VALORANT players can kick off 2026 by competing alongside their favourite creators, co-streamers, broadcast talent and pro players in the Alpha vs Omega ACT 1 Challenge – choosing a faction, completing weekly in-game objectives, climbing leaderboards, and earning rewards and prizes as part of a global rivalry.
Date: January 7, 2026
What You Need To Know:
- VALORANT players can kick off 2026 by competing alongside their favourite creators, co-streamers, broadcast talent and pro players in weekly in-game challenges.
- 130 EMEA creators, co-streamers, broadcast hosts and pro players will take part. Notable names include M1xwell (Spain), beyAz (France), da1moN (Türkiye), Harmii (DACH), Petra (Netherlands) and Yinsu (UK).
- Players choose a faction, Alpha or Omega, or take a short quiz to receive a recommended side.
- Players earn faction points based on their weekly performance tied to the specific in-game objectives.
- Weekly objectives vary, such as most Bandit kills or highest Competitive points. Players can check the live challenge for current objectives.
- In-game rewards will be awarded weekly to the winning faction, while top-performing players across the challenge will be eligible for physical rewards.
- Players can sign up using the following link: https://ftw.riotgames.com/en-us/valorant/challenges/alpha-vs-omega-conflict
- Further details about the VALORANT ACT 1 Challenge can be found here: https://ftw.riotgames.com/en-us/valorant/alpha-vs-omega
ABOUT VALORANT
VALORANT is a competitive 5v5 character-based first-person tactical shooter developed and published by Riot Games for PC, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation®5, with a mobile version available in China. VALORANT is a precise and lethal multiplayer game with high-fidelity gunplay, a diverse arsenal of guns, agents with unique abilities, and competitively tuned maps for unlimited hours of play. In VALORANT, players lock in their agent for the entire duration of the match and then attempt to win a round-based, attackers vs. defenders, best-of-24-rounds fight.
VALORANT is a free-to-play game and optimized to perform on a wide variety of platforms, allowing for a global audience to compete. Demonstrated by the game’s best-in-class game server quality, global infrastructure, and proprietary anti-cheat technology, Riot Games is committed to preserving the core tenets of the tactical shooter genre and upholding the competitive integrity of the gameplay experience across all available platforms.
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