OFF//SEASON events continue as the holiday season creeps up on us, but that doesn't stop the Valorant world from creating new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.

This week's edition covers news from Nov. 27 - Dec. 3

• Last Week: News Almost Missed Nov. 26

Roster Changes

• Version1 Version1 Inactive have parted ways with Alexander "zander" Dituri after two months on the bench. Heading into 2023, zander is rumored to be joining a team for Challengers ran by ex-XSET CEO & Founder Marco Mereu.
• NRG NRG North America Rank #3 keiko Georgio Sanassy brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch skuba Logan Jenkins Ethan Ethan Arnold have announced the signing of Zander "thwifo" Kim from T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) DH Kang Dong-ho (강동호) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) as their sixth man.
• Sarah "sarahcat" Simpson announced her departure from Immortals Immortals Inactive .
• MOUZ MOUZ Inactive announced they parted with Bence "szimpli" Soós and Alend "Ale" Khalaf. Laurent "memset" Werly was also moved to the bench.
• FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #14 YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Pa1ze Mohammad Khatib MOLSI Michał Łącki shinnok Viktor Zsombor Maglóczki Serial Maikls Zdanovs announced their roster for the 2023 VCL Polaris Season.
• ALTERNATE aTTaX ALTERNATE aTTaX Europe Rank #302 Katuzo Furkan Güler Leosen Leonardo Hennrich disisjohn John Gabrido Shazeon Rene Cappel have announced the benching of Ethan "Sevire" Starke, Roberts "rAsk" Ribakovs and Kevin "Barcode" Bana. The team also parted with Substitute Leon "Daitan" Beck.
• EXCEL GC EXCEL GC Inactive 6sonya Maria Istrate fluxxy Lola Ainslie Viv ANGELKA Angela Nikolovska Samsi Samantha Caddell have signed the four members of N1MP N1MP Inactive cataLina India Dubourg Neli Cornelia Johansson Luzia Camille Millet Puri Safaa Baydi aswell as Acend Rising Acend Rising Inactive schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül amy Amy Lai htm Lada Kozhemyakina speedowka Weronika Dabrowska Joliinaa Tina Agélii 's Samantha "Samsi" Caddell and Rix.GG Lightning Rix.GG Lightning Inactive 's Daniela "Jupi" Gradl.
• BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #2 Crewen Ali Eren Sargin Lar0k Yusuf Kaan Kanber Loita Utku Kart Rosé Eren Erzan lovers rock Umut Pekdoğan said goodbye to Coach Mert "Mertenstein" Bengül.
• / FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #6 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Cloud Kirill Nehozhin Alfajer Emir Ali Beder said goodbye to Enzo "Enzo" Mestari after two months on their bench.
• Alliance Coven Alliance Coven Inactive fluxxy Lola Ainslie 6sonya Maria Istrate B3AUTIFUL Melzz Melinda BlomQvist moved Laure "Xaline" Mateos to the bench as she explores her options.
• / CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #17 Wolfen Berkant Joshkun Jady Yaroslav Nikolaev Vince Vincent Kranz samed Samed Topbas Zyppan Pontus Eek benched Terence "SoOn" Tarlier and Theo "OniBy" Tarlier. The team has also released Leon "Leon" Roesberg.
• / Alliance Coven Alliance Coven Inactive fluxxy Lola Ainslie 6sonya Maria Istrate B3AUTIFUL Melzz Melinda BlomQvist have released all of their support staff including Coach Daniel "Yugami" Cama Hidalgo, Assistant Coach Alejandro "RAYZZ" Montaner Roig and Manager Nico "Myagus" Gonzalez-Beltran.
• / BIG BIG Inactive parted with their whole roster who had been inactive since late September.
• Anonymo Esports Anonymo Esports Inactive belmonte Kacper Mordak xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Katu Kacper Twórz announced the departure of their roster and coaching staff.
• TENSTAR TENSTAR Inactive Buld Michał Sokal kacpi Kacper Wolski maniek Jakub Mańkowski Stix Wojciech Chamielec moved their roster and head coach move to the inactive position on the team as they have paused their Valorant operations.
• GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Inactive H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Caim Hugo Fonseca released their roster.
• MIBR GC MIBR GC Brazil Unranked bstrdd Paula Naguil melissa Melissa Souza conir Constanza Reyes mizzy Ester Cardoso waved moved their whole roster to the bench. All players are open to 2023 proposals.
• FAV gaming FAV gaming Inactive said goodbye to their Analyst/Coach "Retloff" .
• Inactive moved Shotaro "Zerost" Ikeda off of the roster as he moves to a streaming position for the team.
• X10 Esports X10 Esports Inactive Vera Rodman Yap Tempz Pierre Heng RedKoh Danial Hakim wayne Wayne Chang Egoist Javier Chua have allowed their female team, X10 Sapphire X10 Sapphire Inactive Poly Patcharapron Sanitchai JinNy Sarindhorn Wanothayarnchai Muffyn Chalita Buathong babytz Pornlapat Wittayanan alyssa Annitta Peerwantanagul , to explore options for the 2023 season.
• Danial "RedKoh" Hakim announced his departure from Alter Ego Celeste Alter Ego Celeste Inactive Alluka Tiara Bonilla Pleno Eisberg July Kusuma enerii Odella Abraham Ayumiii Nurul Aini nabbsky Nabila Sulthana .
• CNJ Esports CNJ Esports Inactive Ziya have signed AcMe to the team as a full-time member.
• NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #5 announced the arrival of their new Coach Jeong "Jaemin" Jae-min (정재민).
• Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Inactive welcomed back Karan "Excali" Mhaswadkar.
• / NASR Esports NASR Esports Inactive phaze Karim Fouad zodiac Seddik Diani Chwepes Mohamed Ali Bellamine parted ways with their Coach Mingiyan "Naint" Goldaev.

