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Abilities, Smurfing, Replays, and More // Dev Updates - VALORANT

VALORANT
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As we approach VALORANT’s 5-Year Anniversary, Andy and the dev team stop by to share their plans for the rest of 2025 and start some conversations around key topics like ability overload, smurfing, esports, upgrading to Unreal Engine 5, and oh yeah—launching replays! You might even get a sneak peek at the next map coming to VALORANT later next month. Stay tuned for more updates throughout the rest of the year. Executive Producer: Andy Ho Game Designer: Ryan Cousart Product Manager: Tiffy Tsay Product Lead, Competitive Systems: Stephen Kraman Global Head of VALORANT Esports: Leo Faria Recorded on May 1, 2025 Timestamps: Intro: 0:00 Ability Overload: 0:50 New Map Tease: 2:55 New Map RR Incentive: 3:32 Smurfing: 4:02 Behavior Standing: 5:22 Premier Updates: 5:49 Pick’Ems: 6:13 Esports Future Vision: 6:28 Unreal 5 Upgrade: 8:10 Replays: 8:58 Outro: 9:32 — Play VALORANT: https://riot.com/3idlntG Join the Discord server: https://riot.com/3n1xltZ Follow us: Twitter: https://riot.com/2HIv1s1 Instagram: https://riot.com/2S8uTnm TikTok: https://riot.com/3FwNKSE ...more
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Abilities, Smurfing, Replays, and More // Dev Updates - VALORANT
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May 302025
As we approach VALORANT’s 5-Year Anniversary, Andy and the dev team stop by to share their plans for the rest of 2025 and start some conversations around key topics like ability overload, smurfing, esports, upgrading to Unreal Engine 5, and oh yeah—launching replays! You might even get a sneak peek at the next map coming to VALORANT later next month. Stay tuned for more updates throughout the rest of the year. Executive Producer: Andy Ho Game Designer: Ryan Cousart Product Manager: Tiffy Tsay Product Lead, Competitive Systems: Stephen Kraman Global Head of VALORANT Esports: Leo Faria Recorded on May 1, 2025 Timestamps: Intro: 0:00 Ability Overload: 0:50 New Map Tease: 2:55 New Map RR Incentive: 3:32 Smurfing: 4:02 Behavior Standing: 5:22 Premier Updates: 5:49 Pick’Ems: 6:13 Esports Future Vision: 6:28 Unreal 5 Upgrade: 8:10 Replays: 8:58 Outro: 9:32 — Play VALORANT: https://riot.com/3idlntG Join the Discord server: https://riot.com/3n1xltZ Follow us: Twitter: https://riot.com/2HIv1s1 Instagram: https://riot.com/2S8uTnm TikTok: https://riot.com/3FwNKSE

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VALORANT

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