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New VALORANT Map Fracture Release Date, Layout, and More Details


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VALORANT players are always excited to find out about the new map for Riot Games' tactical FPS, and the first details for the seventh map, codenamed Canyon, have been leaked.

Valorant Canyon Map
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Breeze, the latest map in VALORANT, was just released in April 2021, which feels like a long time for fans who are hyped for fresher content. However, it looks like fans won't have to wait much longer. Dataminers have discovered that a new map is in the works, and it's codenamed Canyon. Riot hasn't officially confirmed any details about the upcoming map yet, but expect the developer to release new information in the upcoming weeks, as we get closer to the next act's launch.

VALORANT Fracture Map Release Date

Valorant Canyon
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VALORANT Episode 3 Act 1 is currently scheduled to wrap up on September 8, so Act 2 will be released then but Riot hasn't confirmed the exact time. The addition of new maps usually comes with the release of major updates, so it's possible that Fracture will be released on Sept. 8. However, Riot hasn't confirmed when Fracture will be added yet, so there's also a chance that it might be released in Act 3 this October.

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VALORANT Fracture Map Layout

Valorant Map Canyon
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Riot has released only a few detials about the new map, but based on a teaser shared in the Episode 3, Act 1 battle pass, it looks like the rumors are true. One image shows a canyon-like environment with a huge rocky mountain in the distance, and the other features a bunch of buildings sprawled out across the top.

The latest Night Market drop also teased the new map, which features barren desert on one side, and luscious greenery on the other, so it's likely that the map will feature two different climates.

On August 24, Valorleaks shared a description for the new map, which is said to be called Fracture. According to the Twitter post, Fracture is a "top-secret experiment site split apart by a radianite-fueled disaster. Flip the script on attackers with aggressive defender positioning on a new dual-biome map".

On Aug. 30 and 31,Riot released a couple of teasersfor the upcoming map, giving us a closer look at the radiator emitting strong energy.

We will update this article as more details about the new map surface, so bookmark this page and follow our Valorant Rocks My World page on Facebook for the latest updates.

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