Zero Tenacity announces VALORANT esports exit

Zero Tenacity shocked followers on-line after it introduced its departure from the VALORANT esports scene forward of Stage 3.

The organisation made a quick comeback with two phases after disbanding its VALORANT group final 12 months. However ultimately, Zero Tenacity pulled the plug once more, citing a scarcity of ‘constructive change’ within the sport’s Tier 2 esports scene.

Within the announcement on X, Zero Tenacity criticised the state of the Tier 2 scene in VALORANT esports as the primary issue behind the organisations departure, highlighting that they ‘can’t make a return’ from investments made into the sport.

Within the announcement, Zerto Tenacity wrote: “At this stage, we see no profit in investing within the Tier 2 VALORANT scene. We’re closing our operations inside this title and we wish to overtly ask Riot Video games to take a better take a look at the tier 2 scene issues and handle them accordingly.

“This is part of a bigger difficulty — presently, all Riot Video games titles have a really poor esports system outdoors of the franchised leagues.”

Zero Tenacity reassured followers that they aren’t dismissing the potential of returning sooner or later, however solely when Tier 2 VALORANT fosters a ‘more healthy scene.’

The organisation’s sudden exit from VALORANT comes as a shock to many who’ve carefully adopted their exercise, having lately positioned second within the VALORANT 2025 North East: Stage 2. With the group’s exit, it won’t be competing in Stage 3.

The group additionally competed in VALORANT Challengers however was knocked out within the Teams Stage. Zero Tenacity isn’t the one group to exit the Tier 2 VALORANT scene, as M80 additionally introduced the discharge of its Challengers roster again in Might.

Zero Tenacity nonetheless retains energetic rosters in different Riot Video games titles, corresponding to League of Legends, and different aggressive shooters corresponding to Counter-Strike 2.

Zero Tenacity wrote: “We wish to thank our gamers for his or her laborious work and want them the most effective of luck transferring ahead. We additionally wish to thank our VALORANT followers — we’ll miss the watch events now we have hosted this 12 months and all of the feelings that the sport has introduced us.”