While we await the release of Valorant Mobile later this year, Riot recently announced a brand new map to the game’s PC version. Dubbed Pearl, the new Valorant map is essentially an underwater city that is designed to provide fast-paced gameplay in a fantastical environment. Check out the details below to find out more about Pearl.
It has been some time since Riot released a new map for Valorant. The last map added to Valorant’s diverse list of locations was Fracture, which was released in the third episode of Act II back in September last year.
Lore-wise, Pearl was a significant city in Portugal of Omega Earth that was about to get destroyed due to climate change. But, Kingdom Corp, a company in Valorant’s lore, was able to preserve the location by using Radianite-tech (a mystical element in Valorant), and then this location was transformed into a battle arena for Valorant agents.
Now, coming to the availability of Pearl, the new map will go live in Valorant on June 22 via an OTA update. Upon launch, Riot will add a Pearl-only queue in the game, which would follow the unrated format, to help players practice the new map before playing it in competitive queues. The Pearl-only queue will be live for 2 weeks after the update, following which the map will be added to the ranked mode. You can read more details about Valorant’s upcoming update in the official patch notes.
