Challengers leagues have begun their splits and Collegiate has begun their winter season. Although there is plenty of action, teams all around the world continue to make new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.
This week's edition covers news from Jan. 22 to Jan. 28
- Last Week: News Almost Missed January 21
Roster Changes
- G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #3 trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio JonahP Jonah Pulice neT Michael Bernet leaf Nathan Orf announced the arrival of Dani "Dani" Hashweh as assistant coach.
- / Soniqs Soniqs Inactive released their roster following the conclusion of VCL NA: LCQ.
- FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le welcomed their new manager Cameron "Vapor" Elswick
- Nearest Airport Nearest Airport Inactive Psyche zerona Rexgator Notexxd kumi said goodbye to Tanner "geeza" McGhee as he searches for collegiate offers.
- City Boys City Boys Inactive ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo Rawkus Shane Flaherty parted with Eric "Kanpeki" Xu and Jake "Paincakes" Hass following their top 12 finish in the VCL NA: LCQ.
- Moon Raccoons Moon Raccoons Inactive icy Jacob Lange tech ZK Timothy Ly bid farewell to Christopher "Rebo" Heindel.
- Evil Geniuses GC Evil Geniuses GC Inactive PowerPixele Nora Lorri Lorrian Elad StarBound theia Melisa Mundorff welcomed Jovanni "Jovi" Vera as their Coach for 2023.
- Team Cruelty Team Cruelty Inactive HellFull Andres Vallejo GabZ Gabriel Andrade welcomed "vApes" , Alejandro "Alejo" Rocha, and assistant coach "Porkys" .
- The ex- Wave Esports Academy Wave Esports Academy Inactive ara zery traich Linus Glenn Glenn Kuitert roster has been signed by eSports Cologne eSports Cologne Europe Rank #48 quantumrino Linus Amore .
- 3DMAX 3DMAX Europe Rank #74 BaWaN Loic Martello CyvOph Clement Millard Davidp David Prins moved Kiiyo to their bench following two weeks on the active roster.
- Zero Tenacity Zero Tenacity Europe Rank #19 Krizz Krzysztof Łukaszkiewicz snikk Sebastian Kamiński kenobi Szymon Łabędzki ALMO Albert Moscicki Freyy Krystian Konopka welcomed Szymon "nyczu" Kulik from Incognito Incognito Europe Rank #203 krejzzs tweethy kacpi Kacper Wolski adm1k Adam Siemieniec darkosek Adrian Janus .
- Ramboot Club Ramboot Club Europe Rank #22 jannyXD João Daniel neptuNo Alberto González l0udly Marius Žilinskas Katu Kacper Twórz Kamisseq Kamil Lepper moved José "Rexs" Jaramago to the bench in favor of Dailos "DoubleD" Daniel Martín Ruiz.
- Thunderbolts Gaming Thunderbolts Gaming Inactive Antsy Yağız Güngör Yato Cem Saat re1sxd İlyas Çalışkan corr0 Mehmet Alp Vural DubzWoW Mustafa Doğan ARGENT Berk Deniz Özdamar added a new Coach in Engin "goddwana" Balci.
- / Team RA'AD Team RA'AD MENA Rank #6 Shniider Yousef Osama Sand Mark Emad phaze Karim Fouad Yassien Yassien Ahmed welcomed two new players to their roster in neveR and Alexandr "falltw" Chernukhin.
- / Twisted Minds Esports Twisted Minds Esports MENA Rank #10 iFly Naif Ahmed kAzoo Mohamad Daher Zimo ExiT Abdullah Al-Twaijri Fr4nky Ibrahim Alrubaian Dane Abdulhadi Al Qahtani announced their roster for the 2023 season.
- Nongshim RedForce Nongshim RedForce Korea Rank #5 Pkm Park Kang-min (박강민) Rap1d Foxar Kim Sang-jin (김상진) Rico Han Jun-seo (한준서) Xross Jeonghwan (정환) Yohan Bae Yo-han (배요한) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) announced the swap of Kang "dongho" Dong-ho (강동호) for Lee "Jeong Hi" Jeong-ha (이정하).
- Gwangju Shadow Gwangju Shadow Inactive Ivy Distinct Francis Dambi signed the Over Quality Over Quality Inactive Wolverine Cho Hyun-tae (조현태) stew Park Young-chan (박영찬) empty yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Banger roster ahead of the WCG VCL: KR group stage.
- / Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #23 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar severiNe Michael Winata dos9 Zhumagali Dastan skillZ Jayanth Ramesh tricky Prish Valvani Paradox Kasif Sayyed said goodbye to their coach Yoon "Malix" Kyung-ho (윤경호).
Results & Standings
- Astral Clash 2023: LCQ qualified teams: Version1 Version1 Inactive sarahcat Sarah Simpson florescent Ava Eugene alexis Alexis Guarrasi meL Melanie Capone Noia Nicole Tierce , milenut hannie milenut hannie Inactive , noot noot noot noot Inactive malibu Madelyn Campos karie Marceline Carson summertime James Edwards xann Allison Angel
- Project V: XMG Offseason Clash winner: eSports Cologne eSports Cologne Europe Rank #48 quantumrino Linus Amore | runner-up: Reveal Multigaming Reveal Multigaming Inactive Belyaks1 Raio Dansbergs Wanted Giuliano Sotgiu Kixer Leon Kixmüller frontside Kamil Moroń Karma Luka Tropsek
- Nativz Collegiate Winter Series winner: UL eSports UL eSports Europe Rank #33 lifty CozyCai James nuRdy Seaninator26 | runner-up: TUD Apes TUD Apes Europe Rank #34 CuckLord Cerberus Evilz Ghost gtr b0om Asian mireu
- Wandercon remaining teams: 2L8 2L8 Europe Rank #114 musz3kk Cihan Göçer ARGENT Berk Deniz Özdamar j4héx Ersel Örs , LFO6 LFO6 Inactive , calamity L calamity L Europe Rank #116 bmblbe Paolo Peloza Gunners Krishan Patel , ACE eSports ACE eSports Inactive r1zvaN YORZERA Filip Eremic divide J1zkeyy chukL9 Danil Chuklin focus
Other News & Rumours
- According to a report by Dot Esports, FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le is in talks to sign Daniel "Rossy" Abedrabbo as the final member of their roster. With the addition of rossy, the full reported roster is set to be Andrej "BABYBAY" Francisty, Kevin "POISED" Ngo, Phat "supamen" Le, and Quan "dicey" Tran.