VALORANT

Valorant (stylized as VALORANT) is an upcoming free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Riot Games. It is the first game Riot Games has developed in the genre. The game was first announced with the codename Project A in October 2019. It is set to be released for Microsoft Windows in the summer of 2020, with a closed beta starting on April 7, 2020. Two teams of five play against each other, players assume the role of "agents" with unique abilities and use an economy system to purchase their abilities and weapons. In the main game mode, the attacking team has a bomb, called the Spike, that they need to plant on a site. If the attacking team successfully protects the bomb and it detonates, they get a point. If the defending team successfully defuses the bomb, or the 100-second round timer expires, the defending team gets a point. Eliminating all opposing team members also earns a round win. The first team to win the best of 25 rounds wins the match. There are currently ten known agents in Valorant. Agents each have special abilities, that are either bought before rounds or earned throughout elimination in the game.