More evidence suggesting that Valorant might come to mobile

Riot's tactical first-person shooter Valorant is still in closed beta, and it is already one of the hottest topics in the gaming and the esports world, both for the good and the bad reasons.

One thing is sure, the game is on its way to becoming a huge hit, and it is no surprise that Riot is already exploring new possibilities for their latest game. That's right, we're talking about iOS/Android versions of the game.

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Twitter account ValorantLeaks shared some interesting stuff that can be seen in the Valorant's code. There are mentions of both iOS and Android, as well as "mobile", the latest iOS version, etc. This all strongly implies that the mobile version is at least taken into consideration, and they are doing some preemptive preparations for it in the code, just in case.

This is not the first time we're reading about the mobile version of the game. A few weeks ago,  Joe Ziegler, Game Director of Valorant at Riot Games, said that they are "exploring" possibilities of the console and mobile versions, but this is the first time that we're seeing some concrete evidence about it.

Of course, this all means next to nothing really, it's just a small piece of code, but it does give us something to think about. The mobile market is still by far the most lucrative part of the video game industry, generating $64.4B in 2019, which is more than a half of total interactive media revenue ($120.1B), according to the latest Super Data annual report.

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Some of the biggest PC gaming titles have their Mobile versions, like Fortnite, PUBG, Call of Duty, etc. Riot is currently working on transitioning their League of Legends to mobile, and Legends of Runeterra and Teamfight Tactics are already on smartphones. In the end, it does seem quite natural that Riot will eventually release mobile versions of Valorant, but we think that will not happen before 2021.

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