VCT Esports head reveals big update about team cosmetic bundles

❘ Published: 2024-02-07T21:32:09

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Leo Faria, the Global Head of Valorant Esports, gave some pretty big updates on how Riot plans to implement VCT team cosmetic bundles and what fans should look out for.

Riot Games and teams in the three VCT leagues have been working to bring team-specific bundles to Valorant’s in-game store for some time. Teams will earn a portion of the revenue from the bundle sales and the cosmetics are expected to be released sometime during the VCT kickoff tournaments.

The in-game sales are another way Riot is hoping to create a sustainable environment for teams to thrive financially, while also handing out a yearly stipend and other monetary bonuses based on things like video content and fan meet-ups.

In an interview on the Play Chat Valorant podcast, Leo Faria broke down what fans should expect and would could be in the future for these cosmetic bundles. The podcast guest starts talking about the bundles at the 15-minute mark in the video.

VCT team cosmetic bundle update

Faria explained that the bundles will be available throughout the Valorant season, and not limited to only a month or two like other bundles, and that Riot will push teams who win international events in the store.

He also revealed that teams designed their own player cards for the bundles.

Riot has said its Valorant Champions skin bundle that gives a portion to qualified teams has made millions.

“We wanted those things to be good, and represent the team and the brand. Some of them are incredibly silly, some of them are incredibly serious, some of them are deep and tied back into the origins of the teams,” Faria said at about the 15-minute mark.

The Valorant esports head also said that if team capsules perform well, then Riot could rotate the cosmetics to other guns besides the Classic pistol.

There was also some bad news for fans of Valorant esports in China as Faria said the Chinese VCT league will see their cosmetics added to the shop at a later date compared to the rest of the world. The delay came down to logistics as the league was just formed in the back half of the year and other teams had much more time to get their cosmetics together.