Released on June 2, 2020, VALORANT is a free-to-play first-person hero shooter developed by Riot Games. Since its launch, it has seen rapid growth to become one of the biggest esports titles in the world. Currently, it counts over 23 million VALORANT active players monthly. With this huge popularity, many fans want to know if VALORANT esports is cross-platform.
VALORANT is available on PC, PS5, and XboX Series S/X, although Riot Games has confirmed that it’s coming to mobile soon. Many leaks have suggested that VALORANT Mobile is set to be a completely different game, and it’s currently in testing.
VALORANT is available on both PC and Console, with a console version being released not too long ago. The game was in beta for a short time before Riot released it to the public after positive results. If VALORANT on console feels unnatural, and you feel like it isn’t the game for you, please check out our guide on how to uninstall VALORANT on console.
VALORANT is also coming to mobile! The game is currently in its beta phase, with China being the testing ground for a global release sometime in the future.
Some current VALORANT players may be asking about the crossplay meaning. Cross-play, or cross-platform, is a system that large game companies have introduced to their games to allow friends to play together on different platforms such as PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, and mobile. Most major game titles have introduced cross-play, but not all.
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Overwatch is an example of a game that provides good cross-platform support. In the VALORANT vs. Overwatch debate, the Overwatch cross-play system was a major positive for Overwatch players.
Crossplay is enabled for all game modes, except the Competitive Overwatch mode, which means that players can still play with their friends whenever they want to. Competitive matchmaking is split into two pools: one for console players and another for PC players. Thus, controller players are separated from keyboard and mouse players in competition. Overwatch is considered to be one of the best crossplay games.
Some people have expressed concern about VALORANT mobile crossplay after the announcement of the VALORANT mobile project. This is because we have seen in the past that the experience of playing a mobile game can be very different from that of a PC player. It’s much easier to aim and move on a keyboard and mouse. It can be unfair to match PC players against mobile players.
VALORANT Mobile is a separate game with distinct round timings and overall scores, so it will not be cross-platform. Thus, Riot has clarified that there are no plans for VALORANT mobile crossplay.
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As well as asking if VALORANT is cross-platform, many people want to know if VALORANT is cross-region. Like League of Legends, VALORANT no longer has a region selector. You are locked to whichever region you have chosen. If you create an account in Europe, you will be automatically given the Europe region. You cannot play with your friends from other places around the world.
However, there is one way to bypass this region lock. You first need to download a VPN (a free trial would work) and set the region to whichever server you wish to play on. Then, you can create a new account, which will be locked to the same area as your VPN, and you can play with your friends without any problems.
We hope that this has answered the question: is VALORANT cross-platform? Console players can look forward to the day when they can experience what it is like to play VALORANT for themselves, and if the leaks are true, then PC players will soon be able to play with their console friends. For those already playing on PC and waiting to play with their console friends, check out VALORANT pro settings to give you an even bigger head start and help you improve quickly.
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