An unexpected feature accidentally made its way into VALORANT with this week’s patch, allowing players to use emojis in the text chat and cause a bit of chaos. To contain it, Riot Games is already working to remove the feature, but it might come back in a more refined form.
In an X post on March 4, VALORANT product manager Stephen Kraman stated that Riot is rolling out a fix that will prevent others from seeing messages containing emojis, though you may still see them in your own chats. A follow-up hotfix is planned for tomorrow to remove emojis from the game completely.
