Ahead of VCT Americas 2025 kicking off later today, VALORANT’s International League has secured notable partnerships with Samsung SSD and gaming gear brand Pulsar.
As partners for VCT Americas, Samsung SSD and Pulsar will be featured throughout the competition’s broadcasts through various activations.
For Samsung SSD, the computer storage brand will present the ‘Samsung SSD Match Start’ which will commence select VCT Americas matches on its English broadcast. The brand will also develop a recap package made using Samsung SSDs.
Meanwhile, the Pulsar ‘Flick of the Week’ will highlight pivotal headshot moments that take place throughout a match. This will be available across English, Portuguese and Spanish broadcasts.
Outside of broadcast integrations, Pulsar’s mice, keyboards and mouse pads will outfit the PC fan area for those at VCT Americas’ Riot Games Arena. As the competition’s ‘Official Memory/SSD Partner’, hardware used by VCT Americas players will also be equipped with Samsung SSD’s 990 PRO.
Samsung SSD and Pulsar are no strangers to Riot Games’ esports ecosystem, with both brands already partners of other esports competitions within the developer’s catalogue.
With this deal, Samsung SSD supports VCT Americas and League of Legends’ newly rebranded LTA. Meanwhile, Pulsar is a partner for another VALORANT International League, VCT Pacific.
In the announcement, Riot Games noted: “The Samsung 990 PRO will truly be the perfect teammate for every VCT America pro and whether you’re a PC loyalist or console warrior, it can definitely be yours too.”
VCT Americas is set to commence later today (January 16th), with its kick-off tournament. Joining the 11 returning teams will be 2GAME Esports, a Brazilian organisation that secured promotion to the VCT through last year’s Ascension event.
Aside from Riot Games’ Americas event, VALORANT Champions Tour kick-off competitions in China and EMEA have commenced, with VCT Pacific starting on January 18th.
The top two teams of VCT Americas’ first tournament of 2025 will secure a place at Masters Bangkok in February.
Tom has been part of Esports Insider’s team since October 2020 and is currently the platform’s Editor. When not playing Football Manager, he enjoys reporting on the mobile esports scene as well as the betting sector.
