Riot Games has already revealed new content coming to VALORANT in Episode 3, Act 2, and we now know when it will begin.
Riot Games pushed back VALORANT Episode 3, Act 2 by two weeks due to "some constraints", with the company saying that they want to get it to the "quality bar you deserve". While fans will have to wait a bit longer for the next major update, players will have more time to grind for the competitive ranked ladder and battle pass.
When will VALORANT Episode 3, Act 2 begin?
Riot already confirmed that VALORANT Episode 3, Act 2 will start on September 8. The Act 1 competitive season will conclude a day earlier, Sept. 7, and the devs will offer more daily and weekly missions to help players complete the battle pass.
What new content will be added in VALORANT Episode 3, Act 2?
Riot hasn't announced any new content slated to release in VALORANT Episode 3, Act 2, but expect the devs to reveal new content in the upcoming weeks. The major will update will most likely come with a new battle pass that will let players unlock new cosmetics for the game.
Episode 3, Act 2 may also introduce a new map or a new agent. The VALORANTYear-One Anthemteased a new well-dressed agent and map.
On August 2021, dataminers have leaked the codename of the new map: Canyon, but Riot hasn't officially revealed any details yet. A few days later, Valorleaks shared a description for the new map, which is said to be called Fracture. The Twitter post reads that Fracture is a "top-secret experiment site split apart by a radianite-fueled disaster. Flip the script on attackers with aggressive defender positioning on a new dual-biome map".
Although Riot confirmed that no new agents will be added in the Episode 3, Act 2 update, the devs confirmed that the seventh map Fracture will go live.
The map has a unique H-shapred layout. Fracture's A Site is distinguised by its arid desert environment with its abandoned facilties, and its B site is contrasted by lush overgrown foilage left to take over the science facility. At the middle of the map, close to where the Attackers spawn, is where the central collider is found, and players can zipline through underneath it.
You can check out our Early Access look at Fracture here.
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A recent leak also hints the addition of a long-awaited feature: in-game tournaments. Hopefully, a replay system will also be added to the game, but now that we know that Riot is working hard to make the next VALORANT update the best it could be, it'll likely be a huge one.
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