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Cypher has been disabled from active play in Valorant following a classic bug with his cameras, allowing players to get quite a big leg up on their opponents.

Valorant gets a new patch. Riot Games has released the patch notes for Valorant update 9.11, and the biggest changes come in the form of a major nerf to Neon, some smaller changes to Vyse and a big ...

Yesterday was a momentous day for Valorant, as Riot Games confirmed it would finally be making changes to Neon. Everyone cheered, happy tears were shed, and the world finally began to heal. Okay, that ...

Valorant is getting an update right about now, and it’s a sizeable patch, so we are digging into the patch notes so that you don’t have to. This patch is mainly aimed at slowing down some of ...

The competitive FPS landscape in May 2026 is being reshaped by two massive, simultaneous updates that demand a complete rethink of strategy. Riot Games has deployed a global shotgun rework and nerfed ...

The competitive FPS landscape in May 2026 is undergoing a seismic shift, with Riot Games, Respawn, and Epic Games all deploying major updates that fundamentally alter the current meta. From Valorant's ...