2022 is coming to a close as we bring in the new year with style. Although a change in years is incoming, that didn't stop the rest of 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. 25 - Dec. 31

• Last Week: News Almost Missed Dec. 24

Roster Changes

• Bradley "ANDROID" Fodor announced his arrival to the Ottawa Braves Ottawa Braves North America Unranked ANDROID Bradley Fodor m2skyy Infinity flow aru Dinger while he pursues a Bachelor's of Sports Psychology.
• ALTERNATE aTTaX ALTERNATE aTTaX Europe Unranked xanarchy Nico Janssen Ambi Štěpán Beránek STAVINCI Dimitrios Smoilis Felix Felix Gerling bucher Maximilian Bucher released Kevin "Barcode" Bana, Roberts "rAsk" Ribakovs, and Ethan "Sevire" Starke ahead of the 2023 season.
• bonk bonk Europe Unranked chiwawa Egor Stepanyuk SEIDER Mathias Seider Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench juseu Elric Belland parted with Head Coach Andrey "ENGH" Sholokhov and Georgio "Keiko" Sanassy. In their absence the team added Coach Maxime "Max0b" Jacob and Mathias "SEIDER" Seider.
• / Ben "RECIDENT" Battash announced his move to MOUZ MOUZ Europe Unranked al0rante Felix Brandl Obnoks Nico Garczarczyk murii Murat Korkmaz Filu Dawid Czarnecki iluri Ilari Puranen 's bench as he explores 2023 options.
• İstanbul Wildcats İstanbul Wildcats Europe Unranked Anima Uğurcan Aydin mini Muhammed Salman hatex Cüneyd Baş 7ssk7 Artur Kurshin braveaf Andrew Gorchakov announced their 2023 roster consisting of Uğurcan "Anima" Aydin, Andrew "braveaf" Gorchakov, Muhammed "mini" Salman, Cüneyd "hatex" Baş, and Artur "7ssk7" Kurshin.
• CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Unranked elllement Dragan Milanović azury Luca Sammer BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Shazeon Rene Cappel starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski released two inactive members: Theo "OniBy" Tarlier and Terence "SoOn" Tarlier.
• / KPI Gaming KPI Gaming Europe Unranked jonba Jon Baraiazarra kyrrz Álvaro Reyes shhhack Peter Belej B1SK Vitaliy Emelyanov Insider Artem Puzanov welcomed a new Head Coach in Dmitry "SmartSeven" Smartselov.
• Ömer "QuestioN" Karabulut announced that he is no longer with SuperMassive SuperMassive Europe Unranked sterben Emre Demirci CyderX Caner Demir Elite Efe Teber stand-in Burzzy Burak Özveren Izzy Baran Yılmaz and is open to 2023 offers.
• 010 Esports 010 Esports Europe Unranked Wizard Artu Köroğlu E5N Enes Erdoğan parted ways with their roster.
• Fire Flux Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Unranked Wo0t Mert Alkan yetujey Eray Budak dESTRUCTIVEE Hakan Lekesizer WerlasS Metin Ünal SasuKe Ufuk Göktaş announced the arrival of Hakan "dESTRUCTIVEE" Lekesizer from bonk bonk Europe Unranked chiwawa Egor Stepanyuk SEIDER Mathias Seider Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench juseu Elric Belland and transfer of Emre "sterben" Demirci to SuperMassive SuperMassive Europe Unranked sterben Emre Demirci CyderX Caner Demir Elite Efe Teber stand-in Burzzy Burak Özveren Izzy Baran Yılmaz .
• Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Europe Unranked Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas rhyme Emir Muminovic Cloud Kirill Nehozhin announced the departure of russ after three months on their bench.
• SuperMassive SuperMassive Europe Unranked sterben Emre Demirci CyderX Caner Demir Elite Efe Teber stand-in Burzzy Burak Özveren Izzy Baran Yılmaz announced the transfer of Timur "Bishop" Şengül from Galatasaray Esports Galatasaray Esports Europe Unranked ELOSSA Hüseyin Tüysüz MerSa Mert Saatcı Celasun Emir Celasun Docent Kadri Vatandaş Touven Can Eryıldız DeadInk Utku Onur Aydin and Caner "CyderX" Demir from Regnum Carya Esports Regnum Carya Esports Europe Unranked .
• TBK Esports GC TBK Esports GC Inactive shyz Luisa Minarelli Daniops Daniela Cristini Bizerra Vitoria Vieira gabee released their roster. All members are now free agents.
• VCT Brazil and Gamers Club VALORANT Es have announced the passing of DELIRA Female DELIRA Female Inactive player Lara "Larischz" Gilardoni.
• Inactive welcomed Hideki "Fisker" Sasaki to their 2023 roster.
• FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Unranked JohnOlsen Chanawin Nakchain Apinya Apinya Laotaew THEE Thanaphat Limpaphan Teerapong Teerapong Wongsirisuponchai Fluky Phakphon Sukhonchasiri Killua Taned Teerasawad announced the arrival of three new players in Teerapong "Teerapong" Wongsirisuponchai, Phakphon "Fluky" Sukhonchasiri, and Taned "Killua" Teerasawad.
• Tejas "rite2ace" Sawant parted with Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Unranked Amaterasu Anuj Sharma hellff Sagnik Roy DEATHMAKER Debanjan Das Excali Karan Mhaswadkar Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar and joined Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked Paradox Kasif Sayyed JoshS Joshua Miles Santos Ching Enrico Perez rite2ace Tejas Sawant 1TaPGoD Sahil Duble blackhawk Shailesh Dalvi .
• Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked Paradox Kasif Sayyed JoshS Joshua Miles Santos Ching Enrico Perez rite2ace Tejas Sawant 1TaPGoD Sahil Duble blackhawk Shailesh Dalvi moved Saaransh "Whimp" Dang to their inactive roster.
• Gods Reign Gods Reign Asia-Pacific Unranked DC Daivik Chauhan vibhoRR Vibhor Vaid Ember Garvit Nehra Hoax Aman Yadav announced the acquisition of Prish "tricky" Valvani from Medal Esports Medal Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked FOX Tanmay Verma tricky Prish Valvani BadmaN Saharyar Shaikh ezzy Rishabh Gupta godvexy Sameer Sharma on loan. tricky is set to compete with the team in the upcoming Premier Series 2022 LAN.