Results & Standings

• Canadian Esports Nationals 2022 winner: Laurier Golden Hawks Varsity Laurier Golden Hawks Varsity North America Rank #63 toacv mxk kokoro Lono6x sh1mu | runner-up: St. Clair Saints St. Clair Saints North America Unranked Instxnct Isaac Walton Tillo Tristan Carrillo jayp João Pereira woddy Gabriel Cressoni
• RBCC 2022 - NA LCQ winner: o7 o7 Inactive ShimmyXD Ryan Shimizu Cain Nathan Lee nabil whitr Micheal Whitney MAR1 Marwan Jannat | runner-up: Stony Brook Esports Stony Brook Esports North America Rank #62 bao Ayble gunny Kyzer MajesticNutz
• Knights Monthly Gauntlet 2022: November winner: STEALING LUNCH MONEY STEALING LUNCH MONEY Inactive Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor Lear Dayton Akau zoom Elijah Hawkins PureVNS Vincent Nguyen nillyaz Chase Linder | runner-up: Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports Inactive skuba Logan Jenkins mitch Mitch Semago Verno Andrew Maust Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm dapr Michael Gulino
• G-Loot VALORANT Clash - Grand Finals winner: Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #15 chloric Caide Heaton ExiT Abdullah Al-Twaijri Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat CyvOph Clement Millard | runner-up: Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent
• FEL Valorant Cup #5 winner: OnlyFins OnlyFins Europe Rank #16 Snowi Otto Rautiainen tsägä Keks u awake Letha | runner-up: FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #14 YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Pa1ze Mohammad Khatib MOLSI Michał Łącki shinnok Viktor Zsombor Maglóczki Serial Maikls Zdanovs
• Red Bull Home Ground #3 main event teams: Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #19 purp0 Semyon Borchev nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin kamo Kamil Frąckowiak trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Kicks Kimmie Laasner , Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #3 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen PROFEK Dawid Święć Derke Nikita Niko Sirmitev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu , FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #14 YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Pa1ze Mohammad Khatib MOLSI Michał Łącki shinnok Viktor Zsombor Maglóczki Serial Maikls Zdanovs , 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #1 Cryocells Matthew Panganiban Asuna Peter Mazuryk vora Jordan Pulwer Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont bang Sean Bezerra , KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #4 saadhak Matias Delipetro mwzera Leonardo Serrati Less Felipe de Loyola Basso Dantedeu5 Jesús Federico Larrosa heat Olavo Marcelo , Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #20 FireBallOps Cameron Tomaselli Zellsis Jordan Montemurro Jackk Jack Foote OXY Francis Hoang v1c Victor Truong , Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #7 koshmaras Martynas Namikas Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius , FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #9 s0pp Efe Tur xeus Doğan Gözgen yetujey Eray Budak KROSTALY Okan Alaçam sociablEE Volkan Yonal
• VRL DACH: Evolution - Unity remaining teams: Unicorns of Love Unicorns of Love Inactive bleeshh Christopher Bledowski , Ovation eSports Ovation eSports Inactive Luzuh Joseph Loose Louitan Louis Beresford , Wave Esports Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz , DSYRE DSYRE Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov
