VCT competition around the world is well underway, but that didn't stop the rest of the world from creating new headlines. Here's what you might have missed from this past week.

This week's edition covers news from February 5 - February 11.

• Read more: News Almost Missed February 4

Roster Changes

• Nate "hyjinx" Kline has departed Moon Raccoons Moon Raccoons Inactive icy Jacob Lange tech ZK Timothy Ly after being announced as part of the team's new roster just under a week ago.
• Matthew "slow" Amuah has joined Knights Knights Inactive as an analyst.
• / Four members of DarkZero Esports DarkZero Esports Inactive ScrewFace Kyle Jensen Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears ZexRow Anthony Colandro Drone Taylor Johnson —Jamal "jammyz" Bangash, Yannick "KOLER" Blanchette, Adam "Ange" Milian, and Andy "Andersin" Collins—have all revealed that they have been allowed to explore other options outside of the organization.
• / After being on the bench of XSET XSET Inactive Bob Bob Tran katsumi Katja Pfahnl since last month, Ariane "ARIANARCHIST" Lafrenière has been officially released from the organization.
• / Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando have bolstered their ranks with the additions of Yuen as a substitute and Adrián "Adeux" Pérez as an analyst.
• BISONS ECLUB BISONS ECLUB Inactive krysyS Tomás Molina meisoN Juan Carlos Chacón xikii Victor Garcia have revealed their roster. The team is comprised of the core of Einheit Einheit Inactive Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Guardy Antonio Guardiola meisoN Juan Carlos Chacón hastack Sergio Fernández Martínez plus Daniel "Saiz" Ruiz and Juan "Neit" Otálora.
• TENSTAR Nova TENSTAR Nova Inactive Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir Nelo Mathilde Beltoise have released Rachel "rachell" Kujawa and brought back Mathilde "Nelo" Beltoise from the bench.
• / Wave Esports Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz have released Nico "nico" Neumann ahead of the team's VRL DACH week one matches. He has been inactive since October.
• / Finest Finest Inactive DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench have said goodbye to head coach Vladimir "PNUKH" Chervov.
• Oxygen Esports have parted ways with their Turkish game changers roster, Oxxgen Esports Oxxgen Esports Inactive Gia Süreyya Bayel rainssa Yağmur Şahin Ritha Zeynep Sualp ness Neslişah Demir .
• Stars Horizon Stars Horizon Inactive flainzz Felipe Saldanha pollo Julio Silva have moved André "DiMAS" Dimas off the team's active roster to the bench. DiMAS also revealed that he is in search of new opportunities while still under contract with the organization.
• / Leviatán Leviatán Latin America South Rank #1 tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena Mazino Roberto Rivas aspas Erick Santos C0M Corbin Lee have parted ways with former head coach Dyamond "phonics" Pillon and brought in Rodrigo "Onur" Dalmagro in his place.
• / Optix Optix Inactive ganter Bastian Eduardo Reinoso Fross Fernando Gallagher D1E Diego Contreras Tio Carlos Swing gio Giovani Cristobal Lainati Ruz have welcomed lodden as the team's new head coach.
• / NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #6 YoWamu thiefy Masato Tsujita Pepper Shoki Banjo Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) Wolverine Cho Hyun-tae (조현태) have revealed a new roster ahead of the start of competition in VCT Japan.
• X10 CRIT have signed MAD Army MAD Army Inactive Poly Patcharapron Sanitchai Muffyn Chalita Buathong JinNy Sarindhorn Wanothayarnchai Babytz Pornlapat Wittayanan Anko as their Game Changers roster, and will compete under the name X10 Sapphire X10 Sapphire Inactive Poly Patcharapron Sanitchai JinNy Sarindhorn Wanothayarnchai Muffyn Chalita Buathong Babytz Pornlapat Wittayanan alyssa Annitta Peerwantanagul . Prior to this announcement, they were the highest ranked unsigned Game Changers team.
• / XPLDZ XPLDZ Inactive have announced a roster comprised of former members of Anubis Gaming Anubis Gaming Inactive , Piercer Esports Piercer Esports Inactive Nartzie Elyes Zoghlami , and 3BL Esports 3BL Esports Inactive sickrey Nikolay Novozhilov Razvy Egor Ogrin Bgg Vladislav Boev moner Kirill Matsanov .
• / YaLLa Esports YaLLa Esports Inactive ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef Near Fahad Salem Kitkat Mohamed Alnuaimi B4HA Baha Mohamad Oqap ISSAA Issa Murad VIPP33R Omar Adwan have expanded their roster to six players by adding former Anubis Gaming Anubis Gaming Inactive player Ayman "Tuna" Mosaad.

Results

• XSET XSET Inactive emerged victorious in the grand finals of the NSG Winter Championship finals over Knights Knights Inactive , concluding a nearly five-month long tournament series.
• G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #9 rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup defeated Guild GC Guild GC Europe Rank #72 Xaline Laure Mateos in the Game Changers EMEA Series I grand finals to put themselves at the top of the Game Changers standings, ahead of Cloud9 White Cloud9 White Inactive Bob Bob Tran alexis Alexis Guarrasi Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil katsumi Katja Pfahnl meL Melanie Capone .
• Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Inactive had a perfect run in the second Indian qualifier of the Valorant Conquerors Championship. Their first place finish qualifies them for the eight-team playoff, which will begin next week.
• / Khumbu Esports Khumbu Esports Inactive Cluster Sushant Bhattrai Slumber Aayam Limbu Asitte Hassan Aseel Rasheed Kyie Cluster Sushant Bhattrai ThinZ Saurab Dongol Levi Khalid Ahmed Moonlight Shreyash Gopal Shrestha took first place in the grand finals of the Nepal and Bhutan Qualifier of the Valorant Conquerors Championship by defeating Maruti Peek Maruti Peek Inactive Noob Tsering Tashi Lama KondA Aviyan Dahal clover Aaron Khadka jaure Ashutosh Silwal PUGO Prashant Bishwokarma .

Matches to Watch

• Two matches remain in the Super League Arena Galentine's main event. Dignitas Dignitas Inactive rain Amanda Smith EMUHLEET Emmalee Garrido theia Melisa Mundorff Stefanie Stefanie Jones showliana Juliana Maransaldi have advanced to the grand final off of a win over Polaris Polaris Inactive Shockah Zoe Zoe Servais Katarina Starlight lunah . They will await the victor of the Moon Raccoons Black Moon Raccoons Black Inactive leelee Lee Lee McNeil Lana Lana Doar slaze Sophia Ramirez lazylion Nathan Hoang / Shopify Rebellion GC Shopify Rebellion GC Inactive match taking place on Sunday, February 13.

Other News

• Former Overwatch League talents Josh "Sideshow" Wilkinson and Brennon "Bren" Hook have been announced as part of the VCT NA broadcast talent. The duo were staples of the popular PlatChat Podcast, which covers content in Overwatch and Valorant, and has featured a host of VCT broadcast talents as guests.
• According to Dexerto's Jakub "frs” Czapran, NOM Esports NOM Esports Europe Rank #158 nero Eran Yosef Zneva szimpli Bence Soós RARE Arkadii Krokhmal arbie Kornel Holecz is set to disband.
• / Ahead of their first match in the Stage 1 Malaysia & Singapore group stage, BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #7 sScary Nutchapon Matarat Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) Retla Jorell Teo Deryeon Derrick Yee yay Jaccob Whiteaker have revealed that Jacob "pyth" Mourujärvi and Max "maxie" Lönström will be unable to play due to "Employment Pass" issues.