A new year has begun, and with it comes new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.

This week's edition covers news from January 1 - January 7.

• Read more: News Almost Missed December 31

Roster Changes

• / Built By Gamers Academy Built By Gamers Academy Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad monSi Ludovic Lefebvre khanartist Nabil Khan FireBallOps Cameron Tomaselli have welcomed BlackHeart .
• / Danny "HUYNH" Huynh and Dajon "chase" Lopez have both been released from Ghost Gaming Ghost Gaming Inactive koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar aproto Alex Protopapas brawk Brock Somerhalder johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid .
• One of Complexity Complexity Inactive RetrQ Alex Kadan trial Governor Peter No truo Robert Pham jcrueL Joel Cruel agM Michael Abood 's founding members, Riley "ohai" Nguyen, has officially left the organization.
• Rise Gaming Rise Gaming Inactive luqz Lucas Dias Tak1 Vitor Tak Luskka Lucas Rentechen have signed an entirely new roster for 2022.
• Velox Velox Inactive has said goodbye to their team after seven months.
• Maximiliano "HANLING" De Michele has become 9z Globant 9z Globant Latin America South Rank #8 MiradaNinja Waldo Barahona Kimbo skyppervz Lucas Ignacio Pizarro Rodriguez Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone M1key Luciano Pensa 's sixth player.
• / Undead Gaming have entered the female Valorant scene with Undead Gaming Fem Undead Gaming Fem Inactive Morita Dae jeyjey sumi minuty .
• / "Andrehs" and Veritoxm have joined Skull Cracker Quartz Skull Cracker Quartz Inactive Lied Andrehs Rage Eliana Avila .
• Cristóbal "alca" Cancino and Marco "adi" Maureira have joined Border Monsters Border Monsters Latin America North Rank #11 KODA Gerardo Sepúlveda k1yo Ángel Xool mNo mega .
• UCAM Esports Club UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #22 Buld Michał Sokal B1SK Vitaliy Emelyanov Famsii Ramses Valentino Erasmus Koivukangas OLIZERA Diogo Oliveira Jesse Adam Čtvrtníček announced their 2022 roster with Dmytro "dimaxx" Paliy returning to the club.
• NOM Esports NOM Esports Inactive nero Eran Yosef Razziss Timur Taisaev have completed their roster with Erdem "Toronto" Soğukpınar and Kamil "baddyG" Graniczka.
• Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando have locked in their 2022 roster, seeing René "Rias" Pitrun return from inactivity as the fifth player.
• Wave Esports Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz has enlisted four new players: Yiğithan "DeepMans" Kesici, Povilas "roxie" Krivelis, Vladislav "Bgg" Boev, and Okko "Feeqn" Pajari.
• SAW SAW Inactive Fragger Henrique Correia brk Bruno Ferreira GrTw Tiago Costa Addicted Eduardo Torres cunhaa David Cunha have released their entire roster, citing issues with the Valorant Regional Leagues.
• / Frankie "Carter" Carter, Euan "euanval" Would, and Alex "Alyx" Morrow have joined Vexed Gaming Vexed Gaming Inactive Luca Lukey petals Ben Colledge Lew Lewis Grant-Smith kingHaS Henry Simmons
• Calvin "MAGiK" Spaaij was transferred from Vexed Gaming Vexed Gaming Inactive Luca Lukey petals Ben Colledge Lew Lewis Grant-Smith kingHaS Henry Simmons 's inactive roster to DSYRE DSYRE Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki .
• SENTHEX SENTHEX Inactive doM Axton Anton Hering Spindown Jaytato Yannic Joshua Grottendiek Aloush Alihan Ipekten have added Highfisch to fill the IGL position.
• Unicorns of Love Unicorns of Love Inactive bleeshh Christopher Bledowski have entered Valorant, signing a squad spearheaded by Gianluca "xTribune" Oehme.
• PENTA PENTA Inactive have announced their return to Valorant after more than a year without a team.
• Former NIP coach Emil "eMIL" Sandgren has signed with Guild GC Guild GC Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos .
• G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #85 Akita Esllene Xu amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin eva Nur Çakır mimi Michaela Lintrup acquired Anastasia "Glance" Anisimova from Guild GC Guild GC Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos .
• Finest Finest Inactive DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench now have a full roster again with the signing of Jere "synsi" Virtanen.
• Whilst still under contract with ZEROZONE ZEROZONE Inactive Qwick Daniel0 Daniel Bolufer sergiHBK Saiz Daniel Ruiz frenzaa Luke Michael Nicholls , Mert "ork1de" Altay is now searching for offers as a smoker, entry and support.
• Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #68 acquired Burak "glovee" Yıldırım from Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports Inactive .
• Ahmet "cino" Furkan and "skyress" have left Fenerbahçe Esports Fenerbahçe Esports Inactive ibonata İbrahim Taha Güler Slaughter İrfancan Çakıl mepeezy Enes Öztürk Yigox Yiğit Arslan wtex Muhammet Emin Kılıç .
• FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #7 s0pp Efe Tur xeus Doğan Gözgen yetujey Eray Budak KROSTALY Okan Alaçam sociablEE Volkan Yonal transferred Cüneyd "hatex" Baş to Galakticos Galakticos Europe Rank #338 Whiteslow Enes Erdem Shalz Serkan Erdoğan glovee Burak Yıldırım and Emre "sterben" Demirci has left. In their places, Futbolist have signed Özkan "p0wa77" Arslantürk and Furkan "MrFaliN" Yeğen
• Ahmed "RockeT" Mohamed is now exploring his offers for 2022 after three months with NASR Esports NASR Esports Inactive phaze Karim Fouad zodiac Seddik Diani Chwepes Mohamed Ali Bellamine .
• chrollo has left Anubis Gaming Anubis Gaming Inactive and is now open to offers.
• Abhishek "GodspeedxD" Bajaj has stepped down from Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #27 Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar and joined Team Arrow Team Arrow Inactive .
• FS Esports FS Esports Inactive CortezZ Shubham Chhatre DominiK Hrishikesh Khedkar eddshot Kohliii Pranav Kohli B2 have announced Saharyar "BadmaN" Shaikh just hours prior to their participation in the TEC Gauntlet - Season 4.
• Masters: Berlin attendee Zhan "shiba" Teng Toh has left Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov to begin his compulsory two years of active duty in the Singapore Armed Forces.
• After acting as a stand-in for a month, Adrian "adrnking" Setiawan is now an official member of Alter Ego Alter Ego Asia-Pacific Rank #30 ray4c Rayvaldo Chandra SCar Lmemore Hagai Kristen Yesyurun parscofield Sovano Alvin Daniel L. Oronce .
• Henri "Flaring" Forichon became the eighth player to join BLEED BLEED Inactive .
• FEARUS FEARUS Inactive Real8 Vũ Ngọc Đức Hiếu Ko0 Nguyễn Công Minh shouta Phạm Quang Thắng MaTryXs Matthis Metharam ' Nguyễn "Ko0" Công Minh and Vũ "Real8" Ngọc Đức Hiếu have been transferred to EGO EGO Inactive Real8 Vũ Ngọc Đức Hiếu Ko0 Nguyễn Công Minh JASONTRUONG . Phạm "shouta" Quang Thắng and Matthis "MaTryXs" Metharam will stay together and compete under a new name.
• Nguyễn "n1zzy" Tấn Thành and Hoàng "ducT" Trung Đức are no longer a part of DivisionX Gaming DivisionX Gaming Inactive . Hoàng "Layla" Đức Hùng and To "tozz" Duy Antoine Bouvery will play in their place, with Phan "Kawa" Anh Huy joining as coach.
• Chong "Fayde" Hoc Wah has joined BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #5 natz Jonathan Adiputra Nakya Alehandro Fabian Simanjorang d3ffo Nikita Sudakov Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra as an analyst.
• Gilbert "Gibo" Agatep Sales Jr. is no longer Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #172 kellyS Kelly Sedillo JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma Rimuru Dwine Enriquez 's coach.
• Former Klaus Klaus Inactive ACCEL Kwon Ki-Hyun ELSE Kim Jun JW Lee Jung-Woo rolex Yoon Jae-Ho player Oh "Hound" Yun-Sung has retired.

