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 Psyche zerona Rexgator Notexxd kumi 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 Europe Rank #155 kamo Kamil Frąckowiak ShadoW Tobias Flodström grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko starxo Patryk Kopczynski sheydos Bogdan Naumov .
• Case Esports Case Esports Europe Rank #82 GatsH Guillaume Kalka H1ber Joona Parviainen Kiles Vlad Shvets Wolfen Berkant Joshkun Lime Jacob Foster bid farewell to Berkant "Wolfen" Joshkun and Head Coach Alex "goked" Kie. The latter has been rumored to be joining KOI KOI Europe Rank #155 kamo Kamil Frąckowiak ShadoW Tobias Flodström grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko starxo Patryk Kopczynski sheydos Bogdan Naumov as an Assistant Coach for the 2023 season.
• / who cars? who cars? Europe Rank #188 fexayy mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl Klusia Jonas Colkær Thomsen Nille Nichlas Busk sunshine Benjamin Hornshøj Nielsen made Conrad "Radski" Micheal Raduchowski 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 Inactive guuih Guilherme Mariano vaiZ Matías Barría Darker Sebastián Castro Cicuamia Virtyy Leandro Moreno Tacolilla Vicente Compagnon 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 Asia-Pacific Rank #8 sScary Nutchapon Matarat Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) Retla Jorell Teo Deryeon Derrick Yee yay Jaccob Whiteaker 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 Asia-Pacific Rank #21 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar severiNe Michael Winata dos9 Zhumagali Dastan skillZ Jayanth Ramesh tricky Prish Valvani Paradox Kasif Sayyed 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 alyaL 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 frostmind Muhammad Rafi Diandra budimeisteR Oliver Budi Wangge ZesBeeW Sha Mohtar NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra sayoo Willy Ivandra and has joined Alter Ego Alter Ego Asia-Pacific Rank #22 Kush Bryan Carlos Setiawan Cud Thomas Alfiantino ray4c Rayvaldo Chandra ValdyN Rivaldy Nafian gotten Davin ahead of the 2023 season.
• Yusuke "mun" Ota departed the roster of REJECT REJECT Japan Rank #3 GangPin Chae Jung-moo Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) muto Hals stand-in BRIAN 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 Inactive LUKYYY Cantzer Václav Jan Stezka SH0UTyy Michal Glacner Hasaa Radim Haša Enrik Michal Vejvoda patagod Patrik Bojkovský | 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 Europe Rank #42 sassolino ViperZ FinganJode Filippo Bonanni loll9 maxeeh , Enterprise Esports Enterprise Esports Inactive LUKYYY Cantzer Václav Jan Stezka SH0UTyy Michal Glacner Hasaa Radim Haša Enrik Michal Vejvoda patagod Patrik Bojkovský , LANPACAN LANPACAN Inactive Magicianas Nerijus Vasiliauskas goquu krea6on Vilius Malinauskas , bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland-Aysan , Team hz Team hz Europe Rank #77 Anoxai Anton Sobolev Drags Kleimon Alexander Gushin alain Ion Miscu , KPI Gaming KPI Gaming Europe Rank #6 zeddy Nikolai Lapko dimaxx Dmytro Paliy B1SK Vitaliy Emelyanov Insider Artem Puzanov Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu desire Artem Kolisnyk , BRATAN MIX BRATAN MIX Inactive paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski zeddy Nikolai Lapko .
• Project V: A1 eSports Cup remaining teams: Unicorns of Love Unicorns of Love Europe Rank #214 stev0rr Stevie Brindley Patix Patrik Rozman Leon Leon Roesberg bleeshh Christopher Bledowski Luc1d Kenny Gauthier Kühlmann , 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 Europe Rank #206 Cal Callum Burgoyne nanotekkk H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Kayn Tiago Teixeira Dos Santos Hiiro Eric Brassac
• Game Changers Brazil - Series 2 winner: Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #3 Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela bstrdd Paula Naguil | runner-up: Before Before Inactive
• Champions Tour Game Changers LATAM: Regional Finals remaining teams: FiRePOWER FiRePOWER Latin America South Rank #43 frantastic Francisca Valenzuela azul Lynn reshi Flossie , KRÜ BLAZE KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Rank #4 dods conir Constanza Reyes romily Romina Alvarez micaela Micaela Ferreyra biazik Beatriz Begnossi .
• Valorant AGS Cup remaining teams: SunXet Club SunXet Club Inactive UNNSTO Danilo Pilarche leobas Leonardo Basauri , 9z Team 9z Team Latin America South Rank #2 deigara Gonzalo Funes Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone rubkkoide Facundo Chavez mizu Gabriel Gonzalez david David Olivares .
• Daejeon Valorant Invitational winner: DRX DRX Korea Rank #1 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) | runner-up: Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #6 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes BORKUM Jim Timbreza JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Jremy Jeremy Cabrera NDG Noel De Guia
• Game Changers East Asia: Qualifier winner: FENNEL GC FENNEL GC Japan Unranked Curumi Haruka Tajima miNt Jeong Ye-rim (정예림) YamzzI Park Su-jin (박수진) Caucasus romia Airi Sugiyama | 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 #29 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le Apoth Vincent Le jawgemo Alexander Mor 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 Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #3 crashies Austin Roberts Victor Victor Wong Marved Jimmy Nguyen Ethan Ethan Arnold Demon1 Max Mazanov as their sixth man. He joins the team after playing on T1 T1 Korea Rank #3 Sayaplayer Ha Jeong-woo (하정우) Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo Carpe Lee Jae-hyeok (이재혁) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) xccurate Kevin Susanto 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.