[2] In February 2021, they announced the VCT Game Changers, a supplementary tournament initiative for women and marginalized genders.

[3] Riot hired esports infrastructure company Nerd Street Gamers as operators and producers for all North American Challengers and Masters events.

[6] The 2021 Champions tournament took place on December 1–12 at the Verti Music Hall in Berlin, Germany, concluding with team Acend defeating Gambit Esports in the grand finals by a score of 3–2.

On September 21, 2022, Riot Games announced the thirty teams that had been selected as part of their new partnership format.

[14][15] For China, Riot Games showed favor towards players here by giving Chinese teams a number of direct slots to participate in global tournaments (Masters and Champions) through third parties competitions in Hong Kong server, instead of having to play through Pacific league.

In a June 2023 press conference, Riot COO Whalen Rozelle confirmed that Valorant would launch in China in July under the name 无畏契约 (lit.

[16] Shortly after in August, Riot announced an own regional league for China, and raising the number of partnered teams to 40.

[23] Right from global launch, although Valorant had not been licensed for release in China, Riot Games showed favor towards Chinese players by allowing Chinese teams to participate in global tournaments (Masters and Champions) through achievements in domestic tournaments organized by third parties, played at Hong Kong server.

[e] Since 2024, with Valorant licensed for release servers in mainland, Riot launched the VCT CN specifically for the only country that they considers a pro region on the same level as the three International Leagues for many countries, as well as competition slots for only teams from China at Masters and Champions.

[31][32] Similar to the Mid-Season Invitational for League of Legends, it is the second most important international Valorant tournament after Champions.

The trophy was redesigned in 2023, again by Volpin Props, to be reusable for Masters tournaments in multiple regions.

Also designed and built by Volpin Props of Atlanta, Georgia, it stands at 2 feet (61 cm) tall and is partially 3D-printed, with 24 karat gold decoration overlayed.