OFF//SEASON tournaments are kicking off and Game Changers events are coming to a close, but the Valorant world has continued to produce new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.

This week's recap covers news from October 16 - October 21.

• Last Week: News Almost Missed Oct. 15

Roster Changes

• Nearest Airport Nearest Airport Inactive melya Emily Khan k0rupt Wylie Watts BlackMoose Shawn Fox Uncreative Kuba Kosiba Tn welcomed Timothy "ZK" Ly for the October edition of the Knights Monthly Gauntlet. However, with the team's recent playoff exit from the event, the team has disbanded.
• Knights Academy Knights Academy Inactive bid farewell to Chris "riku" Piasecki.
• / Karel "Twisten" Ašenbrener departed from BIG BIG Inactive after one year with the organization. He recently helped the team qualify for the main event of Red Bull Home Ground #3 over KOI KOI Inactive .
• Case Esports Case Esports Inactive bid farewell to Berkant "Wolfen" Joshkun and Head Coach Alex "goked" Kie. The latter has been rumored to be joining KOI KOI Inactive as an Assistant Coach for the 2023 season.
• / who cars? who cars? Inactive fexayy Klusia Jonas Colkær Thomsen Nille Nichlas Busk sunshine Benjamin Hornshøj Nielsen made "Radski" an official member of their roster ahead of VCL: Polaris.
• Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Inactive released their whole roster ahead of the 2023 franchise season. The team recently placed top four at the South America LCQ and was a top contender within the 2022 Brazil Circuit.
• / FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank #6 MiniNiwde Lenin Mateo ScrewFace Kyle Jensen prask Mike Cortbani aproto Alex Protopapas Weegle Brendan Taylor welcomed new coaching staff to the roster. Eugenio "Kam1kaze" Tomás Mongi took the role as Head Coach and Mike "Bassoid" Lobo as Assistant Coach.
• / BLEED BLEED Inactive welcomed Wong "JayH" Jia Heng to their roster in place of Tyler "Juicy" James Aeria due to the latter having ongoing study commitments. They also moved Abhishek "GodspeedxD" Bajaj from Coach to Assistant Coach.
• / Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Inactive skillZ Jayanth Ramesh welcomed a new head coach to the team in Yoon "Malix" Kyung-ho (윤경호). He joins the team after coaching CERBERUS Esports CERBERUS Esports Inactive viness Nguyễn Trung Tín Layla Hoàng Đức Hùng ting2k5 Dường Mạnh Thắng throughout 2021 and most of 2022.
• Alehandro "Nakya" Fabian Simanjorang has parted with Bigetron Arctic Bigetron Arctic Inactive k1ngkappa and has joined Alter Ego Alter Ego Asia-Pacific Rank #25 ray4c Rayvaldo Chandra SCar Lmemore Hagai Kristen Yesyurun parscofield Sovano Alvin Daniel L. Oronce ahead of the 2023 season.
• Yusuke "mun" Ota departed the roster of REJECT REJECT Japan Rank #2 Yoshiii John Yoshiharu Kawakami Dep Yuma Hashimoto Persia Yang Zi-on (양지온) BRIAN Jremy Jeremy Cabrera following his contract expiring with the organization.

