Five long years of headshots, clutching, and toxic teammates yelling “diff” in all chat, and at last VALORANT has reached its monumental milestone. Riot Games isn’t letting this anniversary go gently; rather, they sent a rather motivational tweet that has the community buzzing with speculation about what’s to come next.
What was the tweet, though? Present, memorable. We toast 5 years of VALORANT and on what it has in store as you run it up Act 3. Short, simple, and full of implications: what exactly is coming for Act 3? Riot’s definitely not letting on, but that’s not stopping the players from speculating.
This is really cool: VALORANT has now existed for half a decade. Seems like only yesterday, we all went nuts watching the beta, arguing whether Jett was OP (she was) or whether Sage’s heal needed to be nerfed (it did). Fast forward by five years, and this has grown into the colossal esports behemoth that we observe today, with millions tuning in to VCT and pros raking it in.
But let’s move on to Act 3- Riot has kept mum on the matter, but leaks and datamines suggest we could be looking at a new Agent, perhaps even a new map. What duelist or initiator are the community betting on? One with movement tech to rival Neon’s slide or Raze’s satchels should do nicely. Maps? Players have been really asking for something new…or maybe remakes of the old ones like Bind or Split.
But the story: the whole VALORANT experience has actually been kind of exposition-fed through some cinematics and voice lines, but this season’s Act 3 feels like maybe, just maybe, the one moment when the story would really move. Are we getting to see the version of an existing Agent from Omega Earth? Is Brimstone really getting that retirement that he keeps blabbering on about? The questions are endless.
Then at last, there are the rewards in-game. After all, anniversaries are event passes, skins, and, if we’re lucky, maybe one or two freebies. The image attached to the tweet (which, sadly, we couldn’t zoom in on) might be teasing a new bundle-perhaps a 5-year anniversary edition featuring a karambit or something obviously glitzy.
So yes, Riot is acting cool; the hype train has already left the station. New content, balance changes, and maybe just maybe a victory lap. It’s looking like there are tons of goodies lined up for this one. Act 3 is shaping up to be massive.
For now, what we do is just stare at our screens waiting in ranked, just conspiring that the next agent will not be another Sentinel. I mean seriously? At this point, do we really need more walls and tripwires?
Here’s to five more years of missing Operator shots and lamenting about ping. Surely bright here on out for VALORANT.
