As announced during the beta, Riot Games has clear goals for Valorant: to establish itself as one of the reference in FPS, for the moment dominated by the very popular CS:GO.
The publisher had expressed its ambition to develop esport quickly and by calling upon outside agents to organize tournaments quite regularly. A first step in this direction has now been taken with the announcement of the Valorant Ignition Series 2020.
Program
Cyber Games Arena Pacific Open
- Region: Southeast Asia
- Dates: August 17-23
- Prize Pool: $20,000
- Winner: /
RAGE Japan Tournament
- Region: Japan
- Dates: August 1-2
- Prize Pool: $46,500
- Winner: /
Mandatory Cup
- Region: Europe
- Dates: July 31-August 2
- Prize Pool: €15,000
- Winner: /
PAX Arena Valorant Invitational
- Region: North America
- Dates: July 22-26
- Prize Pool: $25,000
- Winner: /
ORDER Oceanic Open
- Region: Oceania
- Dates: July 22-26
- Prize Pool: $7,000
- Winner: /
WePlay! Invitational
- Region: Europe
- Dates: July 15-19
- Prize Pool: $50,000
- Winner: /
- Region: Europe
- Dates: July 10-12
- Prize Pool: €15,000
- Winner: /
GGTech VALORANT Invitational
- Region: South America
- Dates: June 28-July 2
- Cashprize: $2,500
- Winner: Rebirth Esports
Empire Play North Africa Invitational
- Region: North Africa/Middle East
- Dates: June 26-28
- Prize Pool: $1,750
- Winner: Divine Vendetta
T1 x Nerd Street Gamers Showdown
- Region: North America
- Dates: June 26-28
- Prize Pool: $50,000
- Winner: TSM
RAGE Invitational
- Region: Japan
- Dates: June 20-21
- Cashprize: $4,680
- Winner : Absolute JUPITER
- Region: Europe
- Dates: June 19-21
- Prize Pool: €15,000
- Winner: Team Mixwell
The wait of all Valorant players will finally come to an end. Competitive mode will be deployed next week according to Game Director Joe Ziegler.
