With the final Act of Valorant Episode 8 currently underway, many players in the community are wondering: “When will the next Valorant map be released?”
Luckily, it seems that fans may not have to wait long, as details of the upcoming Valorant map have already been leaked on the internet.
Prominent Valorant data miner and leaker ‘ValorantLeaksEN’ has recently shared the first looks at the upcoming map via a post on his Twitter handle.
New Valorant Map ‘Bastion’ Leaked
As per the aforementioned leaks, the next Valorant map has been named ‘Bastion’. While it remains unconfirmed whether the map will be tailored for TDM (Team Deathmatch) or Competitive play, speculations have been running wild in the community, dissecting the leaked cover image and leaning towards Bastion being the latter.
Valorant Bastion Release Date
Riot Games hasn’t officially unveiled Bastion to the global audience at the time of writing, which is why the exact release date of the Valorant map isn’t currently known.
However, the community is suspecting that the next Valorant map will be revealed at the VCT Masters Shanghai finals, which is scheduled to take place on June 9, 2024.
Fans can expect the new Valorant map Bastion to be introduced to the game alongside the upcoming Episode 9 Act 1 update. For the uninitiated, the next Valorant Episode will go live around June 25, 2024.