Så er Valorant Episode 8 Act 1 skudt i gang. Det betyder nye Outlaw våben, den nye Kuronami skinline, Battlepass, baneændringer, ny loading screen og sæson 3 får premiere. Vi har samlet informationerne samt Q&A fra udviklerne her under:

Battle Pass:

  • Price: 1,000 VP
  • Highlight Items
    • Free Track
      • Fiber Optic Ghost
      • Journey Bear Spray
      • Shot in the Dark Card
      • Flash Blades Gun Buddy
      • Chrysalis Card
      • Epilogue: Sunny Side Gun Buddy
      • Epilogue: Synced Swag Card
    • Paid Track
      • Guardrail Vandal
      • Tactiplay Phantom
      • Guardrail Hammer
      • You Wanna Bet? Card
      • VERSUS // Viper + Omen Card
      • Cuteness Overload Spray
      • Another Dream Team Spray
      • Ducky on Swing Gun Buddy
      • Sunny Side Gun Buddy

What were your design goals for Kuronami?

“With Kuronami we wanted the players to feel like trained assassins who have mastered the power of elements. Design wise we imagined how ninjas of the ancient times would create weapons with the materials available in the modern day. Above all we wanted the weapons to feel sharp, clean, stealthy, edgy and deadly.” explains Kerwin Atienza, Art Direction Senior Manager

Are there any notable concepts or inspirations you wanted to convey with Kuronami?

Kerwin Atienza, Art Direction Senior Manager continues: “We took inspiration from multiple sources during the ideation process. Shen from the League IP, Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow from GI Joe, Scorpion and Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat. Naruto for references of water based magic. The VALORANT Reaver skinline for the dark/edgy vibe.”

Any unexpected challenges or novelty stories you’d like to share when designing Kuronami?

We (Gabriel Joliat-Belanger, Technical Art Manager, Yuanhao He, Visual Effects Senior Manager and Cyrus Lam, Animation Senior Manager) found the process of designing the guns was more challenging than expected. Ninjas and water elemental magic are usually associated with the ancient era. As we wanted to modernize the thematic we found ourselves going against what is expected. It took a while to get it right and we’re really happy where we landed!

    Another challenge was achieving the materialization effect that you see during the pullout animation. The gun appears from nowhere, transitions to water then to physical. This required heavy collaboration between art, technical art and visual effects to achieve a smooth transition that does not break competitive integrity.

    Lastly animation was a huge challenge due to the amount of new animations introduced in this skinline. The melee has an entirely new set of animation. We implemented an easter egg in the inspect logic to allow the player to speed up the animation by spamming the inspect button. All the gun pullout and reload animation are completely different from the base weapons. Whenever we have such drastic changes in animation there is a lot of work to make sure the gameplay rhythm and beats are maintained so that the weapons still feel familiar from a gameplay standpoint.

      Outlaw Weapon Product Description

      Introducing VALORANT’s first new weapon since launch, the OUTLAW. A high impact, double-barreled sniper rifle built for do or die playmaking.

      Key Features

      • Semi-Automatic
      • Stay Zoomed
        • Marshal and Operator break zoom when firing, the Outlaw doesn’t
      • 2 slugs in a magazine
      • Longer reload when empty
        • The Outlaw uniquely has different reload timings when its reloading from empty vs. just reloading 1 shot
      • 2,400 credits
        • Positioned between the Marshal and Operator in the pre-round item shop

      THROWBACK PACK: OUTLAW – Product Description

      Start your journey with VALORANT’s new weapon, the Outlaw, with the THROWBACK PACK: OUTLAW bundle. Celebrate with a throwback to 2020 with some of our very first skinlines, Prism//Reloaded and Ego, as well as 3 accessories to commemorate Outlaw’s release.

      Key Features

      • Bundle Price: 2,320 VP
      • What’s included:
        • Includes 2 skins, both with 3 color variants each
          • Prism//Reloaded Outlaw
            • Base Color – Purple iridescent variant
            • Variant 1 – Orange iridescent variant
            • Variant 2 – Pink iridescent variant
            • Variant 3 – Green iridescent variant
          • Ego Outlaw
            • Base Color – Korean text with “저지불가” and white/black stripes
            • Variant 1 – English text “Unstoppable” and red/black stripes
            • Variant 2 – Portuguese text “Imbatível” and white/tan stripes
            • Variant 3 – French text “Inarrêtable” and teal/purple stripes
        • Accessories
          • Outlaw Player Card
          • Outlaw Gun Buddy
          • Outlaw Spray
          • Outlaw Title

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