Results & Standings

• VBL - Season 3 winner: Diamant Esports Diamant Esports Europe Unranked al1en Alen Pašić runneR Emil Trajkovski Patix Patrik Rozman Prti Ivan Erak Grmekista Tilen Grmek | runner-up: Anorthosis Famagusta Esports Anorthosis Famagusta Esports Europe Unranked KhA George Kostalas TheoW Theodoros Kasiolas eXampL Stavros Zazanis YouBreak Piotr Chodoła
• RapidLAN Series: Xmas Edition winner: Rapid Ninjas Rapid Ninjas Europe Unranked ikke Martin Erdei arbie Kornel Holecz hussaR Bence Huszár Kwixy Patrik Liesinger Chadi Farsang Balázs | runner-up: duplaw duplaw Europe Unranked
• FGC VALORANT Invitational 2022: Epilogue winner: FunPlus Phoenix ZHUQUE FunPlus Phoenix ZHUQUE Inactive AAAAY Zhang Yang (张杨) OMEGA 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) | runner-up: EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Unranked ZmjjKK Yongkang Zheng (郑永康) nobody Sen Xu Wang (王森旭) CHICHOO Shun Zhi Wan (万顺治) Smoggy Zhao Zheng (张钊) Haodong Hao Dong Guo (郭浩东)

Other News & Rumours

• According to a report by Blix.gg, Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Unranked Boostio Kelden Pupello ScrewFace Kyle Jensen Demon1 Max Mazanov Ethan Ethan Arnold BcJ Brendan Jensen C0M Corbin Lee Apoth Vincent Le Reformed Jeffrey Lu jawgemo Alexander Mor is set to sign ex- sqn 2.0 sqn 2.0 Inactive Demon1 Max Mazanov zero cap Phil Pham tie Tai Diep nathn Nathan Hoang star Max "Demon1" Mazanov to their 10-man roster ahead of the 2023 season.
• A report by Bo Hoogland has detailed that multiple Chinese organizations are beginning to build rosters for the 2023 season. The report surfaced after China recently gave the green light for Valorant's launch within the country. Some organizations that have shown interest are LGD Gaming, LNG Esports, Rare Atom, Billi Billi, Top Esports, and Ultra Prime.