A new month is here and VCT LOCK//IN is rapidly approaching. Even with a new month, teams all around the world still manage to create new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.

This week's edition covers news from Jan. 29 to Feb. 04

• Last Week: News Almost Missed January 28

Roster Changes

• / Turtle Troop Turtle Troop North America Rank #14 WeDid Matthew Suchan Governor Peter No Add3r Jack Hayashi TiGG Tanner Spanu mummAy Anthony DiPaolo welcomed Andy "Avhyno" Sanschagrin as head coach and Maya "mayuhri" Robles as manager.
• / KOI KOI Europe Rank #29 starxo Patryk Kopczynski koldamenta Jose Luis Aranguren sheydos Bogdan Naumov trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Wolfen Berkant Joshkun welcomed a new assistant coach/analyst in Tyler "Bambino" Jay.
• SBG SBG Europe Rank #15 APO Tom Bonnion stand-in TakaS Jonathan Paupard logaN Logan Corti Wailers Wailers Locart beyAz Beyazit Körpe nataNk Nathan Bocqueho welcomed Tom "APO" Bonnion as a stand-in while Jonathan "TakaS" Paupard steps away due to injury.
• / Case Esports Case Esports Europe Rank #12 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Kiles Vlad Shvets ease Manuel López roxie Povilas Krivelis Toki Maria Perez Yurii Salvador Gasco announced a shift in their coaching staff with the welcoming of Lucas "LRojo" Rojo as head coach and the transition of Juan "McJuankar" Carlos Mesa Ciruelo to coach.
• / Apeks Apeks Europe Rank #17 MAGNUM Martin Penkov Mistic James Orfila Enzo Enzo Mestari ShadoW Tobias Flodström Keiko Georgio Sanassy welcomed their new general manager in Frederik "Gulden" van Guldener.
• / BLX UTD BLX UTD Europe Rank #206 Nayte Nathan Berquignol ri4d Riad Smajilovic q Liam Hoek MaximN Maxim Nonglaire released "dash" and Yenthe "poegii" Segers in favor of Nathan "Nayte" Berquignol and Riad "ri4d" Smajilovic.
• Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent announced their new coach in Emirhan "L7" Şahintürk.
• / RIZON RIZON Europe Rank #57 Limpe Linus Räty rCk Richard Kanerva noumit Timon Meier NightmareSan Daniel Kisling PsYch0 Enricy Angold announced their roster for Split 1 of Project V 2023.
• // ALTERNATE aTTaX ALTERNATE aTTaX Europe Rank #183 xanarchy Nico Janssen Ambi Štěpán Beránek STAVINCI Dimitrios Smoilis Felix Felix Gerling bucher Maximilian Bucher signed a European female roster, ALTERNATE aTTaX Ruby ALTERNATE aTTaX Ruby Europe Unranked Ayuu Phuong Anh Tran ginger angelka Angela Nikolovska moshieroo Karina .
• / CGN Youngstars CGN Youngstars Inactive released their roster due to a ruling by Riot on academy/project teams.
• who cars? who cars? Europe Rank #100 mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl AKIMB0 Benjamin Kronborg Radski Conrad Micheal Raduchowski moved Mikkel "Masked" Fuglsang to the bench as he steps away due to personal issues.
• X10 Esports X10 Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #17 Chrysania Ian Chin Yu Zhe FANE Donovan Chia Vera Rodman Yap Tempz Pierre Heng Egoist Javier Chua revealed their roster for Malaysia/Singapore: Stage 1.
• / Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #21 Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan also revealed their roster for Malaysia/Singapore: Stage 1.
• Ko "C1nder" Jae-hyuk (고재혁) announced his departure from Good 8 Squad Good 8 Squad Japan Rank #19 ryota- kenmohororo Kaito Yoshida C1nder Ko Jae-hyuk (고재혁) Bangnan Jung Min-u (정민우) PeroOwO .
• Making It Look Easy Making It Look Easy Latin America North Rank #6 Gera Caz Jose Hernandez GeneralSteak nAvarro Oswaldo Navarro otaQ parted with their head coach "Dumbbell" .
• / Bravado Gaming Bravado Gaming MENA Rank #22 SkaNoodles Yousef Mohamed Boom Daniel Jiménez Kero Kerolos Talaat HaxZorus Daniel Hesvik Collapsed announced the arrival of Yousef "SkaNoodles" Mohamed and Daniel "Boom" Jiménez.
• HONEY BADGERS HONEY BADGERS Inactive Noobster xue Jesse Tang MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari JELLYD Angelo Diaz Maple Elvin Sun parted ways with Ryan "MILKY" Cornwell.
• Funcrew Funcrew Oceania Rank #2 skrawl Justin Lanzon norsin Norsin Yawanis andy LEW Luis Hibbert Fweshest Christian Bartolillo welcomed their new roster for VCL Oceania - Split 1.

Results & Standings

• Knights Monthly: January winner: rubberduckies rubberduckies Inactive | runner-up: Son of 4 Dogs Son of 4 Dogs Inactive
• aSmoogl Community Cup winner: eSports Cologne eSports Cologne Europe Rank #40 quantumrino ara zery traich Linus Glenn Glenn Kuitert | runner-up: asfdfdsaegsdgds asfdfdsaegsdgds Europe Unranked
• VEU - S2S1 - Weekly Cup #4 winner: Fever Dream Fever Dream Europe Rank #106 ROUSIK VJT Vojtěch Kutač Luky Lukáš Hesek Elysium Michael Prošek | runner-up: Team Progress Team Progress Europe Rank #96 tuba Bence Boros helpless Dávid Betyák dNEL Dániel Varga SLT TIMOTIII Marcell Bakos
• Wandercon winner: calamity L calamity L Europe Rank #63 szoren Søren-Emil Kold Thomsen Incredible bmblbe Paolo Peloza Gunners Kequeq | runner-up: ACE eSports ACE eSports Europe Rank #193 r1zvaN y0r Filip Eremic divide J1zkeyy Alexander Reznichenko chukL9 Danil Chuklin focus
• VALORANT Vietnam: Rising Stars - Week 3 winner: LAZY LAZY Asia-Pacific Rank #38 moefcute Dương Phúc Hiếu nTK Nguyễn Tuấn Kiệt Akashi Châu Hoàn Thiện Nhân Even7 ducT Hoàng Trung Đức Acerola | runner-up: VICTORY VICTORY Asia-Pacific Rank #134 JustNUZI Lương Công Minh Nhật Louboutin sayo Vữ Minh Cường DaFt Huỳnh Tuấn Kiệt 1ccug

Other News & Rumours

• According to a report by Dot Esports, LOCK//IN São Paulo is set to feature a Mandarin broadcast at an international event for the first time. This comes after the LOCK//IN format was changed to include two teams from the Chinese region, EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 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) and FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix China Rank #3 AAAAY Zhang Yang (张杨) berLIN Zhang Bolin (張柏霖) YuChEn He Cai (何财) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) nizhaoTZH Tang Zehao (唐哲昊) lysoar You Hao Liang (梁优好) .