All you need to know about VALORANT Episode 8 Act 1: Defiance

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Episode 8 Act 1 is upon us.

The 2024 season for VALORANT is officially upon us with the arrival of Episode 8 Act 1: Defiance.

The latest patch just dropped on all servers worldwide with plenty of updates and additions to the game.

The agent meta also took a hit as one of the game’s most-picked Sentinels gets nerfed.

Even the map pool rotation was updated with Icebox making a return, albeit with a few changes.

And that isn’t the only map as Lotus also received some notable updates.

This change aims to allow other weapons to be more viable when in an engagement against a Sheriff.

Map Rotation

Patch 8.0 of VALORANT will support third-party spatialization software for headphones.

Spatial Audio isvirtual surround sound for headphones.

For example, figuring out if those footsteps were in front of you or behind you.

We are excited to announce that Patch 8.0 will include official support for 3rd party spatial audio solutions!

This gives you choices beyond the HRTF option which was already available in VALORANTs audio parameters.

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