The Game Changers Championship: Berlin has begun and the VCT 2023 Qualifiers are coming in hot. This doesn't stop the Valorant world from creating more news. Here's what you may have missed this past week in Valorant news.

This week's edition covers news from Nov. 13 - Nov. 19

Roster Changes

Results & Standings

Other News & Rumours

  • TSM TSM Inactive Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont stand-in alvinboy Alvin Hong stand-in seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond vora Jordan Pulwer have announced the immediate suspension of their partnership with cryptocurrency company FTX. Recently FTX filed for bankruptcy after it was revealed they were feeding into a side company Alameda Research. Since FTX's bankruptcy, TSM have declared they they are a "strong, profitable and stable organization" and that they forecast profitability within the current and future years.
  • According to the VCT Global Contract Database, James "JamezIRL" Macaulay has joined 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #6 Cryocells Matthew Panganiban Asuna Peter Mazuryk vora Jordan Pulwer Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont bang Sean Bezerra . While he is currently listed as a player for the team, he will likely take a similar role to Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #7 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong Zellsis Jordan Montemurro penny Erik Penny OXY Francis Hoang 's Mateja "qpert" Mijovic as a sixth man/assistant coach.
  • According to a report by Dot Esports, former XSET XSET Inactive owner and founder Marco Mereu is set to make a new organization to compete in VCT 2023 Challengers. The roster of the rumored org will be Daniel "eeiu" Vucenovic, Alexander "zander" Dituri, Marc-Andre "NiSMO" Tayar, Gianfranco "koalanoob" Potestio and Mohamed "johnqt" Amine Ouarid.
  • / A report by Bo Hoogland has reveled that FunPlus Phoenix plans to keep their Chinese roster FunPlus Phoenix ZHUQUE FunPlus Phoenix ZHUQUE Inactive AAAAY Zhang Yang (张杨) suyjing Wang Sicheng (王斯澄) BerLIN Zhang Bolin (張柏霖) YuChEn He Cai (何财) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) nizhaoTZH Tang Zehao (唐哲昊) for the 2023 season. The team plans on developing the roster to play in the FGC, China's Challenger League to eventually qualify for the VCT Pacific League. This news comes to light after rumours of FPX being interested in a Challengers East team, which has now fallen through.
  • Another report by Bo Hoogland details that with the uncertainty around the Asia-Pacific Overwatch League, players and staff have explored their options with teams from the VCT Pacific League. As of the time of writing, Kim "Fleta" Byung-sun (김병선) is the only player who is closing on a deal with a pacific team.