Now that Champions Seoul is over and with the Night Market closing soon, all eyes are on Valorant's Episode 9 Act 2. The new season is set to add a new agent along with other content we are used to seeing with every new act.
If you want to read about everything coming to the game, we have prepared a summary with all the relevant details so you can read and prepare accordingly.
Release date
Valorant Episode 9 Act 2 is set to begin on Wednesday, August 28/Thursday, August 29, depending on the region you play on.
There will be a maintenance for console players the day before its release, on August 27. Maintenance will begin at 1:30 pm PT (9:30 pm BST) and last for a few hours. No maintenance period has been announced for PC players, but we will update this section if anything changes.
Since there won't be maintenance on release day, we expect the season to start on Wednesday, August 28 at around 1:00 pm PT (9:00 pm BST) for all servers.
Patch 9.04, which is set to add all the new content to the files, will arrive a day before the new act starts for both PC and console players.
Vyse
Since before the start of Episode 9, Riot has been teasing the arrival of a new playable character.
Through a series of teasers, inside and outside the game, the developer told the story of how a character escaped from a prison in the map Abyss and was wreaking chaos in the streets of Seoul, Korea.
The official reveal took place during the Valorant Champions Seoul competition and here is the cinematic trailer that gives us a first look at the new agent called Vyse:
You can visit this article to read more about the character, including general information and what each of her abilities does.
Battle pass
As always, the season will bring a new battle pass with several cosmetics to unlock. The following key art for the battle pass revealed some of those cosmetics, including skins for the Outlaw, Phantom, and more.
Nocturnum bundle
A new bundle called Nocturnum is set to arrive at the start of the season to the in-game store. This bundle will have five new skins, including a skin for the melee that turns it into a Dagger/Scythe.
Here is the trailer for the upcoming bundle in case you haven't seen it:
For more information about these new skins, you can visit this article as we have gathered all the details, including prices, there.
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