Mikhail Klimentov has read the information Valorant will be available at the Esports World Cup through a document that the games will appear at the Esports World Cup 2025. If confirmed, this will be the first time this eSports will be held at Esports World Cup, and two other Riot Games of League of Legends and Truth Friendship.
Reporter Mikhail Klimentov also reported a notice of Riot Games: “We discussed the licensing of bringing League of Legends, Truth and Valorant into the Esports World Cup. Although we are carefully evaluating this opportunity, there is no agreement that is given. It is also necessary to clarify that we do not consider adding VCT Game Changers to the next year.”
However, the problem will arise if Valorant is chosen for Esports World Cup 2025. Currently, Riot Games's Valorant 2024 schedule is almost completely closed. In the case of Esports World Cup 2025 held like the past year in July – August will coincide with the period of Stage 2 of the regional tournaments. If the event is held in the period 24/6-10/7, it will face many difficulties for teams in terms of performance and health when playing.
In addition, Saudi Arabia still faces a lot of human rights issues as well as oppose the LGBT+ community or related to disregard for women. This will make the Changers game tournament difficult to be approved and organized from the community. However, Valorant's appearance at Esports World Cup 2025 will increase the great coverage for the new Riot Games FPS game, promoting the community in this area.
Esports World Cup is an annual electronic sports event with eSports games with a huge total prize exceeding US $ 60 million. The event took place in Riyadh and was sponsored by the Saudi -Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Crown Prince was even described as a veteran “gamer” by the CEO of Savvy Games Group, an electronic game joint stock company that was also supported by the Saudi National Investment Fund.
