Riot Games has announced guest broadcasters who will soon be appearing on Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) EMEA streams.
Counter-Strike commentator Mike ‘DarfMike’ Winnick, retired Game Changers legend Petra ‘Petra’ Stoker, and British esports host Frankie Ward have all been confirmed as guests.
All three will appear during Stage 2 of VCT EMEA, which returns July 15 on the road to Champions Shanghai.
Ward and DarfMike will both make appearances as hosts of the show, while Petra will join as a guest analyst on the desk.
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Who Are The VCT EMEA Stage 2 Guests?
Valorant fans will be very familiar with Ward by now, especially as she conducted interviews during the recent Valorant Masters London international.
She has also appeared on VCT EMEA as well as broadcasts of Counter-Strike, Fortnite, League of Legends, Dota 2, PUBG and other esports events.
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Meanwhile, Petra retired as one of the greatest women’s Valorant players of all time after her very successful spell with G2 Gozen.
Petra won nine Game Changers EMEA titles and the very first Game Changers World Championship back in 2022.
She then retired from competing back in December last year having spent some time on the G2 Gozen bench in 2025.
As for DarfMike, this is his Valorant debut and he confirmed he will be working with VCT EMEA for the next few weeks.
The commentator and host has been covering Counter-Strike esports events since 2017.
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