All eyes might be on the VCT playoffs around the world, but the Valorant world still continued to produce new headlines nonetheless. Here's what you might have missed this past week.

This week's edition covers news from June 11 - June 17.

• Read more: News Almost Missed June 10

Roster Changes

• Daniel "Danimal" Booth stepped down from the head coaching position at Soniqs Soniqs Inactive earlier this week. Just yesterday, he was announced as the new head coach of XSET XSET Inactive Bob Bob Tran katsumi Katja Pfahnl , who saw the departure of former head coach Daniel "Ducky" Duong the day prior, on the 15th.
• Acend signed the roster of UNtapped UNtapped Inactive mediKa Annika Lambertz Nariel Yaren Cirit Sylva Anna Bruce-Doig Lil Bob as their Game Changers team. The squad will compete in Game Changers EMEA as Acend Rising Acend Rising Inactive schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül amy Amy Lai htm Lada Kozhemyakina speedowka Weronika Dabrowska Joliinaa Tina Agélii .
• Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive added former Arroz Arroz Inactive Zino Paulo Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado VTaguT Rui Ribeiro member tomaszy to their team.
• / Alliance Coven Alliance Coven Inactive fluxxy Lola Ainslie 6sonya Maria Istrate B3AUTIFUL Melzz Melinda BlomQvist rounded out their roster with Tina "Joliinaa" Agélii and Ece "Kuripuuya" Selin Balıkdere.
• Caner "CyderX" Demir recently revealed that he had terminated his contract with Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #68 , and that he is now in search of new opportunities as a free agent.
• // 9z Team signed the roster of SUBANSE A LA CHAMBETA SUBANSE A LA CHAMBETA Inactive Nanu micaela Micaela Ferreyra reshi Anqh covas Nathane Queiroz . The squad will compete in Game Changers LATAM as 9z Team GC 9z Team GC Inactive Nadie babzzz Bárbara Moniz tok1o Amaro Miranda .
• Ivy joined FiRePOWER FiRePOWER Inactive frantastic Francisca Valenzuela Lendary , increasing the team's player count to six.
• Felipe "skye" Skye Lim revealed that he has departed No Namers No Namers Inactive bryce Bryce Lee shiba Zhan Teng Toh after being with the roster's core since February, when they competed under the Galaxy Esports Galaxy Esports Inactive banner.
• / Chloe "Chloettw" Wong departed Nigma Galaxy Female Nigma Galaxy Female Inactive and joined Orangutan X Orangutan X Inactive Japips Jefferlynne Hernandez Erumaa Elmarian Haessel CaspeR Neha Sottany Twirly Sway to round out their roster.
• Kiran "Rossi" Rossi announced his retirement from competition earlier this week. He was previously a member of Medal Esports Medal Esports Inactive Excali Karan Mhaswadkar kibojn Jayesh Negi psy Simar Sethi Lilboi Vishwaratn Srivastav tryst Jit Choudhury .
• Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Inactive skillZ Jayanth Ramesh welcomed Shailesh "blackhawk" Dalvi and Kasif "Paradox" Sayyed to their team.
• / CrYsTaL revealed that he had benched himself from the active roster of MLC Esports MLC Esports Inactive MenT Nisuh .
• / Jalal "kelevra" Mohammed Ghazi revealed that he had terminated his contract with NASR Esports NASR Esports Inactive phaze Karim Fouad zodiac Seddik Diani Chwepes Mohamed Ali Bellamine . The day after, he announced that he would be pausing his activities as a player and transitioning to a coach/analyst role, and that he would be looking for a new team to join.
• / Mikhail "Willow" Ryabov announced that he is in search of a new team. He was previously the coach of Piercer Esports Piercer Esports Inactive Nartzie Elyes Zoghlami .
• Former Team RA'AD Team RA'AD MENA Rank #4 Shniider Yousef Osama Depyro Nour Sherif phaze Karim Fouad YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Sand Mark Emad player Zyad "zyad" Mohamed announced that he is looking for new opportunities as a free agent.

