The CW s Valor Series Premiere Review

The problems with Valor 's pilot stem largely from how many threads it attempts to weave into the series' tapestry, and how amorphous the show ultimately feels as a result. The opens with the story of a secret mission in Somalia flown by an elite U.S. Army group known as the Shadow Raiders that ends disastrously and leaves only Warrant Officer Nora Madani (Ochoa) and Captain Leland Gallo (Matt Barr) alive. The two leave behind one of their team members, Jimmy Kam (W. Tre' Davis), who falls into the hands of a group of terrorists. Following a time jump, the pilot moves back to the States, where Nora is recovering from her injuries – both physically and psychologically – while also dealing with the secret she and Gallo have been keeping about the truth surrounding their failed miss


Previously known as Project Ares , Valorant is just one of several games that Riot recently announced it’s working on. The League of Legends developer is also working on a new fighting game and a dungeon crawler, as well as the card battler Legends of Runeterra , which is currently in beta. If that wasn’t enough, the developer also recently launched a whole new division devoted to making tabletop games. Aside from Legends of Runeterra , Valorant looks to be the furthest along of any of Riot’s new projects , or at least the one players have the most information ab


However, it also seems that weapon skins may be the most significant cosmetics coming to Valorant , at least for a while. According to Qwixzo, the game will launch without character skins. In the video, Nijland claims that Riot doesn’t want to obscure the silhouettes or hitboxes of the heroes by adding lots of character skins , similar to how Apex Legends offered only simplistic skins for its heroes when it first launc


Ranters, what do you think about the Valor exploit in the Rise of the Rakghouls expansion? Given what you've seen so far, will BioWare be able to deliver on all the promises it's made for Star Wars: The Old Republic ? Share your take on the situation in the comments be


Deadline is reporting that the film project - we'll refer to it as **Act of Valor 2 ** for brevity's sake - will be another "R-Rated gritty actioner," albeit this time the focus will be on elite SWAT officers rather than Navy SEALs. The intention seems to be for the followup installment to emulate the model used to construct the original Act of Valor movie. That is, a fictionalized account of a dangerous operation - carried out by a highly-effective task force - will be used to illustrate the harsh realities of that lifestyle; that is, by recreating actual firefight scenarios and anecdotal details with as much accuracy as possible (while still delivering an engaging viewing experien


The issue, in a nutshell: giant turrets in Ilum's PVP area post 1.1 are awarding opulent amounts of Valor, leading a huge number of (mostly Imperial) players to farm them, which isn't too hard given that the turrets respawn instantly. As a result, players are allegedly able to max out Valor in practically no t


It's a solid premise that feels almost like The CW was hoping for a cross between the first season of Homeland and the network's soapy dramas like One Tree Hill , Gossip Girl , and the like. There's some genuine intrigue with regard to the man Nora and Gallow left behind, and the show even generates interest in getting Nora back in the cockpit. But the pilot continues to add elements that the story's mostly solid foundation just isn't equipped to handle. Valor attempts to blend its military storyline and conspiracy with a half-baked psychological drama that's further complicated by Nora and Gallo's torrid love affair that has them keeping yet another secret, this time from her boyfriend Ian (Charlie Barnett). All the secret-keeping works to generate intrigue at first glance, but without the audience really knowing who these characters are or why they should care about them, the intrigue is quickly proven to be fairly shal


Rise of the Rakghouls , the first major game update for Star Wars: The Old Republic , released today. Mere hours after the update went live, players discovered an exploit in Ilum that allows Valor to be gained at a massively accelerated r


Recently, more information about what sort of skins players can expect from Valorant at launch has come to light. According to a video from Qwixzo , the YouTube channel of IGN Nordic staffer Nick Nijland, Riot is adding a weapon skin to Valorant Skins|https://valorantfocus.com/ based on Urf the manatee. Urf is a joke character that Riot claimed was going to be added to the game as part of an April Fool’s Day joke, but has instead become the mascot of League of Legends ’ Ultra Rapid Fire mode. Qwixzo reports that the Urf skins will be based on the appearance of NERF g


There’s a lot about Riot’s upcoming FPS **Valorant ** that’s still being kept under wraps, but according to one source, the developer has revealed one bizarre weapon skin based on the quirky League of Legends joke character, Urf. Valorant is already being talked about as major competition for games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Overwatch , despite so little being known about