Is Valorant coming to consoles?

The role includes playing, planning, and evaluating playtests for Valorant. The job includes implementing feedback and changes to the popular FPS title. The position will also be in charge of optimizing Valorant gameplay and managing test plans.

Dataminers have leaked that the playtests will be happening soon outside the studio. Valorant will reportedly be coming to every major last and current-gen console except for the Nintendo Switch.

This is not the first time that Riot Games is hiring a person to work on the console version of Valorant. There are four other open roles at the studio specifically for the console port. The studio may be far along in the development of the console version of the game given that it looks to hire a professional for playtesting.

Bringing in a competitive player suggests the studio is at balancing and improving the gameplay experience for consoles to be at par with the PC version of the game. Many of the popular FPS titles enable crossplay and Valorant may follow that trend as well.

So far, Riot hasn't officially announced a console version of Valorant. As a competitive shooter, it takes plenty of gameplay balancing to account for the difficulty of playing on a console controller. Many popular titles have implemented some form of aim assist for consoles but those sometimes do not work as intended. It's possible Riot will disable crossplay between PC and consoles to maintain its competitive balance.

Hopefully, we will get more updates from the studio about a console port for Valorant. We will keep you updated as new information becomes available.