The VALORANT team has confirmed that the Closed Beta ends at 9AM PDT on Thursday May 28 for all regions. To get in the last possible game, be sure to start it at or before 8:59AM PDT. At 10:30am PDT all servers will go offline until the game launches on Tuesday, June 2nd.
Riot provided additional info with an FAQ about what to expect over the next few days.
The game will launch in most regions of the world including Oceania, but it won’t be available in Vietnam, India, or the Middle East just yet.
Closed Beta drops have ended, though people who were eligible will have a special Twitch / VALORANT player card in their inventory at launch on June 2nd.
All progression will be reset, but anything earned in the Closed Beta player pass (including the exclusive gun buddy) are yours to keep.
Store purchases won’t carry over but your VALORANT points will with a 20% bonus. If you spent the points or not, they will be returned to you at launch.
Get the full details on what to expect at launch »
VALORANT devs surprised fans with the formal announcement of competitive matchmaking and ranked gameplay in an upcoming “Rated Mode” available as soon as the week of April 26th in the Closed Beta.
In a blog post, Senior Producer, Ian “Brighteyz” Fielding and Senior Designer, Sean “Drevarius” Szopinski from the VALORANT Competitive team detailed how the ranking system works.
Rated Mode, as the competitive mode is called, is very much a work in progress that will be tweaked throughout the Closed Beta. An outline of how competitive mode will work:
- Complete 20 Unrated matches to unlock Competitive mode
- 8 ranks, 3 tiers each, except the top rank, VALORANT
- Queue with up to 5-player parties, must be within 2 ranks
- Rank isn’t displayed if competitive matches aren’t played within 14 days, but your rank doesn’t decay behind the scenes.
The eight levels of rank, each divided into three tiers are: Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Immortal, and the highest rank — VALORANT.
Competitive integrity has been factored into Rated Mode, as well.
The system looks at a player’s total performance, not just wins or losses, to better detect smurfs, prevent rank boosting, and to give an accurate display of your skill.
Devs are also working on a way to add some sort of Rank Progression system that acknowledges accomplishments in the game for all ranks, outside of just the match rank display. This is a great move to keep the most competitive players engaged with the game beyond reaching their desired match rank.
It’s important to note that Closed Beta rank does not carry over into the game’s official launch, sometime in Summer 2020.
The blog post stated, “Competitive mode will be available soon after patch 0.49…”
VALORANT game director, Joe Ziegler, tweeted at the time the blog post was released on April 24th,
“[...] the next patch will be 0.49. Rated mode will go live as soon as we’re confident in the stability of that patch on live. Current ETA for 0.49 is sometime next week. Will let you know more specifics as we get closer.”
Are you excited for Rated Mode?
Read the full blog post for all of the details here.
