Abilities, Smurfing, Replays, and More // Dev Updates - VALORANT

As we approach VALORANT’s 5-Year Anniversary, Andy and the dev team stop by to share their plans for the rest of 2025 and start some conversations around key topics like ability overload, smurfing, esports, upgrading to Unreal Engine 5, and oh yeah—launching replays!

You might even get a sneak peek at the next map coming to VALORANT later next month. Stay tuned for more updates throughout the rest of the year.

Executive Producer: Andy Ho
Game Designer: Ryan Cousart
Product Manager: Tiffy Tsay
Product Lead, Competitive Systems: Stephen Kraman
Global Head of VALORANT Esports: Leo Faria

Recorded on May 1, 2025

Timestamps:
Intro: 0:00
Ability Overload: 0:50
New Map Tease: 2:55
New Map RR Incentive: 3:32
Smurfing: 4:02
Behavior Standing: 5:22
Premier Updates: 5:49
Pick’Ems: 6:13
Esports Future Vision: 6:28
Unreal 5 Upgrade: 8:10
Replays: 8:58
Outro: 9:32


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