Valorant Shakes the Market with New Releases

Valorant is the flagship First-Person Shooter created by Riot Games. Riot's unusual marketing plan using streamers has already set multiple Twitch records. The popularity is due to both the game's originality and Riot's unique marketing technique that has made Valorant a choice for online esports betting.

Riot Games targets to make strategic shooters and e-sports readily available to novice gamers. Additionally, the provider is developing games to attract a significant competing scene. The provider also strives to address some of the criticisms leveled at the genre by professional players.

New Game Agent

The last valiant agent, Neon, was released in 2012. It has been a long time since Riot brought another one to the game. Fans have been clamoring for the next character for well over two months. Riot Games opted to spend some time improving the current content in the game, including weapon and agent balancing and map updates.

Sources say that Valorant players won't have to wait much longer to see the next heroic agent in action. The new agent brings along some damaged talents. So far, this is all the information available on the forthcoming Valorant Agent, Bounty Hunter, according to respected game leakers like ValorLeaks.

This Turkish bounty hunter will have a gothic and haunting tone. The agent will chase gamers' fears if they don't bury them. Riot's vision of having a Bounty Hunter character that would make pursuing foes on maps more "intimate" has come to fruition.

The New Agent's Capabilities

The agent's increasing fan bases have also pinpointed the abilities. The Prowler ability summons a reconnaissance creature to locate a nearby opponent. When the opponent is discovered, they will become near-sighted. These additions are adding Valorant betting markets that can be included on online esport betting sites.

• Seize: This ability fires an orb into the sky that lands on adjacent agents, tethers and deafens them, and causes damage in a short AoE radius.
• Haunt: This ability is identical to seize. Only the orb returns to the sky and transforms into a sentry who delivers a trail rebuff to observed opponents.
• NightFall: This ability produces a wave of fog that silences, trails, and decays any enemies it comes into contact with.

The Verizon VCT Game Changers Series' Main Event

Esports betting enthusiasts have been participating in the championship. After a weekend of open qualifying, the top eight teams competed in the first major Verizon VCT Game Changers Series of 2022. The top 8 teams from open qualifications proceeded to the main tournament, a double-elimination bracket that started on April 6. Punters had the opportunity to wager and follow the event at popular esport betting sites.

The Grand Final on April 9 was a best-of-five, all matches being the best-of-three. Teams were competing for a piece of the prize fund and points toward the Game Changers World Championship qualification. A total of 410 points will be awarded to the top 16 teams in each Verizon VCT Game Changer Series.

Prizes

Cloud9 White and 80 points were the edition's victors, taking home $20,000 and 80 points. Shopify Rebellion came was second and received $10,000 and 60 points. In third and fourth place, respectively, were Dignitas Female and Counter Logic Gaming Red. The teams received $7,000 and $5,000 and 50 and 40 points.

Gen.G Black and TSM X came in fifth and sixth place, earning $3,000 and 30 points. The last two were ranked 7th and 8th, respectively. VersionX and Dart Monkeys received $1,000 and 20 points for their respective results.

Masters of Valor

The 2022 VALORANT Champions Tour is the ongoing season's opening event. For a chance to qualify for the Masters in Reykjavik, thousands of teams are competing in seven regional VCT contests. Individuals interested in betting on this event can look for esports betting tips at reputable online sources. The event provides a wide range of markets to punters.

The event started with a GSL-style double-elimination group play before moving to an eight-team double-elimination bracket. The top four teams in the bracket were seeded. rest were divided into two groups based on their performance at Challenger events and the strength of their region.
The top two teams will advance to the double-elimination stage, facing the top four seeded teams. Online betting tends to peak when games get to this level.

Prize

The winner will receive a cash prize of $200,000 and 750 points. The second-place finisher will receive $120,000 and 500 points. The third and fourth-placed teams will receive $85,000 and $65,000, respectively, and 400 and 300 points. The fifth and sixth-place teams will receive $40,000 and 250 points.

There is still a chance for online esports betting as none of these have been confirmed because the competition is still going on. The FunPlus Phoenix team, in particular, received 200 circuit points. Due to travel restrictions occasioned by the Russia-Ukraine war, it was unable to compete in Masters.

YouTube Streamer Banned

After a brave Tirade clip went public, a Valorant YouTube Streamer with 6.9 million followers was banned. IShowSpeed, a gaming YouTuber and experimental rapper, was banned from Valorant and other Riot Games titles. Additionally, he could be banned from YouTube for degrading a female player in Riot's tactical hero shooter.

IShowSpeed has subsequently apologized for his actions. He claimed that he was having a bad day in the viral video, which appears to have triggered the ban. While the situation was quickly resolved, it has spurred debate about in-game trash talk.