OFF//SEASON events are coming to a close and Challengers Leagues are kicking off worldwide, but that did not stop the Valorant world from creating new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.

This week's edition covers news from Dec. 11 - Dec. 17

• Last Week: News Almost Missed Dec. 10

Roster Changes

• Jimmy "Marved" Nguyen, the final member of OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive 's Valorant roster announced the expiry of his contract.
• Gen.G Black Gen.G Black Inactive Kazler Calvrix IssaNina kasumu kazz Kassandra Shire heist rose released their whole roster. Carlee "Carlee" Gress, Hannah "hannah" Reyes, Eden "edith" Bryce Cutlip, and Jackson "Jaxsen" Popelka are now all free agents.
• / NRG NRG North America Rank #1 keiko Georgio Sanassy brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch skuba Logan Jenkins Ethan Ethan Arnold welcomed two new members to their coaching staff in Benjamin "trainer" Bravo as assistant coach, and German "krueger" Yevseyev as analyst.
• Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports Inactive skuba Logan Jenkins mitch Mitch Semago Verno Andrew Maust Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm dapr Michael Gulino announced the promotion of their academy team to their main roster. With the promotion came the signings of Mitch "mitch" Semago, Logan "skuba" Jenkins, Joshua "pwny" VanGorder, and Devon "randyySAVAGE" Bréard.
• Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #11 Jelly Julia Iris Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela released Ana "naxy" Beatriz after a year with the team.
• RED Canids RED Canids Brazil Rank #7 tinchoff Martin Garcia skz Jean Lucas lowz Urango Victor Rodrigues RgLMeister Matheus Rodigoli players terminated their contracts as the organization looks to exit Valorant just three weeks after announcing their arrival.
• Rix.GG Rix.GG Inactive frei Aaron Frei DPS Harry MacGill hype Tautvydas Paldavicius weber Brandon Weber announced they have ceased all org operations. All active members on RIX.GG's lineups are now free agents.
• Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando announced the arrival of Nicolás "Nixerino" Canellas Colocho, Dmytro "dimaxx" Paliy, and Kacper "saiko" Kucharski.
• / Egor "chiwa" Stepanyuk announced that he parted ways with EXCEL EXCEL Inactive Moe40 Muhammad Hariff chiwa Egor Stepanyuk paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski Foxie Tyler Lowton ALIVE Gilad Hakim .
• / Liam "q" Hoek and Maxim "MaximN" Nonglaire announced they have been moved to the bench on Sector One Sector One Inactive Alyx Alex Morrow poegii Yenthe Segers q Liam Hoek dash MaximN Maxim Nonglaire .
• KOI KOI Inactive parted ways with Alberto "neptuNo" González.
• / GMT Esports GMT Esports Inactive N A I S Alessandro Montanari AFoxx Fábio Veigas welcomed Alessandro "N A I S" Montanari, Marco "HearthBeat" Soffia, and Taranvir "bipo" Singh ahead of VCL Italy's season.
• Surreal Esports Surreal Esports Inactive Rosé Eren Erzan VenTT Emre Bozkurt vittoria macRue Arda Yıldız Crewen Ali Eren Sargin welcomed Eren "Rosé" Erzan, Emre "VenTT" Bozkurt, "vittoria" , Arda "macRue" Yıldız, and Ali "Crewen" Eren Sargin from the Fire Flux Young Fire Flux Young Inactive Crewen Ali Eren Sargin VenTT Emre Bozkurt vittoria macRue Arda Yıldız Rosé Eren Erzan roster.
• / Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #12 PatMen Patrick Mendoza UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov xavi8k Xavier Juan Autumn Kale Dunne added two assistant coaches in Peter "Spin" Bradford and Morgan "BigTime" Jay.
• / Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan Xan Ng artn Ayrton Soh said goodbye to their roster.
• Fahad "prefox" Salem announced he benched himself from YaLLa Esports YaLLa Esports Inactive ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef prefox Fahad Salem Kitkat Mohamed Alnuaimi B4HA Baha Mohamad Oqap ISSAA Issa Murad VIPP33R Omar Adwan .
• / DetonatioN Gaming merged with "Team GAMEWITH" and will now compete under the name DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #4 Meiy Ibuki Seki SSeeS Tomonori Okimura yatsuka Kazuya Ikeda Caedye Amon Mateus Okakura Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) .
• Nongshim RedForce Nongshim RedForce Korea Rank #1 Xross Jeonghwan (정환) Rb Goo Sang-min (구상민) Francis Kim Mu-bin (김무빈) Dambi Lee Hyuk-kyu (이혁규) Ivy Park Sung-hyeon (박성현) announced their entry to Valorant ahead of the T.E.N 2022 FPS Special.
• South Built Esports South Built Esports Inactive azys Azis Nandang Pro Chris Martir flippy Philip Marique released their roster.
• NAOS NAOS Asia-Pacific Rank #24 Papi Federico Evangelista Secre Lucas Gruenberg TAPHTAPH Nethaniel Bundalian Yukxx Yukee Lampa Mojer Jerome Literal announced the arrival of Riley "Witz" Go, John "JA" Timothy Arone, Federico "Papi" Evangelista, and Coach Derren "aimix" dela Cruz.
• FW Esports FW Esports Inactive Geniuss jazper notxd Thanachok Rattanapranee Marjes said goodbye to Teerapong "Teerapong" Wongsirisuponchai and Tanate "Killua" Teerasawad.
• Chong "Fayde" Hoc Wah parted with Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #177 kellyS Kelly Sedillo JessieVash Jessie Cuyco TenTen Kim Tae-young (김태영) Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma as they search for a new coach.

