Hydro Valorant team news and more!

So the new competitive FPS game Valorant by Riot Games has become the gaming industries obsession over the last couple of weeks.  Ever since the closed beta was released, over 500,000 people tuned in to Valorant twitch streams for a chance to receive a closed beta "key" to unlock the game.

In this article, I am going to explain everything you need to know about the game, while also giving you the information about the upcoming pro team I am officially launching in the summer when the open version of Valorant is released.  Riot Games has not provided an exact release date for the open version, but they have promised that it will be released at some point during summer of 2020.

How to get access to Valorant



To access the closed beta, all you have to do is:

• Link your Riot Games account with your Twitch account (Register here: https://riot.com/2RXw9tT)
• Watch Valorant streams with the tag "Drops Enabled" (Watch for more than 2hrs and watching more than one stream or on several accounts does not increase your chances.
• You will receive an email and/or twitch notification when you get a key.

How long will the Drops be happening?

The drops are estimated to be happening for at least another week or two.

E-Sports and Valorant?



Everyone knows that Valorant will be coming to esports because of the promise by Riot that it will be the "top competitive FPS game". But when?  There were leaks earlier this week that Riot Games were already meeting esports organisers and agents.  And a ton of pro csgo players have moved to Valorant.  Even NRG Aceu has moved from Apex to Valorant.

I hope this is all you need to know about Valorant at the moment.  I wasn't planning to talk about the gameplay in this article, but if you are interested in that, dm me on Instagram @hydroclanlol

Peace

UPDATE:  ESPN has agreed to host an invitational event for Valorant.  Here are the teams competing: