The open beta for Valorant on Xbox Series X|S is now available. Microsoft and Riot Games confirmed the release via a post on Xbox Wire Friday morning.
In the post announcing the beta’s launch, it was discussed why the game’s move to console was “no simple port”.
“Riot is sparing no effort in bringing the title to Xbox,” Xbox’s Evan Shamoon says.
“Primarily, that comes through reproducing the finely-tuned balance that’s made the PC title such a hit – the team went through many iterations of translating the original mouse-and-keyboard controls to gamepad input.”
“We’re getting to the starting line as we like to say,” executive producer Andy Ho told Shamoon. “This is a game that we don’t have an end date in mind for. We want to invest in it on an infinite horizon, so that players feel like their investment into the game is always going to be worth it.”
Valorant has already had a beta on PlayStation 5 back in June, and it received positive reviews from players. Once the Xbox beta is complete, there should be more of an idea as to when the full release of Valorant on consoles will come.
If you do play in the Xbox beta and are a Xbox Game Pass subscriber, you will have access to all agents.
Are you going to check out the Valorant Xbox Series X|S open beta while it’s available? For more Insider Gaming, read about the status of GTA 6 with the new video game worker strike.