Results & Standings

• Sakura Cup #10 winner: BCR BCR Inactive PowerPixele rise Melanie Tetreault Bob Bob Tran florescent Ava Eugene joona | runner-up: Complexity GX3 Complexity GX3 Inactive clawdia Claudia Che Karra Aara Lee rayse L4CE Lacey Dilworth Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil
• NSG Lockdown - Open 2 winner: BASILISK BASILISK Inactive royal Matthew Buick Jangler Dwaine Kirkpatrick | runner-up: SHIFT SHIFT Inactive
• Red Bull Campus Clutch 2022 - World Final winner: Northwood University Northwood University North America Rank #2 furbsa dip Braden Dippel Dark3st benjii Benjamin Park toozy Anthony De Leon | runner-up: o7 o7 Inactive ShimmyXD Ryan Shimizu Cain Nathan Lee nabil whitr Micheal Whitney MAR1 Marwan Jannat
• Golden Goose #5 winner: Dark Passage Dark Passage Inactive sh1va Arda Özkaya deminatiX Akın Tak dRKY Onur Bora Genç baha Baha Gözmen MERZ Emre Aktaş | runner-up: Oxuji Oxuji Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov basya Branislav Koritca sibeastw0w Anton Govorukhin
• VRL France: Revolution - Coupe De France winner: Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #24 nataNk Nathan Bocqueho Kada Thomas Johner sh1n Ryad Ensaad Sevire Ethan Starke TakaS Jonathan Paupard | runner-up: bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland
• VRL DACH: Evolution - Unity winner: DSYRE DSYRE Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki | runner-up: Ovation eSports Ovation eSports Inactive Luzuh Joseph Loose Louitan Louis Beresford
• Vietnam Gaming League remaining teams: Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #4 f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn bucute YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt Nia twilight , Team Big BAAM Team Big BAAM Inactive Nhatthong2k Nguyễn Nhất Thống 百忧解 Vincen lym Hyzee Võ Nhựt Huy
• ESL Clash of Nations: SEA winner: Made in Thailand Made in Thailand Inactive Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong Killua Tanate Teerasawad cgrs Patiphan Porsi Laz Kittikawin Jirawatkakan furiouss Chinnakrit Phoojaroen | runner-up: FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #6 Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee Killua Tanate Teerasawad thyy Anupong Preamsak primmie Papaphat Sriprapha JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam
• / ESL Clash of Nations: KR/JP winner: OQ academy OQ academy Inactive WIX Kim Doo-heon (김두헌) Jeong Hi Lee Jeong-ha (이정하) NakJi Kim Sang-hyeop (김상협) CoSa Kim Jin-hyeong (김진형) | runner-up: All Ways Incheon All Ways Incheon Inactive Pooky Blueming Lee Ji-ho (이지호) Cloy Kim Min-gyu (김민규) Sk9Na Yoon Ji-woo (윤지우) Ash Ha Hyun-cheol (하현철)
• ESL Clash of Nations: OCE winner: Generation of Miracles Generation of Miracles Inactive Autumn Kale Dunne Trill Ashley Powell dizzyLife Kyran Crombie pl1xx Christopher Li Maple Elvin Sun | runner-up: BOBO BOBO Inactive MIKE Michael Smith Nozz Noah McClafferty rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Crunchy Ethan Laker punda Lachlan Bamford
• LPL Valorant Overtime Cup winner: Bonkers Bonkers Oceania Rank #2 Minimise Jackson White LEW Luis Hibbert Tisoyy Tyler Jacobson IKANA KADIRI | runner-up: xyz xyz Oceania Rank #10 songry phi SUAVE brock

Other News & Rumours

• / According to a report by Dot Esports, The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch is set to add Ian "tex" Botsch and Josh "JoshRT" Lee to their 2023 roster. tex will fill the remaining spot on their starting five and JoshRT will take the mantle as head coach.
• / According to a report by Max Katz, M80 M80 North America Rank #25 Boni Derrek Derrek Ha alvinboy Alvin Hong is set to sign ex- Team BDS Team BDS Inactive bramz Bayram Ben Redjeb player Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer as their head coach.