With the announcement of Valorant coming to consoles at Summer Game Fest, how will cross-play and controller presets work? We’ll have the answers to all your Valorant on console related questions below.
Will Valorant have cross-play between PC and console?
Before Valorant officially arrives on consoles, Riot will hold a Limited Beta to test it out. The real question is whether Valorant will support cross-play between PC and console, which will not be happening. We do know for a fact that cross-play willonly be available between Xbox and PlayStation.
In asupport pageon Valorant’s website, Riot stated what type of cross-play Valorant will support. Riot assured thatconsole players will not be able to play with PC players. This is probably good for console players since playing via mouse and keyboard versus a controller are very different and keeping console players fighting against other console players will make for balanced matches.
The good news is thatcross-play will be available between consoles, which are Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. This means that if you have an Xbox and your friend has a PS5, you two can play with each other online.
How console controller presets will work in Valorant
If you’re wondering about how Valorant will feel on console, we already have confirmation on what thecontroller presetswill look like. In a post on Twitter/X, “rabiasayal86” shared images of the console controller presets for Valorant.
It’s nice to see that you aren’t just stuck with one type of button presets. There area bunch of layoutsavailable to try out, each one displayed in the post above. Seeing as there are six controller presets, it doesn’t seem like you can create your own preset.
Hopefully, we were able to clear up any confusion you had about cross-play and controller presets with Valorant on consoles. Besides the huge announcement of Valorant arriving on Xbox and PlayStation, Summer Game Fest also revealedexciting gameslikeLEGO Horizon AdventuresandKiller Bean.
Anyka Pettigrew
Anyka Pettigrew has been a Staff Writer for PC Invasion since November 2023 and a Contributing Writer since February 2023. She is a Canadian graduate of a Bachelor of Arts degree who has been writing in games journalism for four years. Anyka is an avid guides writer but also enjoys writing anything from news pieces, to reviews, and even opinion pieces. Having a never-ending passion for video games for as long as she can remember got her into a plethora of genres like action adventure, RPGs, horror, survival etc. Some of her favorite franchises are God of War, Persona, The Last of Us, Zelda, and Resident Evil. She also enjoys reading fantasy and sci-fi books, as well as drawing digital art. Anyka also regularly listens to podcasts on gaming news from ‘Kinda Funny Games’, and ‘Play, Watch, Listen’.
