VALORANT drops Kuronami 2.0 bundle

Riot Games is rolling out VALORANT Season 2026 Act 3 on April 29 with a new competitive side mode, Skirmish: Ascension, alongside the Kuronami 2.0 cosmetic bundle. (playvalorant.com) (thespike.gg) Ascension is a limited-time version of Skirmish that runs from April 29 through June 22 and adds separate 1v1 and 2v2 ladders on Riot’s FTW platform. Riot said players need a linked Riot account and FTW account to appear on the leaderboard and claim rewards. (playvalorant.com) Matches use a stripped-down format: one site, first to 10 rounds, a curated agent pool, and one ability per agent. Weapons unlock in stages, moving from Bandit and Sheriff to Guardian and Bulldog, then to Vandal and Phantom later in the match. (playvalorant.com) (thespike.gg) Riot is tying rewards to participation and rank. Players get the Combat Ready player card after three placement matches, the Trade Me card after 15 matches, and titles for finishing at Gold through Radiant tiers. (playvalorant.com) The Kuronami 2.0 drop is the other half of the update, reviving one of VALORANT’s best-known premium skin lines. Community trackers list the new set under patch 12.08 and show Riot bringing the collection back as another time-limited featured bundle. (valorant.fandom.com) Riot had already used patch 12.07 to make cosmetic-facing changes before this launch, including scope reticle fixes for the Kuronami Marshal and several store interface updates. The same patch also expanded Discord integration, which Riot said would launch globally with patch 12.08 on April 29. (playvalorant.com) That puts this week’s update in a broader pattern: Riot is shipping a new act, adding a ranked-style experimental mode, and refreshing a proven skin brand at the same time. The company has not yet published official 12.08 patch notes on its patch-notes page, but it has published the Ascension announcement dated April 27. (playvalorant.com 1) (playvalorant.com 2) For players, the immediate date to watch is April 29. That is when Ascension goes live, Discord linking exits beta globally, and Kuronami 2.0 is expected to hit the in-game store with Act 3. (playvalorant.com 1) (playvalorant.com 2) (thespike.gg)