VCT Game Changers Highlight: Team SMG

Team SMG gears up to take the VCT Game Changers Championship 2023 title. Buckle up for the thrilling gameplay of the best VALORANT female pro players. Eight teams will battle it out for a chunk of the $500 million and a prestigious Champions title. The tournament will be in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This is the first time that the team qualified for the VCT Game Changers Championship. During the first iteration of the tournament, they missed the mark and placed 5th....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 144 words · Cathy Zimmerman

VCT Last Chance Qualifier Pacific Brackets Revealed

The tournament is held in a hybrid elimination format based on the results of the VCT: Pacific League. Seeds were determined by their previous standings in the regular season. Talon EsportsandDetonatioN FMwill kick off the event in a single-elimination round. The Lower Bracket Finals and Grand Finals will be played in a best-of-five series. The winning team will earn the last Pacific ticket to Los Angeles for the VCT Champions....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 129 words · Randy Ruiz

VCT LOCK//IN: A look at the final four in São Paulo

It will be a semifinal to remember. LOUD will be the obvious contenders, being the reigning champions as well as the hometown favourites. It also helps that they have been near flawless so far in the tournament. DRX will be out for blood given their history from last year against the Brazilians. As for Fnatic and Natus Vincere, this will be the first-ever meeting between the two orgs in VALORANT....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 222 words · Victoria Ball

VCT LOCK//IN: El Diablo led Cloud9 eliminates Paper Rex

The stacked Cloud9 dominated Paper Rex and limits Benkai’s entertaining walkout count to just one at Sao Paulo. The hype was real and on paper, it was the biggest match in the tournament thus far. But the script got quickly flipped when PRX chose the game’s newest map, Lotus as map 1. It did not go too well for them. It was chaotic but superbly entertaining. C9 was able to claim Lotus 13 to 8 in a dominant fashion....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · David Allen

VCT LOCK//IN: Fnatic and 100 Thieves set up an explosive quarterfinal series

Four are left but only two will stay. TheVCT LOCK//INhas so far lived up to its expectations of bringing exciting games to Sao Paulo, Brazil. The first quarterfinal series will be betweenNatus VincereagainstLeviatanfollowed by a classic showdown between NA and EU,100 ThievesversusFnatic. The second series is expected to begin at 4.00 am GMT+8, which will feature Fnatic against 100 Thieves. Catch all the action on the officialVCT Twitch channel.

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 69 words · Daniel Tate

VCT LOCK//IN: LOUD and DRX are the first semi finalists of the tournament

A rematch of last year’s VCT Champs upper bracket semifinal is now confirmed. Both teams have had a great run in the tournament so far. All three series were great match-ups for DRX, who showcased their quality on maps like Haven and Icebox. Above all else, DRX has also proven to be the region’s top team at the moment. This comes despite losing to LOUD during the upper bracket semifinals....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 86 words · Raymond Garcia

VCT LOCK//IN: LOUD becomes the first grand finalist after a banger best-of-five against DRX

It’s only going to get LOUD-er from here. It will be an all-EMEA series later with bothFnaticandNatus Vinceregoing up against one another in the other semifinal match. LOUD will be waiting for the winner of the series in the grand finals. LOUD only lost once on Pearl against NRG while DRX also lost in Pearl against Cloud9. Even after taking five rounds after the break, LOUD still managed to make it to match-point....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Denise Mcknight

VCT Masters 2022: A brief chat with Paper Rex

Congratulations on the teams qualification for 2022 VCT Masters Reykjavik. Can we expect new strategies and plans from the team, or perhaps more creative entrances? Has it been a fruitful journey so far as the IGL for Paper Rex? Is it an easy transition for you from CS:GO to Valorant? Benkai: It wasnt that easy for me to transition from CS:GO to VALORANT. It was totally new for me, with a steep learning curve....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 260 words · Mrs. Whitney Baker

VCT Masters Bangkok 2025: Teams, format, prize pool, where to watch

Eight teams are going head-to-head for the VCT Masters Bangkok title. Here’s everything it’s crucial that you know. The event kicks off on February 20 at UOB Live in Bangkok, Thailand. Here’s everything you should probably know about the tournament. All matches will follow a best-of-three (Bo3) format. In this opening round, Kickoff winners will face runners-up from different regions. The Playoffs will run from 27 February to 2 March, featuring a four-team double-elimination bracket....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 95 words · Nicholas Myers

VCT Masters Bangkok Swiss Stage: T1 and Team Liquid survive, Trace and Sentinels eliminated

With all teams facing elimination in Round 2, they fought fiercely to keep their tournament hopes alive. In the first game on Lotus, Liquid copied DRXs team composition and map strategy against Sentinels. However, the North American team came prepared and quickly dismantled Liquids strategy, winning the first half 7-5. Taking advantage of the momentum, Sentinels dominated the second half 6-2, to win the first map 13-7. Both teams remained deadlocked at 13-13 after two overtime rounds, extending the battle even further....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Matthew Bennett

VCT Masters Shanghai Survival Guide

The VCT Masters Shanghai is upon us and here is everything you will need to know. It will be held in two different locations: the Valo Arena and the Mercedes-Benz Arena. The 400-seater indoor arena is located near the famed Huangpu River that flows through Shanghai. All matches will be played at the Valo Arena except for the last three days of the tournament. That will be at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, which also overlooks the river in the Pudong district of Shanghai....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 177 words · Mark Johnson

VCT Pacific 2025 kicks off in January with revised format and $250,000 prize pool

VCT Pacific Kickoff will begin on the second week of January 2025. TheVALORANTChampions Tour (VCT) Pacific 2025 is set to ignite shortly after the New Year. Heres everything you should know about VCT Pacific Season 2025. The remaining teams will be placed through a random draw. Here the teams will compete in a single Round Robin format. The top four from each group will advance to the Playoffs where they will compete in a double-elimination bracket....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 86 words · Tammy Davis

VCT Pacific League Kickoff Survival Guide

The VCT Pacific League Kickoff is set to start this weekend. And given its new line-up that also features a 2021 Reykjavik Masters winner. With that being Group C, the highest-placing team in that group will receive a bye. As for the other two teams, they will need two wins to advance. The winner of the play-in stage will be the final team to make the playoffs. All matches in the group and play-in stage will be a best-of-three....

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 112 words · Dorothy Travis