Dev News

Our 3D Environment Artist breaks open how VALORANT maps are built from the inside out.

We let you in on the future of patch stability, how we take esports tournaments into account, and what we’re doing about some of those awful things in the chat.

We cover weekly challenges, how we slow down smurfs, and a possible test server.

Three Battlepass, more than 100 unique VALORANT items. This is how we do it.

Today you asked about in-game pauses, sharing crosshair settings, and practice while queueing.

Here you’ll find our response to some long-term questions on a left hand view, updating skins, and game consistency.

When the powers of VALORANT artists and engineers combine you get cool skin effects like Spline, Avalanche, and Nebula.

What’s that star mean? Do only kills matter? HRTF? It’s Ask VALORANT time.

Just because AI will take over one day, doesn’t mean player reports don’t matter. Paul Chamberlain is here to share why.

Is the Operator OP? What’s going on with footsteps? Why timed rollouts vs all at once?

VALORANT’S Lead Character Designer Ryan “Morello” Scott talks about the “extreme intentionality” that underpins Agent design.

Our pair of weapons and concept artists share what it's like to design a skinline that could probably win a Nebula Award.