Valorant First Strike series to be first official tournament hosted by Riot Games

Since  launch of Valorant earlier this year, Riot Games have relied upon third party esports organisations to host successful Valorant tournament. Valorant Ignition Series, which was hosted by third party organisers in partnership with Riot, has arguably been one of most popular events in 2020. It can largely be credited for success of Valorant in a short span of time. 

Starting October, however, Riot Games will take control of Valorant esports scene. developers anunced on Wednesday that company will be organising official Valorant tournament, called  First Strike Valorant. 

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Riot Games' inaugural Valorant First Strike start date, details

 Valorant First Strike will be a series of events that will feature competitions across all major regions like rth America, Europe, Latin America, Asiam, CIS and Middle East. While official dates for  competitions are yet to be anunced, developers stated that each competition will start with qualifiers that will culminate with an eight-team main event that will be played in December. Each region will host a series of merit-based qualifiers, starting October. qualifiers will be open to all players and will still be hosted by or esports organisations.

final eight teams from each region will qualify for Riot Games' inaugural Valorant First Strike event, which will be played from December 3 to 6. regional champs of inaugural Valorant First Strike event will be crowned during event. Valorant says  respective regional champs will also earn right to call mselves " first official regional Valorant champions." However, in wake of  COVID-19 pandemic, it is highly unlikely that Riot will organise a short tournament to crown global champions in 2020. same can be expected to be introduced next year. 

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"Valorant is a deeply competitive title with global appeal and necessary elements to become next premier esport,” Whalen Rozelle, senior director of esports at Riot Games, said in Wednesday's press release. “First Strike will provide our thriving competitive ecosystem with platform to showcase ir greatness, build regional legacy, and a foundation that will support esport for years to come.”

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(Im Credits: Valorant Twitter)