When Riot Games released League of Legends back in 2009, the MOBA genre was still small, and in need of a game to come along and define just how great it could be. But when Riot announced a shooter ...

On Tuesday, Riot Games' first-person tactical shooter, VALORANT, will go into closed beta. In a private bootcamp March 27-29, a group of top influencers, media and esports pros, including some from ...

On Sunday night, Riot Games revealed the first details about its new free-to-play first-person shooter title, Valorant, coming this summer. Previously codenamed "Project A," Valorant is a ...

Late last night the embargo broke for Riot’s Project A, where part of that reveal is that the game is actually called Valorant, which leaked out several hours earlier. It’s one of a few new non-League ...

Valorant may draw a lot of inspiration from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, but it's adding a lot to the formula - and a recent exhibition tournament between the game's developers and an elite group ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Stubbs covers esports, competitive games and the creator economy. Valorant was a chance to start again. He knew he would have ...

Was a focus on gunplay a bad move for VALORANT? A lot of pros feel that Patch 11.08 has made the game feel stale.

Riot Games, the video game studio behind one of the world’s biggest PC games, “League of Legends,” is revealing more details about its first shooter game. Codenamed “Project A” since October, the new ...

On Monday, longtime Counter-Strike veteran Joshua "steel" Nissan retired. Once one of the best pros in the game, steel's career came to a screeching halt when he, along with three teammates, were ...

Riot Games has stayed in its lane for a long time. Keeping to itself, building League of Legends with a dabble in Teamfight Tactics, the nonetheless vast and wealthy studio rarely bothered itself with ...

Mehrdad (He/Him) is a Senior Staff Writer from Iran. He started writing about video games when he was a high-school student. He loves playing competitive FPS games such as Rainbow Six Siege and ...