Valorant New Bundle Adds CSGO-Inspired Skins
Riot Games has just released the Black Market skin bundle with the latest patch, patch 6.07. It includes skins for the Bulldog, Vandal, Marshal, Classic, and Melee. You might have seen the designs for each of these skins in videos, but now you can test them and experience them yourself in a Valorant match.
[Source: https://playvalorant.com/en-us/news/game-updates/valorant-patch-notes-6-07/]
Valorant's Black Market Bundle Explained
Gamers who shifted to Valorant from CSGO will love this bundle. Why is that, you may ask? Well, it's no secret that Valorant has some inspirations from CSGO. In fact, many gamers consider Valorant a CSGO clone with an Overwatch-style hero system.
While Valorant is not a clone of CSGO, there are some strikingly similar gameplay elements between both games. Adding to this resemblance, the latest skin bundle includes skins that look almost exactly the same as weapons from CSGO, like the popular AK-47. The skins included in this bundle are as follows:
Black Market Butterfly Knife (Melee)
Black Market Classic
Black Market Bulldog
Black Market Vandal
Black Market Marshal
[Source: https://twitter.com/VALORANTLeaksEN/status/1645826845508608007]
The Black Market Bulldog skin looks similar to the FAMAS from CSGO. While it's not exactly the same, players can easily spot the similarities, especially those players who haven't paid much attention to the FAMAS skin from CSGO. You'd have to look at both those skins side by side to tell the difference. Some of the more easily noticeable differences include the reload mechanism, iron sights, stock, barrel length, and under-barrel design.
The Black Market Classic pistol's design takes inspiration from the Glock-18. Like the Bulldog skin, this is also quite similar to its counterpart from CSGO, with one of the only differences being the grip designs.
The Black Market Vandal looks almost exactly like the AK-47 from CSGO. One of the few differences between the Black Market Vandal and the AK-47 from CSGO includes their barrel designs and some minor differences in the stock designs.
However, the Black Market Marshal doesn't resemble any of the weapons from CSGO. Fortunately, we get a Butterfly Knife for the Melee weapon with this bundle, which many gamers would appreciate.
One of the unique features of the Black Market bundle is that the Defender and Attacker weapons have different designs. In other words, the skins will have a different color and design appearance depending on the side you are on during a match.
When you are on the defending side, the weapons will have the first design, and as the sides get switched, the second design will get applied. It is also one of the features adopted from Counter-Strike, where Terrorists (attackers) and Counter-Terrorists (defenders) have their own unique weapons.
Conclusion
The Black Market Skin Bundle is priced at 7100 VP. It will stay in the store for close to a couple of weeks. So, if you like this bundle, grab it today! Let us know what you think about the Black Market bundle. Do you like these CSGO-inspired weapon skins, or prefer the futuristic fantasy-style skins from other Valorant bundles?
