Valorant Mobile was announced the game at their first anniversary, as part of developer Riot’s plans to expand their flagship first-person shooter into a new platform. After five years, Valprant Mobile has finally made a rundown on a new platform.
Valorant is now playable on mobile. Well for now it is available in Chinese market only. Well its release has gained lot of attention.
What is Valorant Mobile?
In 2024, Valorant made its first expansion outside PC with the release of a console port, complete with crossplay among different systems.
Anna Donlo,n who is a Valorant Executive Producer said one of there top goal this first year was to earn the trust and respect of the global FPS community and to prove to them about the Valorant will always be high in fundamentals of truly worthwhile competitive tac-shooter.
While seeing there growing player community they are trying to go Valorant beyond what they could expected, and they are thrilled to offer same competitive Valorant experience to even get more global.
On April 21, 2025, Valorant Mobile officially launched in China. Player in these region are able to enjoy the full Valorant experience in their hands, well there are plenty of unique adjustment to make tactical FPS work on touchscreens.
When is the Global Valorant Release Date?
Well now the game is available onlyin China, thre are no indication as about the release for the global.
Well, they are excited to bring Valorant Mobile to as many player as possible, while they are startingin China. well, the official Valorant account was shared on April 21, 2025, they will update the plans of development in future.
Looking at the feedback from China, they might release a full global launch by end of 2025, or might take much longer than usually.
For the people who are thinking to use VPN to access chinese version of the game, well you guys are out of luck too. Registering the game requires an account for social media platforms WeChat or QQ, a Chinese phone number and than a VPN on TOP.
Valorant Mobile Beta
There was a beta version before the release in China.
On April 7, 2022, a credible Valorant leaker DannyINTEL reveled the Valorant mobile has officials gone testing stages in China. The imngaes were posted on tweets, we can see various loading screens and a actual in-game screen shot which shows the mobile UI.
Danny also revealed thew Agent selection screen, which also vatios Agent such as Jett, Phoenix, Reyna, Breach, Skye, SOva and Killjoy playable during the playtest.
There were leaked screenshots which showed the mobile UI. the Valorant port came with a full by Menu akin to the version on desktop, there were also ‘Quick Buy Menu’ designed for handheld devices.
The new system appears to give three distinct options for the rapid purchase between rounds. For the prices ranging from 2,600 to 3,300 Credits, players can buy preset packs containing weapons, armour and abilities.
On July 10,2023 there was a leaker named as data miner partnered with the Reporters On Duty claimed that Tencent has stooped Valorant Mobile development and that Riot Games which has Ttaken the reigns in the creation. He also said being remade from scratch at their LA studios alongside with its console team.
On June 5, 2023, the Twitter account hesketh2 claimed that the Valorant mobile had been approved in China under the name of Valorant: Operation Primal.
Gameplay Leaks
Over several days in early September 2024, footage from the beta in China leaked, giving the first look at the beta.
In a recording of the gameplay from leaker sleepysoul, we can look at the game mostly plays out the same as regular Valorant. But it is UI changes up to accommodate a phone of tablet.
According to the leaks, the game runs at 120 FPS on an iPad and Android phones, which is comparable to the average PC and console experience.
There are already skin bundles in the game shop, which include many skins from the PC version in the port.
In the beta, there was a replay viewing system that was to let players go back and watch past matchs, complete with the stats and KDA.
Well that was everything for now, more details about the Valorant Mobile global expansion sure to be drop in the coming months. We will be updating it.
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