Results & Standings

• NSG Summer Championship Open 10 winner: Built By Gamers Academy Built By Gamers Academy Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad monSi Ludovic Lefebvre khanartist Nabil Khan FireBallOps Cameron Tomaselli | runner-up: YFP YFP North America Rank #43 Dark3st furbsa Jackk stallion nabil
• Sakura Cup #7 winner: Native Gaming White Native Gaming White Inactive scourge Apidaez Shelby Gervais slaze Sophia Ramirez LunaFox Luna Ryan ARIANARCHIST Ariane Lafrenière | runner-up: Misfits Black Misfits Black Inactive panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson
• Jack Link's Wild Side Rumble winner: Steam Tseal Steam Tseal Inactive | runner-up:
• NSG Summer Championship Georgetown LAN winner: TAMU Maroon TAMU Maroon North America Rank #3 Bing Chilling Anthony Huang NXBLE Joe Maldonado JoBa Joseph Barker austifrosti KHS Nabber Nicholas Barrionuevo | runner-up: we live here btw we live here btw Inactive
• VRL Spain Playoffs qualified teams: Arctic Arctic Inactive , UCAM Esports Club UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #41 Buld Michał Sokal B1SK Vitaliy Emelyanov Famsii Ramses Valentino Erasmus Koivukangas OLIZERA Diogo Oliveira Jesse Adam Čtvrtníček , Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive , Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando , Case Esports Case Esports Inactive , Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin
• Circuito Tormenta Season 2 playoffs qualified teams: KPI Gaming KPI Gaming Europe Rank #148 AleZ Alejandro Martinez Nevado Ko0da SebZz delamac Movv , BISONS ECLUB BISONS ECLUB Inactive krysyS Tomás Molina meisoN Juan Carlos Chacón xikii Victor Garcia , ZETA Gaming ZETA Gaming Europe Rank #232 fraNdina Ezio Frandina , Team Galaga Team Galaga Europe Rank #265 Ross Cyan Lucas Luna Piñero Ayrew
• Agents Series 2022 Split 1 playoffs winner: Yutoru Yutoru Inactive Lando Limp Alessandro Ferri | runner-up: Mkers Mkers Inactive forgetw0w Ibragim Dalsaev wackie Rikardo Birjukov mass3R Umberto Artuso N A I S Alessandro Montanari caydeN Yari Olmi
• Rebels #3 remaining teams: FUT Female FUT Female Inactive Lyda İlayda Güzeldere rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk , Papara SuperMassive Female Papara SuperMassive Female Inactive Julis Açelya Özgen schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül , Sangal Rebels Sangal Rebels Inactive Anva Nehir Dinçer Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu dociless Sude Sancak Narcius Kamila EKİN
• Stage 2 Challengers Brazil playoffs qualified teams: MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #1 zekken Zachary Patrone tex Ian Botsch Mazino Roberto Rivas Verno Andrew Maust aspas Erick Santos , Los Grandes Los Grandes Inactive mwzera Leonardo Serrati ambitioN Gabriel Lima mazin Matheus Araújo jzz João Pedro GuhRVN Gustavo Ferreira , FURIA FURIA Brazil Rank #4 nerve Michael Yerrow artzin Arthur Araujo eeiu Daniel Vucenovic koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio alym Torogul Baidyldaev , Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Inactive , LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #11 lukxo Lucca Travaioli Darker Sebastián Castro Cicuamia Virtyy Leandro Moreno pANcada Bryan Luna cauanzin Cauan Pereira , Ninjas In Pyjamas Ninjas In Pyjamas Inactive
• / Stage 2 Challengers LATAM Playoffs qualified teams (LATAM South): KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #1 saadhak Matias Delipetro mwzera Leonardo Serrati silentzz Caio Morita Less Felipe de Loyola Basso Dantedeu5 Jesús Federico Larrosa , LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN North America Rank #12 spike Rodrigo Lombardi blowz Guilherme Oliviera Neon Bruno Rodríguez Sato Eduardo Kenzo Nagahama Sato kiNgg Francisco Aravena PxS Josh Brunelli
• Game Changers LATAM North Open 3 remaining teams: FiRePOWER FiRePOWER Inactive frantastic Francisca Valenzuela Lendary , Skull Cracker Quartz Skull Cracker Quartz Inactive Lied Andrehs Rage Eliana Avila , Akave Esports GC Akave Esports GC Latin America North Rank #7 Dano Tura WIRE Tastyy Ivy , Deportivo Cali Esports Deportivo Cali Esports Inactive Kikirucha pulpony s4int Buñuelita
• Stage 2 Challengers Korea playoffs qualified teams: World Game Star World Game Star Korea Rank #26 Wenty Yang Geon-mo (양건모) YUNSEUNG , Maru Gaming Maru Gaming Inactive Xenus Lee Kyung-ho (이경호) mir Hwang Mir (황미르) , DAMWON Gaming DAMWON Gaming Inactive Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) allow Park Sang-wook (박상욱) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Estrella Park Gun (박건) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) , SPEAR GAMING SPEAR GAMING Inactive , DRX DRX Korea Rank #3 Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) , Incheon On Sla2ers Incheon On Sla2ers Inactive VaNish XirZz
• Stage 2 Challengers Japan playoffs remaining teams: NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #5 , ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #10 Absol Kazuki Fujinoki SyouTa Shota Aoki SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe eKo Yeom Wang-ryong (염왕룡) Xdll Yuto Mizomori , Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive
• Pizza Hut Champions Cup remaining teams: Team Falcons Team Falcons Inactive , Team Rapid Team Rapid Inactive , vSlash Esports vSlash Esports Inactive Ebeeee DVDOV Abdulrahman Alawadhi Carlito fr1 Saif Al Ameri , YaLLa Esports YaLLa Esports Inactive ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef prefox Fahad Salem Kitkat Mohamed Alnuaimi B4HA Baha Mohamad Oqap ISSAA Issa Murad VIPP33R Omar Adwan

Other News & Rumors

• According to a report from Dot Esports reporter George Geddes, CLG are looking to field a male roster in the upcoming months. They have also reportedly applied for partnership in the franchised league, coming in 2023. The organization currently fields a North American Game Changers team in Valorant.
• A recent report from 1pv reporter neL has revealed that G2 Esports are looking to leave the European Valorant scene and join the fray in North America. This news comes after the organization applied for spots in the 2023 franchised league in both North America and Europe, with the team likely to remain in Europe should they be rejected from the North American league. Should G2 be confirmed for the North American league, they would have to drop a majority of their current squad, as a maximum of two players from outside the region will be allowed on a roster.
• ZETA Division have announced that they are looking to field a Japanese Game Changers roster for Game Changers APAC.