HyperX, a games solutions provider, and Riot Games (Riot) have recently announced a multi-year global partnership extension for the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT). Previously worked as VCT founding partner in 2021, HyperX continues the partnership for the gaming keyboard, mice and mouse pads officially.
Through this partnership, Riot would source HyperX gaming products for VCT global events as follows:
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The inaugural VCT LOCK//IN tournament: Concluded with FNATIC taking the title and securing a slot for VCT EMEA at Champions 2023
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VCT Masters: Will be conducted in June in Tokyo, Japan
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VCT Champions: Culminating event with first world champion for new VCT
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VALORANT Game Changers Championship: Event for Riot’s celebration of top women’s pro teams
The sport debuts a new league model and competitive ecosystem of three international leagues, VCT Americas, VCT EMEA, and VCT Pacific, for VCT in the year 2023. These leagues comprise about 30 teams and 20+ Challenger leagues with different groups worldwide. Launched in 2020, VALORANT continued to be one of the fastest-growing games in the world. In 2022, VCT Champions Grand Final had over 1.5 million peak viewers, about 1.25 million average minute audiences, and approximately a 34% increase in growth than the previous year.
About Riot Games
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Riot Games, a computer gaming company, provides video games, development, publishing and games as a service. It has revolutionized the video games industry since 2006. From League of Legends to VALORANT, it has been growing in e-sports and expanding games into entertainment. It has about 4,500 customers and more than 20 offices worldwide. It featured in the lists of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials, 25 Best Companies to Work in Technology, and 50 Best Workplaces for Flexibility.