Results & Standings

• Game Changers Series III: North America winner: Cloud9 White Cloud9 White Inactive Bob Bob Tran alexis Alexis Guarrasi Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil katsumi Katja Pfahnl meL Melanie Capone | runner-up: Shopify Rebellion GC Shopify Rebellion GC Inactive
• VEU - Weekly Cup #5 winner: Enterprise Esports Enterprise Esports Europe Rank #3 MAGNUM Martin Penkov iluri Ilari Puranen Lime Jacob Foster paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kozzy Denis Stefan Aionitoaei | runner-up: Anonymo Esports Anonymo Esports Inactive belmonte Kacper Mordak xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Katu Kacper Twórz
• G-Loot Clash Main Event qualified teams from EU Open Qualifier: TENSTAR TENSTAR Inactive Buld Michał Sokal kacpi Kacper Wolski maniek Jakub Mańkowski Stix Wojciech Chamielec , DSYRE Elevate DSYRE Elevate Inactive sassolino ViperZ Andrea Marchesciano FinganJode Filippo Bonanni loll9 maxeeh , Enterprise Esports Enterprise Esports Europe Rank #3 MAGNUM Martin Penkov iluri Ilari Puranen Lime Jacob Foster paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kozzy Denis Stefan Aionitoaei , LANPACAN LANPACAN Inactive Magicianas Nerijus Vasiliauskas goquu krea6on Vilius Malinauskas , bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland , Team hz Team hz Inactive Drags Kleimon Alexander Gushin alain Ion Miscu , KPI Gaming KPI Gaming Europe Rank #74 VIPEX verity AleZ Alejandro Martinez Nevado SebZz delamac Movv , BRATAN MIX BRATAN MIX Inactive paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski zeddy Nikolai Lapko .
• Project V: A1 eSports Cup remaining teams: Unicorns of Love Unicorns of Love Inactive bleeshh Christopher Bledowski , Into The Breach Protocol Into The Breach Protocol Inactive Azzii Aaryan Bhagwakar
• Campeonato de Elite Cup - Stage 2 winner: Arroz Arroz Inactive Zino Paulo Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado VTaguT Rui Ribeiro | runner-up: GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Inactive H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Caim Hugo Fonseca
• Game Changers Brazil - Series 2 winner: Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #2 Jelly Julia Iris Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela | runner-up: Before Before Inactive
• Champions Tour Game Changers LATAM: Regional Finals remaining teams: FiRePOWER FiRePOWER Inactive frantastic Francisca Valenzuela Lendary , KRÜ BLAZE KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Rank #4 antG Antônia Garcia ponix Isidora Valentina Vásquez Muñoz tok1o Amaro Miranda dods Caue Fernandes micaela Micaela Ferreyra .
• Valorant AGS Cup remaining teams: SunXet Club SunXet Club Inactive UNNSTO Danilo Pilarche leobas Leonardo Basauri , 9z Globant 9z Globant Latin America South Rank #6 MiradaNinja Waldo Barahona Kimbo skyppervz Lucas Ignacio Pizarro Rodriguez Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone M1key Luciano Pensa .
• Daejeon Valorant Invitational winner: Kiwoom DRX Kiwoom DRX Korea Rank #4 Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) yong Kim Ho-yong (김호용) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) | runner-up: Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #137 kellyS Kelly Sedillo Zeus Jhian Vega Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma
• Game Changers East Asia: Qualifier winner: FENNEL GC FENNEL GC Japan Rank #10 SereNa Kim Sia (김시아) UR Moco Sarina Kawashima suzu Suzu Sasaki YuRinChi | runner-up: SPEAR GAMING Female SPEAR GAMING Female Inactive YamzzI Park Su-jin (박수진) Haneul

Other News & Rumours

• Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #19 supamen Phat Le bao Bao Nguyen dgzin Douglas Silva Paincakes Jake Hass zerona Javan Varela are in talks to sign Ethan "Ethan" Arnold, according to a report from Dot Esports. He will take the spot that Phat "supamen" Le would have filled in the roster as negotiations went stagnant between EG and FaZe.
• In another report from Dot Esports, it was revealed that Zander "thwifo" Kim would be joining NRG NRG North America Rank #2 keiko Georgio Sanassy brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch skuba Logan Jenkins Ethan Ethan Arnold as their sixth man. He joins the team after playing on T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) for all of 2022. He will join the rumored OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive core, ardiis , s0m and Coach Chet on the team.
• / According to Bo Hoogland and FlyNN, G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive are interested in building a North American lineup for the Ascension League. While the organization's candidates for a potential roster have not solidified, trials are expected to be held in the near future. This comes after they were denied entrance to the 2023 franchised league when controversy surfaced involving previous CEO Carlos Rodriguez.
• Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin , one of three organizations representing Spain in the EMEA League look to make more moves. It was reported last week that they are looking to sign ex-Gen.G IGL Emir "rhyme" Muminovic. The team now has its eyes on former G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive player Aaro "hoody" Peltokangas and coach Daniil "pipsoN" Mesheryakov, according to Blix.GG.

Hudsen contributed to this recap.