Developer Riot Games is getting ready to launch its competitive game mode called Valorant Premier (Tournament), which goes to a new pro above Radiant, the highest tier in the game.
The game mode, dubbed Premier, is expected to launch for an alpha testing period in Brazil next week. The game mode will allow players to form a team of five to compete against other teams in divisions. There will be a special season consisting of weekly matches and tournaments to compete.
Seasons will run for several weeks and the best teams will be able to qualify for a tournament to win the League Championship.
Players in Brazil will test maps, scoring, matchmaking quality, map ban system, a team building system, service load, tournament matches and other bugs.
Riot emphasized that this system is in alpha testing phase, meaning the new mode is far from being completed anytime soon. “Premier in its current state accounts for about 60% of all planned and functional features, but there are all features that are not available in the current Alpha,” Riot said in a press release.
A release date was not specified in these statements as for when VALORANT players will see the mode, but it will likely be released in February 2023 before the main VCT season kicks off.
Riot will evaluate the Premier's performance during its presentation to players in Brazil. This assessment will ensure that necessary corrections are made only when a small number of players encounter bugs or issues that may be present in the game mode.
When is Premier (Tournament mode) coming out?
Premier will currently be in an early alpha phase and will only be released in its current state in Brazil during an alpha testing period. Designer Jon Walker announced on October 26 that the alpha test in Brazil will launch "next week", so Brazilian players will be tested for the Premier 31 October to 3 November will be able to play the new mode in a time between.
This alpha release will only include “60 percent of all planned features and functionality” of what the full Premier experience will look like. Features available in Alpha will include team building, tournament playing, Premier score tracking and more. Alpha will also test server load, matchmaking and queue quality while tracking bugs.
Walker also said he wanted to make sure the team had "time to implement the feedback we got from the alpha," so fans in other regions shouldn't expect a relatively quick turnaround between this alpha and the full release. To be realistic, players probably It won't see the full release of the Premier mode until the start of 2023.
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