Valorant Unveils Counter-Strike Inspired Weapon Skins

Valorant will soon have a new competitor with the upcoming Counter-Strike 2. However, prior to the game’s launch, the Riot title has tipped its cap to the iconic Valve franchise with a one-of-a-kind weapon skins bundle.

Earlier this week, the popular shooter title unveiled the Black Market bundle featuring weapon skins for the Bulldog, Vandal, Marshal, Classic, and Butterfly Knife Melee. Valorant is known to have outrageous designs for its weapon skins, However, with the Black Market, the devs have taken a subtle and inspired approach.

Switch sides // Switch skins. The Black Market Bulldog, Vandal, Marshal, Classic and Butterfly Knife Melee have unique Defender and Attacker appearances. Bundle hits your shop April 12th. pic.twitter.com/MIKsW9Z0QD

— VALORANT (@PlayVALORANT) April 10, 2023

Instead of going all-out with a bold design, the Black Market bundle features skins of weapons that you might have seen in Valve’s iconic shooter franchise. The new skins feature designs of weapons like the FAMAS, AK-47, Scout, and Glock-18 for the Bulldog, Vandal, Marshal, and Classic, respectively. Moreover, the melee option is the Butterfly knife designs that fans of the genre are accustomed to seeing a ton.

Along with that, the devs at Riot haven’t shied away from referencing Counter-Strike, with the new announcement tweet regarding the Black Market’s launch pointing to the franchise’s Terrorist-Counter Terrorist groups.

Valorant players can currently purchase the bundle for 7100 VP, with each individual weapon skin costing 1775 VP. Players can also buy the Butterfly knife separately for 3550 VP.