The new Riot Client began rolling out worldwide earlier this month to players. “We’re excited they’ve chosen to partner with us to bring their titles to millions of new players through the Epic Games Store.”Įstablished players will still be able to sign into their existing accounts and use their existing friends list. “Riot Games is one of the world’s best developers and creators of groundbreaking entertainment franchises,” said Steve Allison, Vice President and General Manager of the Epic Games Store.
Downloading any of the free-to-play games will install the new Riot Client, with direct access to those titles. League of Legends PC, Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, and VALORANT are all now available on the Epic Games Store. Make sure to check it out if you have more questions.įor more Valorant coverage, stay tuned to Daily Esports.Riot Games meets Epic Games this week as some of the biggest titles from one of the biggest developers pop up on the Epic Games Store, and one bright-eyed League of Legends champion appears in Fortnite. If you have additional questions regarding the anti-cheat software, 0xNemi answered some frequently asked questions at the bottom of his Reddit post. You can bypass this at any time by uninstalling or turning Vanguard off while you’re not playing Valorant. Upon clicking the notification, you will see what application was blocked by the software. If this happens, you’ll see a notification pop up.
Vanguard will re-install itself when Valorant is started and you’ll have to reboot to officially turn the software on.ĠxNemi also addressed the fact that Vanguard may block some features on your computer while on. However, this doesn’t mean you can continue playing Valorant. Once uninstalled, you’ll be able to freely use your computer for anything the software might have been blocking. Image via Riot GamesĪdditionally, if you’d like to uninstall Vanguard, you can do so from the tray as well. Thus, every time you turn the anti-cheat off, you will have to reboot in order to play Valorant. While Vanguard is turned off, your system will be in ‘untrusted’ mode and you’ll be unable to play Valorant until Vanguard is switched back on. With this icon, you can turn off Vanguard at any time, but you’ll have to reboot the system to turn the anti-chest back on. Vanguard will now show a system tray icon while it’s running. On Reddit, Riot Games’ 0xNemi addressed the changes coming to the software. Riot has come up with a solution to this problem, but with all the hoops players will have to jump through, some may just quit the game entirely. One of the complaints from the community is that the software can prevent them from accessing parts of their computer.
Their Vanguard software works in the background to prevent cheats from starting up, even before you start the game. Riot has pushed to eliminate cheating in Valorant ever since the beta first launched. Vanguard has seen heavy criticism for slowing down some computers and blocking some applications from working altogether. Riot Games’ anti-cheat software for Valorant, Vanguard, will receive some visual and hardware changes as of today.