Valorant under fire for “stealing” fan-made skin ideas without acknowledgment

A Valorant fan claims that Riot Games has been “shamelessly stealing” ideas for fan-made skins, igniting controversy among the player base. 

Valorant has cemented its place as one of the market’s top competitive first-person shooter games. The game boasts constant content additions, from maps to agents, a thriving Esports community, and a spectacular in-game cosmetics portfolio. 

More than the action-packed gameplay, Valorant reels in its loyal players with visually stunning skins. the team’re pretty sure you’ve experienced picking up skins being a higher priority than getting your frags (whether your teammates like it or not.) 

However, a Valorant player expressed concerns over Riot Games allegedly copying some of their best-selling skin lines from content creators and fans. 

Valorant devs can use fan-made content “without compensation”

In the post, the fan calls out “pretty obvious” similarities between Valorant’s iconic skin, Radiant Entertainment System, and a fan-made Bulldog skin reminiscent of arcade and video game elements. Moreover, the player brands the Valorant team behind skin and cosmetics development as “lazy” over stealing content from fans and players. 

Fan-made gun skins are in no way new to the Valorant community. Some fan-made content often gets mistaken as “leaks” on social media, such as Vegod’s take on VCT team gun skins. 

I made this a year ago, the team could’ve had this instead 😔 pic.twitter.com/AqHsJKuWvf

On the other hand, other Valorant players quickly note that plagiarism is not always the case, especially with the Radiant Entertainment Skin line, which takes from a popular theme: Arcade-inspired skins.