

Every player starts each round with a "classic" pistol and one or more "signature ability" charges. Agents have unique abilities, each requiring charges, as well as a unique ultimate ability that requires charging through kills, deaths, orbs, or objectives. In the main game mode, players are assigned to either the attacking or defending team with each team having five players on it. Players play as one of a set of Agents, characters based on several countries and cultures around the world. Valorant is a team-based first-person tactical hero shooter set in the near future. Valorant takes inspiration from the Counter-Strike series of tactical shooters, borrowing several mechanics such as the buy menu, spray patterns, and inaccuracy while moving. The development of the game started in 2014. Teased under the codename Project A in October 2019, the game began a closed beta period with limited access on April 7, 2020, followed by a release on June 2, 2020.

If the website tells you that you're not in the beta yet, you'll have to start watching the streams again to try to get in.Valorant is a free-to-play first-person tactical hero shooter developed and published by Riot Games, for Windows. This will let you know if you are one of the lucky ones to have joined the beta. If you're not sure if you're in the closed beta yet, you'll need to go to the Valorant website and click the "Check your status" button at the top of the website.

As long as you've received your invite to play in the beta and have the client installed, everything should work out after you restart your PC. If that doesn't fix the problem, you'll need to uninstall and reinstall the client, then try again. It's actually clearly stated by Riot on the Valorant website, but the text is rather small, so it's understandable that people miss it. The next time you load the client and try to play, it should automatically update with Vanguard anti-cheat. The first thing you will need to do is the faithful act of turning your PC off and on again. Some players seem to be having issues, and it looks like if you had already downloaded the client to try and save time, Vanguard might not have downloaded it. The first part of their anti-cheat measures is Vanguard, which should automatically download when you download the client. Riot Games is doing everything possible to make sure hackers can't ruin your Valorant fun.