• VRL France: Revolution - Coupe De France remaining teams: bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland , Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #18 nataNk Nathan Bocqueho Kada Thomas Johner sh1n Ryad Ensaad Sevire Ethan Starke TakaS Jonathan Paupard , HEET HEET Inactive Kinguyen Nguyen Thach memset Laurent Werly b2kk Sofian Delimi Monstrum Jake Byrne waddle Wadir Taraki
• Agents Series 2022 - Split 2 winner: DSYRE Elevate DSYRE Elevate Inactive sassolino ViperZ Andrea Marchesciano FinganJode Filippo Bonanni loll9 maxeeh | runner-up: Axolotl Esports Axolotl Esports Europe Rank #55 DrastZ Luca hydro sihw Emanuele Piva Davia Davide Cusmai
• DreamHack Winter 2022 - BEACON Split 2 winner: Formulation Gaming Formulation Gaming Europe Rank #25 sunfloweR qu1ckz 77even Richard Venskevychius zeek Aleksander Zygmunt mikee Michael Lim tomaszy Tomás Machado | runner-up: Bjerkely FHS Bjerkely FHS Inactive
• Movistar Fibra: LATAM Gods teams: MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #3 zekken Zachary Patrone tex Ian Botsch Mazino Roberto Rivas Verno Andrew Maust aspas Erick Santos , Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Inactive , Optix Optix Inactive ganter Bastian Eduardo Reinoso Fross Fernando Gallagher D1E Diego Contreras Tio Carlos Swing gio Giovani Cristobal Lainati Ruz , LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN North America Rank #2 spike Rodrigo Lombardi blowz Guilherme Oliviera Neon Bruno Rodríguez Sato Eduardo Kenzo Nagahama Sato kiNgg Francisco Aravena
• Gwangju Esports Series Asia winner: KIWOOM DRX KIWOOM DRX Korea Rank #5 yong Kim Ho-yong (김호용) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) Flicker Kim Tae-hee (김태희) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) | runner-up: TALON TALON Inactive Killua Tanate Teerasawad thyy Anupong Preamsak Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam primmie Papaphat Sriprapha
• AfreecaTV Valorant SEA Invitational remaining teams: Bigetron Arctic Bigetron Arctic Inactive k1ngkappa , Stream Raiders Nacague Stream Raiders Nacague Inactive Shintaro Mark Daryl Timbang Corpuz Worship Ian Ga ABATMAN Franc Lenard Meija , Made in Thailand Made in Thailand Inactive Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong Killua Tanate Teerasawad cgrs Patiphan Porsi Laz Kittikawin Jirawatkakan seph1roth Chinnakrit Phoojaroen , BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #7 Nakya Alehandro Fabian Simanjorang d3ffo Nikita Sudakov Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra
• Mineski VxV 2022 remaining teams: South Built Esports South Built Esports Inactive azys Azis Nandang Pro Chris Martir flippy Philip Marique , Oasis Gaming Oasis Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #9 slathom999 Shawn Dale Bolondro tesseract Jon Michael Piga ZYND Christian Lopez marky Mark Anthony Tuling whitecat Michael Andre M. Yuzon

Other News & Rumours

• According to a report by Bo Hoogland and twitter account "German cs leaks", cowana Gaming cowana Gaming Inactive CALVIN S Calvin Shendy stavros Dimitrios Smoilis are set to be exiting Valorant. The reports detail that outstanding salaries and lack of profitability are the reasons for the departure.