Rostermania is here, and with it comes a host of new headlines from all around the Valorant world. Many other roster moves have been covered in VLR.gg's region-specific roster trackers, so be sure to check those out as well.

This week's recap covers news from Sept. 18 - Sept. 24.

• Read more: News Almost Missed Sept. 17

Roster Changes

• Gen.G Black Gen.G Black Inactive Kazler Calvrix IssaNina kasumu kazz heist rose rounded out their roster with edith .
• PowerPixele announced their departure from Team Mystic Venus Team Mystic Venus Inactive Jessie Jessica Tran Brookelynn babysoap miku lunah .
• Vincent "PureVNS" Nguyen revealed that he had departed Knights Academy Knights Academy Inactive and was in search of a new team as an unrestricted free agent.
• dart monkeys dart monkeys Inactive announced their return to the NA Game Changers scene with two players from the previous core and korosu and Avery "avery" Eugene.
• / Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Europe Rank #161 devilasxa Paula Blanco Martínez humanz Jose Luis Cebrian Phardon Brandon Perez Testa Rexs José Jaramago didii Lidia del Moral de la Torre parted ways with Felix "lyNxi" Björklund.
• Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #28 SoOn Terence Tarlier HyP Damien Souville thebigfiz Julien Auberton AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard rounded out their roster with Baptiste "Babax" Bertrand and Julien "thebigfiz" Auberton.
• who cars? who cars? Inactive mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl freddan vakk Vakaris Bebravičius chiwawa Egor Stepanyuk welcomed Andreas to their team as a coach.
• Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #20 sterben Emre Demirci CyderX Caner Demir Celasun Emir Celasun Izzy Baran Yılmaz bolstered their coaching staff with former Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent head coach Ömer "QuestioN" Karabulut.
• Fenerbahçe Esports Fenerbahçe Esports Europe Rank #156 sturNN Eren Oduncular m1tez Muhammed Tezcan Best Bartu Keskin coach Arda "Epic" Yıldız announced that he was in search of new opportunities while still under contract with the organization.
• / 9z Team GC 9z Team GC Latin America South Rank #101 Vivii Saikiwi ponix Isidora Valentina Vásqquez Muñoz Daiyana Ingrid Guimarães Adenina Karina Mikaela Univaso Fumero bid farewell to covas and coach Damiaton .
• // Rising Hope Rising Hope Inactive signed the former Nigma Galaxy Female Nigma Galaxy Female Inactive roster. Additionally, the organization welcomed mdvjk and former BLUE BEES.ESP BLUE BEES.ESP Inactive YAYA SID Rico DenO DAVINCI coach Vladislav "Simons" Mineev to their team as coaches. Simons and mdjvk join Jehiel "PizzaFPS" Ardiente to round out the team's coaching staff.
• Mark "marky" Anthony Tuling and analyst TheJoaquiGamer both announced their departures from Oasis Gaming Oasis Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #9 Draxii Jose Eduardo D. Jamir marky Mark Anthony Tuling Georggyyy George Audrey Lachica xavi8k Xavier Juan Wild0reoo Bhreyanne Christ Reyes .
• Oliver "m0rea" Budi Wangge revealed that he had chosen not to renew his contract with Bigetron Arctic Bigetron Arctic Inactive frostmind Muhammad Rafi Diandra m0rea Oliver Budi Wangge ZesBeeW Sha Mohtar NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra sayoo Willy Ivandra , and that he was in search of a new team as a free agent.
• Jackson "Minimise" White announced that REIGN REIGN Inactive MaiShiu Matthew Wu xsus Raymond Wang Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson M1kE Michael Smith had allowed him to search for new opportunities as a restricted free agent.
• Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #27 JoshS Joshua Miles Santos Ching Enrico Perez bid farewell to Abhay "KnightRider" Mulchandani.
• Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh rounded out their roster with Norbu "karam1l" Tsering.

Results & Standings

• Trinity Trials Fall Trial playoffs remaining teams: Sector One Wings Program Sector One Wings Program Inactive Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh thooOOM Thom Slaghekke MaximN Maxim Nonglaire dash q Liam Hoek , Dragonslayerzzz Dragonslayerzzz Europe Rank #68 Aphun Anhhao Phung Atila shakie Nickless Boeva
• VCT Game Changers Brazil Series 2 Qualifier 2 remaining teams: Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #27 Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela bstrdd Paula Naguil , Gamelanders Purple Gamelanders Purple Inactive
• VCT Game Changers Korea finals winner: SPEAR GAMING Female SPEAR GAMING Female Inactive YamzzI Park Su-jin (박수진) Haneul | runner-up: MBTI MBTI Inactive minseon FullMoon uyou BiNi JoosB Wonyoung
• / Summer Gauntlet Valorant Invitational playoffs remaining teams: ShanXi Gaming Girls ShanXi Gaming Girls Inactive XiXi Saki ViVi Jue Terii T1anXuan , Oxyg3niOus Oxyg3niOus Inactive Lizhi XiMiLu Yusin WawaLee Nico , Urban Beauties Urban Beauties Inactive christina 66 rabbit XQ flower

Other News & Rumors

• According to a report from Dexerto, FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks are listening to offers for their European squad. The report comes after FPX was not selected for the 2023 franchised league in the Pacific or EMEA region. Potential parties interested in the buyout of FPX's European roster were not named.
• According to a report from Blix.GG, Alliance Alliance Inactive are looking to reinvest in their roster in the hopes of promoting into the EMEA partnership program in 2023. Alliance plans on continuing to compete in the Polaris league, and it is expected that they will maintain a core of three Nordic players, according to the report. No candidates were named for Alliance's future roster.
• According to a report from Dot Esports, T1 T1 Korea Rank #3 xeta Son Seon-ho (손선호) Sayaplayer Ha Jeong-woo (하정우) Carpe Lee Jae-hyeok (이재혁) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) k1Ng Lee Seung-won (이승원) xccurate Kevin Susanto will likely part with Joshua "steel" Nissan and Zander "thwifo" Kim while retaining their Korean core of Son "xeta" Seon-ho (손선호), Byeon "Munchkin" Sang-beom (변상범), and Joseph "ban" Seungmin Oh for the 2023 Pacific franchised league, which T1 have already been accepted into.