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Original story (published on June 24, 2021) follows:
We understand service outages or breakage are pretty common. But when an outage ends up concerning a massive user base, it becomes worth highlighting. Something similar is happening with Valorant as of writing this.
For past some time, a proliferation of reports saying valorant is down or servers are down are populating the online discussion platform Twitter. Take a look at what some of the complainants have to say:
Here’s the error that users get to see:
Down detector also conveys Valorant is going through a rough patch in some regions as can be seen in the live outage map below:
While reports continue to snowball, there’s yet to come an official word from the service providers. Worry not, we’re keeping a close watch on the service providers social media channels for more information on what could be causing this problem.
We’ll share with you the relevant developments as and when we bump into any. So keep a tab of this space for the latest info on the matter.
Update 1 (June 26, 2022)
IST 05:17 pm: According to recent reports from Twitter and Downdetector, it seems Valorat servers are down and players are getting the error code #Val43.
Update 2 (July 13, 2022)
IST 01:21 pm: Many users have taken to social platforms such as Twitter to report that Valorant servers are once again down and not working.
Downdetector also indicates that users are facing issues playing Valorant:
Update 3 (August 27, 2022)
IST 03:20 pm: Players recently reported that Valorant servers were down for a while. Riot Games seems to have scheduled server maintenance because of which the game was temporarily unavailable.
Update 4 (October 05, 2022)
IST 01:02 pm: Reports coming in from players of Valorant indicate that there might be an issue with the game. Many players report being unable to load the game and being forced to log out.
DownDetector also shows a sharp increase in the number of reports from users over the past few hours.
Update 5 (Febraury 05, 2022)
IST 02:19 pm: It appears that Valorant is down and not working for players around the world as we’re seeing fresh reports flood Twitter and other social platforms with claims that the game isn’t working.
Update 6 (Febraury 08, 2022)
10:01 am (IST): Reports on Downdetector are seemingly decreased compared to the day when there was an outage. This means that the issue is resolved for many, however, there are still some users reporting it.
Update 7 (May 24, 2022)
11:51 am (IST): Fresh user reports on Twitter and Downdetector suggest that Volarant is currently down or not working for many.
Update 8 (May 26, 2022)
09:37 am (IST): The recent issue with Valorant is seemingly resolved as we haven’t come across any fresh user reports on Downdetector.
Update 9 (June 7, 2022)
11:56 am (IST): According to reports on Twitter and Downdetector, Valorant is currently down or not working for many.
06:21 pm (IST): The recent outage with Valorant has been resolved as we haven’t come across any fresh user reports on Downdetector.
Update 10 (July 21, 2022)
08:56 am (IST): Valorant players are reporting that they aren’t able to play the game as it’s currently down and not working and throwing the ‘Val Code 19’ error.
05:56 pm (IST): The recent outage with Volarant appears to have been resolved as we haven’t come across any fresh reports on Twitter.
Update 11 (September 7, 2022)
12:14 pm (IST): Fresh reports on Twitter and Downdetector indicate that Valorant is currently down or not working for many.
06:57 pm (IST): The recent outage with Valorant appears to have been resolved as user reports on Downdetector have diminished.
Update 12 (September 26, 2022)
11:35 am (IST): Many Valorant players have taken to Twitter to report that the servers are down and not working. The devs are yet to acknowledge the problem.
06:39 pm (IST): The recent issue with Volarant appears to have been resolved as we haven’t come across any fresh reports.
Update 13 (October 04, 2022)
12:14 pm (IST): Fresh reports on Twitter and Downdetector now suggest that Valorant is currently down or not working for many.
Update 14 (October 06, 2022)
04:19 pm (IST): Reports on Downdetector now suggest that the recent outage with Valorant has been resolved.
Update 15 (November 02, 2022)
01:44 pm (IST): Many gamers have taken to Twitter to report that Valorant servers are currently down or not working for them. Moreover, reports on Downdetector also suggest the same.
07:33 pm (IST): Reports on Downdetector suggest that the recent outage with Valorant has now been resolved.
Update 16 (November 14, 2022)
06:54 pm (IST): Multiple reports indicate that there is a new outage on the Valorant servers (1, 2, 3). There is still no official acknowledgment of the issue.
Update 17 (November 15, 2022)
01:02 pm (IST): Many players have taken to Twitter to report that Valorant is currently down or not working for them. Moreover, reports on Downdetector also suggest the same.
Update 18 (November 17, 2022)
07:09 pm (IST): According to reports on Downdetector, the recent outage with Valorant has now been resolved.
Update 19 (December 6, 2022)
01:05 pm (IST): Fresh reports on Twitter and Downdetector suggest that Valorant is currently down or not working for some users.
Update 20 (January 18, 2023)
01:16 pm (IST): Valorant players are reporting that the game is down or not working for them due to server outage (1, 2, 3).
02:00 pm (IST): Valorant servers are already working normally again.
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