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VALORANT Challengers Japan 2024 Split 2 Main Stage The match combinations for the Split 2 Main Stage, which will begin on Monday, May 20th, have been decided!
Japan’s top 8 teams compete to advance to the Playoffs
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Riot Games, the host of VALORANT Challengers Japan 2024, CyberZ Co., Ltd., which produces and operates the tournament, Avex Entertainment Co., Ltd., and TV Asahi Co., Ltd. operate RAGE, one of Japan’s largest e-sports entertainment companies. )” will hold “VALORANT Challengers Japan 2024 Split 2 Main Stage” from May 20, 2024 in the tactical FPS game “VALORANT” developed and operated by Riot Games LLC.
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■“VALORANT CHALLENGERS JAPAN SPLIT 2 MAIN STAGE participating teams”
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・FENNEL
・MURASH GAMING
・NORTHEPTION
・REJECT
・RIDDLE ORDER
・SCARZ
・Sengoku Gaming
・VARREL
■“VALORANT CHALLENGERS JAPAN SPLIT 2 MAIN STAGE combination”
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[Delivery overview]
Main Stage distribution schedule
Week 1 DAY 1: May 20th (Monday) 12:00 – Distribution starts
Week 1 DAY 2: May 21st (Tuesday) 12:00 – Distribution starts Week 1 DAY 3: May 22nd (Wednesday) 15:00 – Distribution starts Week 2 DAY 1: May 28th (Tuesday) 15:00 – Distribution starts Week 2 DAY 2: May 29th (Wednesday) 15:00 – Distribution starts Week 3 DAY 1: June 11th (Tuesday) 15:00 – Distribution starts Week 3 DAY 2: June 12th (Wednesday) 15:00 – Distribution starts Week 3 DAY 3: June 13th (Thursday) 15:00 – Distribution starts Week 3 DAY 4: June 14th (Friday) 15:00 – Distribution starts Week 4 DAY 1: June 20th (Thursday) 15:00 – Distribution starts Week 4 DAY 2: June 21st (Friday) 15:00 – Distribution starts Week 5 DAY 1: June 27th (Thursday) 15:00 – Distribution starts Week 5 DAY 2: June 28th (Friday) 15:00 – Distribution starts Delivery URL
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VALORANTjp
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/valorant_jpn
■Overview of “VALORANT Challengers Japan”
Sponsor: Riot Games LLC
Production and management: RAGE (CyberZ Co., Ltd., Avex Entertainment Co., Ltd., TV Asahi Co., Ltd.)
Game title: VALORANT
Tournament official website: https://valorantesports.com/
■What is VALORANT Challengers Japan 2024?
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■What is Riot Games?
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Riot Games was founded in 2006 to develop, publish, and support the world’s most player-focused games. In 2009, he released his debut game, League of Legends (LoL), which received high praise all over the world. The game has become the most played PC game worldwide and is a major driver of the explosive growth of esports. 10 years have passed since LoL was born, and we continue to evolve the game while providing new gaming experiences for players such as Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, VALORANT, We are also developing “League of Legends: Wild Rift” and several other titles. Riot Forge has also enabled developers to use Riot IP to create games like Ruined King and create new adventures set in Runeterra. We also delve deeper into the world of Runeterra through a variety of multimedia projects, including music, comics, board games, and even the Emmy Award-winning animated series Arcane.
Top Esports teams from 12 international leagues around the world participate in the League of Legends World Championship (Worlds), which is held every year. Worlds is the most widely viewed Esports tournament around the world, making it the largest gaming and sports event in the world.
Founded by Brandon Beck and Mark Merrill and led by CEO Nicolo Lauren, Riot is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and employs more than 4,500 Rioters in offices in more than 20 locations around the world. I am. Riot has been recognized as a Great Place to Work for three years in a row and has been named to Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For”, “25 Best Companies to Work For in Technology,” and “ We have a track record of being selected for numerous company ranking lists, including the “100 Best Workplaces for Millennials” and the “50 Best Flexible Workplaces.”
Riot Games official website: https://www.riotgames.com/ja
Riot Games Japan Official X (formerly Twitter):
https://twitter.com/riotgamesjapan
■What is “VALORANT”?
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opportunities arise from the player’s strategic choices, flexible ideas, and a moment of inspiration. will lead the team to victory. The maps are designed with the competitive scene in mind, and are designed to keep the battles fresh even after thousands of hours of play. “VALORANT”, released in June 2020, is free to play and is compatible with PCs with a wide range of specifications so that more players around the world can enjoy it. At Riot Games, we are working hard to build a system that ensures the competitiveness of tactical shooters and provides a gaming experience befitting the FPS genre, including the development of top-class dedicated game servers and infrastructure around the world, and a uniquely developed anti-cheat system. It is working. In the year since its official release, the average number of monthly active players has exceeded 14 million, and the number of matches played has exceeded 500 million. The number of simultaneous connections in Japan at the international tournament Masters 1 of the “2022 VALORANT Champions Tour” reached a record high of 410,000. It is estimated that the number of simultaneous users for the final game is over 1 million people around the world, and advance ticket sales for “RAGE VALORANT 2022 Spring” held in May sold out in a few hours. The total number of visitors on the day exceeded 13,000, and in June, the “2022 VALORANT Champions Tour Challengers Japan” will be held at Saitama Super Arena, and tickets are sold out on both days, with a total number of visitors of 26,000 over the two days. The number of participants exceeded 1,000, setting a record for the highest attendance in the history of e-sports in Japan.
*The maximum number of concurrent users is the total number of official streams (YouTube, Twitch) and official mirror streams. VALORANT official website: https://playvalorant.com/ja-jp/ VALORANT official X: https://twitter.com/VALORANTjp
■What is RAGE?
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RAGE is an e-sports event operated by CyberZ Inc., Avex Entertainment Inc., and TV Asahi Inc., in collaboration with CyberZ Inc., Avex Entertainment Inc., and TV Asahi Inc., which combines next-generation sports competitions “esports” with various forms of entertainment. and e-sports entertainment that challenges new norms. In addition to operating “official tournaments” for popular titles such as Apex Legends, VALORANT, and Shadowverse, we are implementing three projects: offline and online “events” for general participation, and “Pro League” that determines the top professional teams. Masu. The highest number of simultaneous connections for online viewing exceeded 410,000 people, and RAGE dominated the top 3 domestic simultaneous connections for e-sports events*1.The offline event held for the first time in two years in 2022*2 had 13,000 people. Tickets for Super were sold out immediately, and tickets at Saitama Super Arena*3 were also sold out the following month. More than 26,000 people attended, the largest number of attendees in Japan, setting a historic record for e-sports events in Japan. RAGE continues to set new records for the number of simultaneous users at official tournaments in Japan, and is No. 1 in Japan in terms of total attendance and total number of viewers at e-sports events, and is now the e-sports entertainment that drives Generation Z.
*1 Number of simultaneous connections is the total of official YouTube and Twitch watch parties *Researched by Esports Charts *2 RAGE VALORANT 2022 Spring *3 2022 VALORANT Champions Tour Challengers Japan Stage2 Playoff Finals Official Website:
https://rage-esports.jp/Official X: https://twitter.com/eSports_RAGE
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