Everything to know about VALORANT Console Twitch Rivals

Brandon Moore

Brandon Moore

Twitch Rivals is hosting a VALORANT Console tournament, so tune in to see who can dominate the FPS on the sticks.

Twitch Rivals is hosting one of the first competitive VALORANT console tournaments. The event will see console players pick up their controllers, stream their perspectives, and battle it out in the Riot Games first-person shooter for their share of a hefty prize pool.

Let's go over everything you need to know about the event if you're interested in tuning in.

How to watch VALORANT Console Twitch Rivals

First off, we'll let you know how you can catch the action. It will be streamed from the Twitch Rivals page with varying points of view, or you can find your favorite competitors channel and solely watch them. Otherwise, we have the main stream embedded just below, so stay right here.

When is VALORANT Console Twitch Rivals?

It was a one day tournament for the North American region. You can tune on Friday, July 26, 2024 at a start time of 2 p.m. PDT.

VALORANT Console Twitch Rivals format and prize pool

The tournament is broken down into two stages, played on PS5 or Xbox Series X/S. The first stage is a Round Robin format, with the second stage being the Grand Final and Consolation Final. Here are the rules:

First Stage: Round Robin

  • 5v5 matches
  • 3 Rounds (each team plays every other team)
  • Ranked by W-L record
    • Tiebreakers
      • Three-way tie
        • Head-to-head Match Series
        • Teams with two matchup head-to-head advantage automatically receives first of the group. Tie-breakers for the remaining two teams are determined using the above head-to-head tiebreaker process.
        • If no team has a two matchup head-to-head advantage (in example, all Teams are 1-1 head-to-head), then proceed to next step of the 3-way tie-breaker process.
          • Map differential
          • Round differential
          • Tiebreaker Bo1 match
      • Two-way tie
        • Head-to-head Match Score
        • Head-to-head Map differential
        • Head-to-head Round differential
        • Map differential
        • Round differential
  • All teams advance to the Second Stage
    • Rank 1 and 2 will advance to Champion Finals
    • Rank 3 and 4 will advance to Consolation Finals
  • Map List
    • Round 1: Ascent
    • Round 2: Bind
    • Round 3: Haven
  • Side selection will be decided randomly.

Second Stage: Champion Finals & Consolation Finals

  • Seeding based on First Stage
    • Rank 1 and 2 will play in the Champion Finals
    • Rank 3 and 4 will play in the Consolation Finals
    • 5v5
    • Best of 1 Game
    • Map List
      • Sunset
      • Icebox
      • Ascent
      • Bind
      • Lotus
      • Haven
      • Abyss
  • Map Veto
    • Higher seed will decide who starts the map veto
    • Map Veto will proceed in the following order
      • Team A - Ban
      • Team B - Ban
      • Team A - Ban
      • Team B - Ban
      • Team A - Ban
      • Team B - Ban
      • Last map to be played
      • Team A chose a side.
  • Additional Rules (Custom Game Settings)
    • Mode: Standard
    • Game Options: Allow Cheats On
      • Teams are allowed a pause only for Disconnections of a player. Each team is in charge of enabling this option during the game in the in-game menu option.
      • In case any other setting is touched and affects the gameplay, the team will be penalized with a Forfeit.
    • Overtime: Win by Two Off
    • Play Out All Rounds Off
    • Hide Match History Off

Prize Pool

  • First Stage - Total of $12,600
Placement
Prizing (per Team)
Prizing (per Player)
Per Match Win$1,200$240
Per Match Loss$900$180
  • Second Stage - Total of $7,400
Placement
Prizing (per Team)
Prizing (per Player)
1st Place$2,000$400
2nd Place$1,900$380
3rd Place$1,800$360
4th Place$1,700$340
  • Max Winning: $1,120 per player.
  • Min Winnings: $800 per player.

All participants and teams

Teams and participants for the VALORANT Console Twitch Rivals event have not yet been announced. When they do, we'll break it down in a nice little table for you to show who is playing with who.

Stay tuned to esports.gg for more esports news and VALORANT coverage.