Ever since its release, Riot’s tactical shooter Valorant has garnered worldwide fame and accolades despite being a PC-exclusive. And after four years of being in the spotlight, it is finally hitting consoles on the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S as part of a limited beta run starting June 14.

The beta will be limited to the United States, The United Kingdom, Canada, Europe and Japan, and Riot’s says that it will be “possibly rolling out to remaining global regions shortly thereafter”.

As per a press release, Valorant's PS5 and Xbox versions will feature "custom-built gameplay" that was specifically designed to meet the needs of its core, competitive gameplay. As such, a cross-platform feature will not be available. Instead, Valorant will offer a "connected, shared inventory" and cross-progression between accounts.

Production director Arnar Gylfason further emphasised Valorant's competitive integrity in the release, “In order to provide the same experience as PC, where hip-fire is the primary shooting mode and aiming down sights is a secondary, supporting mode, we experimented with multiple adaptations and gamepad sensitivities."

He continued, "Focus is a new shooting mode that behaves essentially like hip-fire, but with reduced sensitivity. This way, players can use hip-fire whenever they need speed in moving their camera/aim (peeking corners, dodging utility), but utilise focus mode whenever they need precision (getting those cool headshots). This also approximates the shooting mechanic to what console players are used to in shooters, all of this without losing the added value Valorant’s ADS provides."

A Valorant mobile game was also announced to be in the works a few years ago, but there have hardly been any developments on it since then.