Riot Games has made the decision to terminate TALON Esports’ partnership agreement with the VALORANT Champions Tour and remove the team from VCT Pacific. This decision follows TALON’s failure to operate and manage its team in accordance with league standards, including a pattern of significantly overdue payments to players and an inability to demonstrate sufficient financial capacity to continue participating in the VCT.

After being made aware of delayed payments to players and other financial issues, Riot Games worked closely with TALON for over a month, and even granted extensions to allow TALON to demonstrate material improvement, but TALON was ultimately unable to meet the standards required to continue as a partner in the VCT.

The individual players affected have been informed and are allowed to explore other opportunities within our esports ecosystem.

Riot Games has sent invitations to a number of teams in APAC as part of a selective competitive application process to find a replacement team. We will provide an update when we have finalized the process.

We appreciate your understanding and patience as we navigate this transition.