Under what codename was Valorant teased in 2019?

Valorant was teased in 2019 under the codename Project A. Riot Games revealed the tentative title while announcing a group of upcoming projects, before officially presenting the game as Valorant in 2020.

The codename appeared during Riot’s October 2019 anniversary announcements. At that stage, the studio described Project A only in broad terms as a tactical shooter, while other code-named projects included Project L, a fighting game, and Project F, a multiplayer game set in the Runeterra universe.

Riot later announced Valorant publicly on March 1, 2020. Its closed beta began on April 7, and the full Windows launch followed on June 2. The early reveal helped establish the game’s identity before players knew its final title, agents, maps, or competitive systems.

Project A is sometimes confused with Project L or Project F because Riot introduced several codenames in the same announcement. Project L ultimately became 2XKO, while Project A became Valorant. The codename therefore identifies Valorant’s pre-release development phase, not a separate released game.