Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Stubbs covers esports, competitive games and the creator economy. The big change is that the attacking team has spawn access ...

Kyle has a degree in Film, Television, and Cultural Studies and has loved video games for as long as he can remember. He's owned every PlayStation, dabbled with the occasional Xbox, and even owned a ...

Riot Games has revealed the patch notes for Valorant update 5.07, showing off some major changes to the Fracture map, how flashes are balanced and some nice quality of life improvements when it comes ...

The game's seventh map notably deviates from the map design principles used in older maps, which can make trying it out it an intimidating prospect for newer players. But fret not, we've broken down ...

Valorant’s new map is its most unique so far. Fracture, which was officially announced on Wednesday, reverses attackers and defenders and makes both sides play a little differently than they’re used ...

Valorant Fracture map changes are on the way soon. While Valorant certainly rates among the best FPS games right now, some of its maps are more popular than others - and Fracture is one that has seen ...

VALORANT's newest map, Fracture, is finally here! The game's seventh map notably deviates from the map design principles used in older maps, which can make trying it out it an intimidating prospect ...

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GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Valorant 3.05 Update is now live, nerfing Raze, adding bonus battle pass XP, and adding the new map Fracture in its own playlist. Detailed on Valorant ...

Natalie (She/Her) is a writer and game design enthusiast hailing from way-too-sunny Los Angeles. She loves to dissect game narrative and analyze mechanics, but she doesn’t even want to think about how ...

Fracture is changing; the latest Valorant Public Beta Environment (PBE) server went live last weekend and revealed a substantial overhaul to several areas of the map that are expected to prove highly ...

A new Valorant Fracture easter egg is a throwback to OpTic Gaming's crashies, who scored an insane zipwire ace during their VCT game against APAC's Boom Esports in the FPS game's esports circuit. As ...