During the LPL press conference held on September 4, Tencent Esports issued a notice of the release of Valorant in China in the near future and waiting for NPPA (National Administration of Press Management and Publishing) to approve. For fans who regularly watch Valorant, this is no longer unexpected information.
Because, from July and August, news about Chinese teams attending APAC Last Chance in October this year appeared with dense density. That means that, despite being released later than areas such as Southeast Asia, South Asia or Japan, China is still prioritized to get tickets to the World Championship in December.
In recent times, Chinese teams are trying to practice and rub through domestic tournaments, especially FGC Invitational. It is the event that brings together Chinese FPS organizations such as Edward Gaming, Totoro Gaming, Tales of Eastern and Kone. In addition, the audience is also waiting for other names such as 4am or Royal Never Give Up to enter.
Before Valorant was launched, China was also a famous country for the large number of players in FPS games like CSGO or PUBG Mobile and PUBG PC. Although it has not achieved resounding achievements like League of Legends “brothers”, the foundation that CSGO and PUBG Mobile have the basis for Riot Games and Tencent to believe in Valorant's success.
Back to Apac Last Chance Qualifiers, this is an event organized to find 4 teams owning a ticket to Worlds. Besides two representatives of China, Apac Last Chance Qualifiers will have 8 other teams from India, Southeast Asia, South Korea and Japan. By this time, there have been 4 eligible teams to attend the tournament: Boom Esports, Full Sense, Reject and Global Esports.
