Riot Vanguard explained: what it is, why it always runs and how to turn it off
Riot Vanguard is Riot Games’ anti-cheat. It installs alongside Valorant and comes with its own driver in the Windows kernel, …
Valorant
Valorant is a five-versus-five tactical shooter from Riot Games in which precise gunplay is combined with agent abilities. It’s free to play and, besides PC, also runs on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. This section is your guide to it: agents and their abilities, maps and their rotation, ranks and how to climb them, crosshairs and settings, and how to get the game running.
Alongside the guides you’ll find news from the game and patch notes summed up in plain English. Riot releases them roughly every two weeks and uses them to change weapon stats, agent abilities and the maps in rotation, so each guide says which version it applies to; right now that’s patch 13.05 from 1 September 2026.
Current Valorant act: V26 Act 6, new agent Hush and map pool changes
Valorant is currently in Season 2026 Act 6, or V26 Act 6 for short. It started on 13 October 2026 …
Valorant Premier explained: build a team, reach playoffs and get promoted
Premier is the team competition built into the Valorant client: you put together a roster of five to seven players, …
Valorant VAN 57 and other VAN errors: what they mean and how to fix them
Valorant error VAN 57 means Riot Vanguard, Riot Games’ anti-cheat, isn’t running or failed to start properly. In most cases, …
Valorant on PS5 and Xbox: account linking, what carries over and crossplay
Valorant runs on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and Europe is one of the supported regions. Download the game …
Valorant crosshair codes: import, export, /cc copy and custom colours
You do not have to build your Valorant crosshair slider by slider. The whole setup can be packed into a …
Valorant CZ/SK: where to find Czech and Slovak players
Valorant has no Czech localisation and no Czech region either. Matchmaking drops you into the European pool among Poles, Germans …
Agents in Valorant: who does what and who to play
In Valorant you don’t pick a class but an agent: a character with four abilities that you buy and use …
Valorant maps and how to find your way around them
There are thirteen classic Valorant maps with a spike, but Competitive is played on only seven. As of patch 13.08 …
What Costs Money in Valorant: VP, Skins and the Night Market
You can download Valorant for free and play it for free for as long as you like. The only thing …