The Game Changers Championship is rapidly approaching and VRC events are coming to a close. Here's what you may have missed this week in Valorant news.
This week's edition covers news from Nov. 6 - Nov. 12
- Last Week: News Almost Missed Nov. 5
Roster Changes
- / Evil Geniuses GC Evil Geniuses GC Inactive PowerPixele Nora Lorri Lorrian Elad StarBound theia Melisa Mundorff released Emmalee "EMUHLEET" Garrido and Amanda "rain" Smith just three months after acquiring the Dignitas Dignitas Inactive rain Amanda Smith EMUHLEET Emmalee Garrido theia Melisa Mundorff Stefanie Stefanie Jones showliana Juliana Maransaldi roster.
- / YFP Gaming YFP Gaming North America Rank #12 jakee Jake Anderson bdog Brandon Sanders penny Erik Penny thief Brady Dever fiziq Lucas Blow welcomed a new roster consisting of the core from Country BoyZ Country BoyZ Inactive gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko syfi Samir Karimov HUYNH Danny Huynh Critical Tristan Trinacty venture Anthony Ziade and Anthony "venture" Ziade from TSM Academy TSM Academy Inactive . They recently played under the YFP title in the BoomTV Valorant Select Main Event.
- VIRTUOSO VIRTUOSO Inactive King Aiden King Eley Zach Stauffer DBK Dylan Bazic-Kulangiev Blahst Nathan Brand snxper Louis Lama added Jason "jmoh" Mohandessi to their roster. He recently competed with the team in the Mystic Singularity Series #2
- Native Gaming Native Gaming Inactive reltuC Stephen Cutler decided to cease their operations within Valorant. The team and its coaches are now free agents.
- Soniqs Soniqs Inactive welcomed a new team manager in StyxOnly .
- Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando said goodbye to Raúl "Morthe" Luis Diaz
- Enterprise Esports Enterprise Esports Inactive LUKYYY Cantzer Václav Jan Stezka SH0UTyy Michal Glacner Hasaa Radim Haša Enrik Michal Vejvoda patagod Patrik Bojkovský terminated Michal "SH0UTyy" Glacner's contract on mutual terms, due to differing views. The org also moved Michael "Elysium" Prošek to the bench while waiting for his contract to expire.
- FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #8 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban announced their academy team, FUT Academy.
- Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #32 skylen Asil Yalçın ip0TT Yiğit Karadeniz VenTT Emre Bozkurt Celasun Emir Celasun umu7 Umut Pekdoğan signed Burak "Burzzy" Özveren to their roster as a Stand-In
- Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent added another member to their coaching staff in Analyst/Assistant Coach Hazım "casteLL0" Orhun Dalbeyler
- Galakticos Galakticos Europe Rank #106 DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Bard0lf Emir Çinkılıç sterben Emre Demirci BeX Ebubekir Dağaç glovee Burak Yıldırım moved Ufuk "SasuKe" Göktaş and Burak "glovee" Yıldırım to the bench following elimination in the ESA Open Fire All Stars 2022 Qualifiers.
- BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #40 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen sociablEE Volkan Yonal chiwa Egor Stepanyuk PROFEK Dawid Święć LewN Burak Alkan parted ways with their Head Coach Sezgin "fabre" Kalaycı ahead of the 2023 EMEA League.
- Stars Horizon Stars Horizon Inactive flainzz Felipe Saldanha pollo Julio Silva said goodbye to Arthur "artzin" Araujo.
- / FiRePOWER FiRePOWER Latin America South Rank #67 frantastic Francisca Valenzuela azul Flossie Lendary moved Heather "LiNLiN" Aileen Aguilar to the bench.
- Team SMG GC Team SMG GC Inactive enerii Odella Abraham Alexy Alexy Francisco shirazi Kelly Jaudian Kamiyu Camille Enriquez have released four of their players. Jularat "YOKY" Buaphan, Kellyn "Kaephrodite" Sim, Ting "Envious" Jia Yu and Elyse "elyse" Lim all depart the org after their top six finish at the GC APAC: Elite tournament.
- / Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #45 aplycs Aqil Azfar Mojo Thong Tao Jian Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar Garv ghostxD has strengthened their coaching staff with Thanawat "olifant" Prathumta as head coach and Kinjal "Kilobyte" Biswas as assistant coach/analyst.
