus keeping everyone inside, Twitch now has over 4 million concurrent viewers on the site smashing its all-time record

vidya games good

— Rod 'keydaddy' Breslau (@Slasher) April 7, 2020