RIOT Games launches ‘Take Your Shot’ Innovative User-Generated Content Platform

League of Legends developers, RIOT Games has launched ‘Take Your Shot’, a mission-based content platform that gives VALORANT gamers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) the opportunity to win rewards for creative content posted on their own social media channels.

Take Your Shot will revolve around a series of unique monthly missions designed on gameplay categories such as Best Aces, Wholesome Gaming, or Best Line Ups. According to the release obtained by Allnews.

Every month, the winners will be determined by players voting for their favourite user-generated content submissions, with the top 10 being flagged to the team at RIOT Games to decide who will take first, second and third place - which come with ultimate bragging rights and thousands of VALORANT Points to prove it.

‘Take Your Shot’ is considered a ‘First-of-its-kind’ platform that enables VALORANT gamers to earn rewards for content created and shared on social media; Prizes for the best and most-innovative content will win up to 10,000 VALORANT Points, which can, in turn, be used to buy in-game cosmetics and items.

The submissions that receive the most amount of votes each month will win 10,000 VALORANT points (VP) with 6,000 VP and 3,000 VP for second and third respectively. Points can be used to purchase in-game items, agent contracts, or be saved to put towards the next set of Ultra Weapon Skins.

Head of Publishing at RIOT Games MENA, Karim Hachani said “VALORANT is a community and launching the ‘Take Your Shot’ initiative allows us to bring players from across the Middle East together like never before.

“This region is hugely important to us and we’re confident introducing this platform is the ideal way to engage and build rapport between gamers in the market.

"This platform also plays perfectly into the incredible growth of creativity we are seeing across the region.

"Our players' skills and creativity, both in-game and out, never ceases to amaze us and we can’t wait to see what hidden talent Take Your Shot helps us uncover.

“We also plan to add more prizes in the future as the platform evolves and we see what the initial user reception and feedback are like.

"Rest assured we will be growing this platform with our gamers’ preferences in mind,” Hachani added.

To be part of VALORANT players, in Take Your Shot, choose the mission you’re interested in, then choose the platform on which the content has originally been uploaded. fill details about the submission, Terms and Conditions accepted and send.

Players are encouraged to share the link to their submission on social media to accumulate votes - the deciding factor in getting your submission shortlisted.

VALORANT is a competitive 5v5 character-based tactical shooter for the PC developed by Riot Games.

It is a precise and lethal multiplayer game with high-fidelity gunplay, a diverse arsenal of guns, agents with unique abilities, and competitively tuned maps for thousands of hours of play.

Riot Games was founded in 2006 to develop, publish, and support the most player-focused games in the world.

In 2009, Riot released its debut title, League of Legends, to worldwide acclaim.

League has gone on to be the most-played PC game in the world and a key driver of the explosive growth of esports.