Riot Games’ Partnership with Esports Organizations for VALORANT Ignition Series
Riot Games has teamed up with over 20 esports organizations to host unique competitive VALORANT events as part of the new Ignition Series.
The first official Ignition Series tournament will be the G2 Esports VALORANT Invitational. This series aims to help the developers of VALORANT establish a strong esports community, as stated by Walen Rozelle, Riot’s senior director of esports.
Over the course of three days, eight prominent European teams will compete for a prize pool of approximately $16,780.
The teams will be divided into two groups of four and will participate in a best-of-three single round-robin group stage. Group A will play on day one, while Group B will compete on day two.
Here’s everything you need to know about the event.
Participants
Team arch
- arch
- Noizeeh
- Fearoth
- Tohaj
- pm
Team mixwell
- mixwell
- davidp
- fitinho
- CREA
- Orb
Team ZeratoR
- ZeratoR
- Boaster
- Jbzz
- rhyme
- Chiwawa
Team draken
- draken
- Patitek
- ec1s
- PetitSkel
- ocelote
Team Taimou
- Taimou
- soulcas
- pyth
- Happy
- onscreen
Team Ex6TenZ
- Ex6TenZ
- pipsoN
- Kryptix
- luckeRRR
- Amandine
Team izak
- izak
- Lothar
- L1NK
- TrilluXe
- gob b
Team ANGE1
- ANGE1
- HyP
- ardiis
- Yuri
- Miss Rage
Schedule
The G2 Esports VALORANT Invitational is set to run from June 19 to 21.
The exact start time of the event hasn’t been disclosed yet, but it’s expected to begin in the early morning hours in North America.
Where to Watch
The best place to catch the invitational is on Riot’s official VALORANT Twitch channel. The event will also be livestreamed on G2 Esports’ Twitch channel, as well as from the players’ point of view.