Results & Standings
- FaZe Smeag All Star Weekend winner: Team tarik Team tarik Inactive neT Michael Bernet jawgemo Alexander Mor bang Sean Bezerra zander Alexander Dituri tarik Tarik Celik | runner-up: Team Brax Team Brax Inactive brax Braxton Pierce Derrek Derrek Ha AYRIN Jordan He stellar Brenden McGrath leaf Nathan Orf
- Mystic Singularity Series #2 winner: STEALING LUNCH MONEY STEALING LUNCH MONEY Inactive Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor Lear Dayton Akau zeldris Elijah Hawkins PureVNS Vincent Nguyen nillyaz Chase Linder | runner-up: Team Reckaroo Team Reckaroo Inactive Blahst Nathan Brand Tim Timothy Braun kev Kevin Pham Nanners Anderson Lutkehus yiinel Elias Soto
- BoomTV VALORANT Select remaining teams: Shopify Rebellion Shopify Rebellion Inactive v1c Victor Truong mada Adam Pampuch , Dark Ratio Dark Ratio Inactive Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears ZexRow Anthony Colandro Drone Taylor Johnson Will William Cheng , sqn 2.0 sqn 2.0 Inactive Demon1 Max Mazanov zero cap Phil Pham tie Tai Diep lazylion Nathan Hoang , City Boys City Boys Inactive ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo Rawkus Shane Flaherty
- Esportsmaker Spike Series Invitational winner: Los Grandes Los Grandes Inactive prince Lorran S. Ferreira CTC Caio Torres pleets Marcelo Leite | runner-up: DELIRA DELIRA Brazil Rank #15 Zanatsu Carlos Eduardo basic gobera Vitor Gobo cidZzZ Mateus Piber
- The Barbers The Barbers Inactive Kryptix James Affleck Meddo Johan Renbjörk Lundborg luckeRRR Niels Jasiek and Team Divinity Team Divinity Inactive kENZ Andrey Efimov ALLIN Ivan Yukin Tian Vadim Filkin Edelweiss Dmitrii Koblov Optimist George Kazmin have qualified for the G-Loot Clash Main Event after placing top two in the Wildcard bracket.
- 8Pancakes 8Pancakes Inactive frontside Kamil Moroń tatzuki Jovan Milovanovic Skayuf Gustavs Auders Nitro Karol Przedpełski Belyaks1 Raio Dansbergs and Diamant Esports Diamant Esports Europe Rank #12 have qualified for the VEU - S3 Season Finals after finishing top two in the VEU - S3 Last Chance Qualifier.
- VEU - S3 Season Finals remaining teams: Anonymo Esports Anonymo Esports Inactive belmonte Kacper Mordak xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Katu Kacper Twórz , Diamant Esports Diamant Esports Europe Rank #12 , Zero Tenacity Zero Tenacity Inactive
- Aim Lab Frostbite Series winner: Alliance Coven Alliance Coven Inactive fluxxy Lola Ainslie 6sonya Maria Istrate B3AUTIFUL Laureta Hajra Melzz Melinda BlomQvist | runner-up: Acend Rising Acend Rising Inactive schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül amy Amy Lai h6tedthemost Lada Kozhemyakina speedowka Weronika Dabrowska Joliinaa Tina Agéli
- The ESA Open Fire All Stars 2022 kicked off its group stage.
- Campeonato de Elite - Stage 2 remaining teams: Arroz Arroz Inactive Zino Paulo Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado VTaguT Rui Ribeiro , GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Europe Rank #191 H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Caim Hugo Fonseca
- Project V: Split 3 Finals began its playoffs.
- Crossfire Cup winner: Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius | runner-up: Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive
- NSG YUDDHA: All India Championship remaining teams: Gods Reign Gods Reign Inactive Ember Garvit Nehra , Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #45 aplycs Aqil Azfar Mojo Thong Tao Jian Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar Garv ghostxD
- Dreamhack Showdown remaining teams: Bonkers Bonkers Inactive Minimise Jackson White tixx Nick Quinn Maple Elvin Sun Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky LEW Luis Hibbert , BOBO BOBO Oceania Rank #4 M1kE Michael Smith Exirst loubert Nozz Noah McClafferty Muzz , The Who? The Who? Inactive Bonobo gloom Zauqk vizsla Will Davies , Funcrew Funcrew Oceania Rank #12 skrawl Justin Lanzon YAKUZA Yifang Yifang Chen MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari
Other News & Rumours
- A report by BLIX.GG has detailed that Case Esports Case Esports Inactive have reached a verbal agreement with their 2023 roster. The team will compete in the Spanish Valorant league and will consist of Povilas "roxie" Krivelis, Vlad "Kiles" Shvets, Salvador "Yurii" Gasco, Dominykas "MiniBoo" Lukaševičius and Manuel "ease" López.
- Another report by BLIX.GG has detailed that MAD Lions MAD Lions Inactive KRAY Calum Knight will not be pursuing Valorant for the 2023 season. Initially, the roster was set to play in Spain's Challenger League, but with a disappointing exit in Superliga, they are set to focus on the 2023 LEC season.
- / G-Loot, the organizer for the OFF//SEASON event "G-Loot VALORANT Clash" has announced the disqualification of Alexander "Kleimon" Gushin. Kleimon played with Team hz Team hz Europe Rank #81 Drags Kleimon Alexander Gushin alain Ion Miscu through the EU open qualifer and Showdown before his disqualification due to eligiblity rules.
- / A report by Bo Hoogland has announced that 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #3 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk would be one of the North American teams set to participate at the EMEA Red Bull Home Ground event. The event will be the debut of Matthew "Cryocells" Panganiban under the 100T banner.
- In another report by Bo Hoogland, it was revealed that Fisker 's contract with FAV gaming FAV gaming Japan Rank #3 rui Hands BoM Alpha fukuken Phantom Hideaki Nakai had been terminated after an altercation involving a member of FAV's staff.