An image in Riot Games’ latest announcement teased the newValorantAgent that will be introducedwhenValorantlauncheson July 20, 2025. Additionally, a recently released trailer reveals another map that will likely be included in the full game as well as a new untested game mode.
Since Riot Games launched the closed beta ofValorant, the game has risen in notoriety to be favorably compared to other well established first person shooter games. Fans have been eagerly awaiting news of the new character who would be included in the full release of the game. An official blog post from Riot Games gave those fans a small sneak peak of the soon-to-be eleventh agent.
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The blog post contained an image of theValorantAgent lineup with a foot of a new character sticking out from the right side of the image next toAgent Sage. The foot has on a slightly heeled sandal with a black, purple, and what appears to be bronze or gold color scheme. Fans believe that this character may be named Sabine based on leaked pre-round voice clips ofValorantAgents who are already in the game. Others who have listened to these clips have speculated that Sabine has life draining or vampiric abilities based on the leaked voice clips spoken specifically by Agent Viper. However, these theories haven’t been confirmed byRiot Gamesand players will likely have to wait until the full game is out to see if they ring true.
With Sabine’s character announcement, fans have a lot to look forward to when Riot Games releases the full game next month. From anewValorantmapto play that appears to be based in Venice to a new untested game mode to a promised bigValorantcontent update later in the summer, players will have a great deal of exciting new in-game content to explore in the full game.
While the game is bound to grow its popularity and player base once the full game comes out online, it will be important to see how Riot Games handles thetoxicValorantplayersthat are already causing trouble on the closed beta version.
