Valorant is scheduled to receive more "game Changers" tournaments for women in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) next year. As developer Riot Games announced on Monday, there will be three regional events distributed throughout the year as well as a "Global Challenge" in November.

"We want to create a program that will bring women to the big stages and allow them to be discovered by big e-sports organizations," Vera Wienken, VCT Game Changers lead EMEA, said in a press conference.

"What we don't want is for Game Changers to become a separate women's league. It's supposed to be a springboard for women to turn pro," Wienken said. Women's teams should also compete in the new regional Valorant leagues and qualify for the major tournaments. The entire ecosystem should become so open that game changers will no longer be needed at some point, Wienken said.

As a rule, most e-sports tournaments are open to all genders. In fact, however, almost exclusively men compete in the top competition levels of the various disciplines such as League of Legends, Counter-Strike, Dota 2 or FIFA.