Riot Games has announced the qualification format for its First Strike VALORANT tournament in North America, with Nerd Street Gamers (NSG) and Engine Media/UMG Gaming both staging separate qualifiers.
Riot is partnering with NSG after the latter produced a string of successful Valorant tournaments with the Ignition Series.
On their partnership with Riot, NSG founder and CEO John Fazio stated: “After being selected by elite organizations such as FaZe Clan and T1 to power their Ignition Series tournaments, we are elated to work with Riot in running a Nerd Street Gamers First Strike qualifier series.