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Valorant is a 2020 first-person tactical hero shooter video game developed and published by Riot Games. [3] A free-to-play game, Valorant takes inspiration from the Counter-Strike series, borrowing several mechanics such as the buy menu, spray patterns, and inaccuracy while moving.
Overwolf was founded in 2010 by Uri Marchand, Gil Or, Alon Rabinowitz and Nir Finkelstein with a cash seed investment from Joseph (Yossi) Vardi. In September 2013, another $5.3 million was invested by Venture Capital Marker LLC. [1] At the start of their Beta release in 2011, [2] Overwolf had 50,000 users.
On June 22, 2020, Twitch Interactive sold CurseForge to Overwolf for an undisclosed sum. [83] On December 2, 2020, mod management functionality was removed from the Twitch Desktop App. [citation needed] The mod management functionality previously found in the Twitch app can since be found in Overwolf's CurseForge app. [347] [348]
Curse was a gaming company that managed the video game mod host CurseForge, wiki host Gamepedia, and the Curse Network of gaming community websites.. The company was headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, and had offices in San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, Brighton, and Berlin.
Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles.It was founded in September 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill to develop League of Legends and went on to develop several spin-off games and the unrelated first-person shooter game Valorant.
Riot Vanguard is a kernel-level anti-cheat developed by Riot Games. Vanguard initially released as the anti-cheat used for Valorant on April 7th, 2020. [1] Originally designed for Windows only alongside Valorant, the console edition of Valorant released in June 2024 has an anti-cheat under the same name, however this anti-cheat functions very differently.
Proton is a compatibility layer that allows Windows software (primarily video games) to run on Linux-based operating systems. [1] Proton is developed by Valve in cooperation with developers from CodeWeavers. [2]
Riot Games followed in 2022, announcing the same with Valorant. [5] It has also partnered with the Valorant Champions Tour and the Call of Duty League. [6] [7] Additionally, Aimlabs collaborated with neurotechnology company Kernel to use the game for studies on cerebral palsy and brain activity during games. [2] [8]