Valorant has burst onto the gaming scene, debuting with huge Twitch numbers as streamers and players lucky enough to get into the beta have enjoyed the shooter from Riot Games. As the game is still in beta, others may want to jump in as well, but snagging a code takes a few steps, and a bit of luck.
Many fans are salivating over the chance of playing Valorant, as fans are ready for a fresh IP. Although the game is brand new, it looks to take aspects from CS:GO, but with a hero-shooter flair, like Overwatch. Riot Games is the developer behind League of Legends, one of the world's largest online games, so getting into Valorant early is an exciting thought.
Not surprisingly, based on how Riot Games has handled content so far with Valorant (as it has already revealed a brand new agent for Valorant on TimTheTatman's Twitch Stream) the way that players will be able to gain access to the beta is done entirely through watching streams of the game. So to play the game, one must watch the game.
How to Get Valorant Beta Drops
First things first, players will need to make a Riot account on the official Riot Games website.
Players will then need to link said Riot account to a Twitch account under "Connections" on Twitch.
Lastly, players will need to watch Valorant streams with drops enabled and hope to get a beta drop.
At one point Riot Games paused beta drops for Valorant due to server issues, as the game has drawn massive attention. While perhaps thousands, and even millions, are watching the streams and eligible for beta drops, it may be discouraging to know that the chances of getting into the beta are a luck of the draw.
Increasing the Odds of Receiving a Valorant Beta Drop
As there are many characters that have been revealed so far for the game, players are anxious to jump in and play. There may still be a slight chance of increasing the odds of snagging a rare beta code for Valorant, even if just by a little.
To be eligible for a drop, players must watch a stream for at least two hours.
Players can watch multiple steams to build up the hours, meaning they can bounce back and forth between their favorite streamers, as long as the game is still Valorant.
The longer the player watches, the more chance they have of snagging a code. So even if a stream or two is running in the background during a COVID-19 painting project of the house, for example, the hours will count.
One other important thing to note is that players do not have to be actively watching a stream during the period in which Riot Games hands out the beta drop, which is good news considering someone could be eating a meal, sleeping, or even watching a new trailer of a Valorant charatcer reveal when a Valorant beta code magically appears as a gift.
Riot Games has stated that "We want to support a stable, competitive, high-fidelity gameplay experience above all, even if that means limiting the number of people we can support for now," so the focus is on servers that are running smoothly, and not throwing out millions of beta codes. One can only wonder that if and when Valorant ever comes to console a possible beta would be handled the same way. In the meantime, however, get those Twitch steams up and running.
Valorant is available in closed beta now on PC.