Recently, Riot Games released a new music video for the Valorant Champions competition that is being held. This is an all new music track by artist Grabbitz, who worked greatly on the song. He sings the song but also is a DJ and Producer, meaning that he did everything except mastering and mixing, which is usually outsourced to a mixing engineer.
The deep meaning of the song is complemented by the stunning animation and strong storytelling told by its visuals. The line art and frame by frame style of the animation makes it feel more organic and real, making the song’s meaning of sacrifice hit harder. This ties in well to Valorant’s core gameplay as a tactical shooter, where some teammates might have to sacrifice themselves to provide cover to another teammate in order to win the round, or even the whole game. Although in game, this means to put one’s ego aside for the greater good, the meaning of the song can apply to more than just the game.
The non-game media that Riot Games has been putting out, from its music to its hit series, Arcane, goes to show that the making the media accessible to everyone, not just fans of the game is the key to producing non-game media based on video games.
