‘Valorant’ Act 3 goes live with new map, deathmatch changes and more

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Riot Games has officially launched Act 3 of Valorant, alongside patch 1.10, which adds the new map Icebox, changes deathmatch mode and more.Leading the new content is the game’s fifth overall map, Icebox.

The sprawling area, which Riot Games has called a “complex combat space that features plenty of cover and verticality”, is available to play now in unrated, deathmatch and Spike Rush modes.

For the time being, players will also face a higher likelihood of being placed on Icebox.However, the new map will not be available to play in competitive mode as of yet.

Riot Games says it wants to “optimise the performance on the map as well as continue to fix any bugs that might appear” before releasing it into competitive play.Deathmatch mode has.