Results

• NASR Esports NASR Esports Inactive phaze Karim Fouad zodiac Seddik Diani Chwepes Mohamed Ali Bellamine won the grand final of the ESTAZ Valorant Elite League, besting Team RA'AD Team RA'AD MENA Rank #4 Shniider Yousef Osama RockeT Ahmed Mohamed Tarbosh Youssef Mohamed Depyro Nour Sherif Sand Mark Emad 3-1 in the grand final and conquering over half of the $20,000 USD prize pool.
• Luminosity Luminosity Inactive moose Kaleb Jayne mada Adam Pampuch dazzLe Will Loafman bdog Brandon Sanders TiGG Tanner Spanu are back to winning, taking first place in the NSG Winter Championship - Open 12 after winning against ex-FLICKBAITERS ex-FLICKBAITERS Inactive Rustun Rustun Lusk Nurfed James McFadden Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm 2-1 in the grand final.

Matches to Watch

• PLAYER1 SERIES: Hera, a Brazilian female-only tournament, is approaching its end. sem duelista sem duelista Inactive , Ninguém Contrata Ninguém Contrata Inactive Krysme Julia Coelho misty Patrícia Fonseca lya ScherBi gabiTê , ABC E-sports Fem ABC E-sports Fem Inactive QueeN Isabella Santos Julia Lia Yunozinha mari ripmeL , and Rebanho Rebanho Inactive giacomiN Maria Eduarda Giacomin Bia Beatriz Terra Daniops Daniela Cristini isafx Isadora Freitas Bizerra Vitoria Vieira are the only four remaining teams.
• Gamers Galaxy Valorant is also approaching its end, with Team Exploit Team Exploit Inactive , Fear Legends Fear Legends Inactive Kasper Shuja Ahmed Khan traNz KriminaL , Clarity Esports Clarity Esports Inactive BeasT Hamza Shakir BUTTSAHAB OnHeAd Frebik , and Team Arrow Team Arrow Inactive all vying for the win.
• SEA Esports Championship 2021's group stage will conclude soon. Bren Esports Bren Esports Inactive currently sit atop Group C.
• Two TEC Gauntlet - Season 4 matches are scheduled between Team Valor Team Valor Inactive Stroky BuLL3T Aditya Kajari Busterrr Sharan Dave Pashasahil Mast3r Varun Menon and FS Esports FS Esports Inactive CortezZ Shubham Chhatre DominiK Hrishikesh Khedkar eddshot Kohliii Pranav Kohli B2 , True Rippers True Rippers Inactive Ri0 Atharv Ahire Marcai BatmaN R0meo WAT Lewis Watson RvK Rishi Vijayakumar and Team 69 Team 69 Asia-Pacific Rank #143 strixx Sahil Rane RawHawkeye snax Zenichi Rahul NoMeRcY Abhishek Pandey .

Other News & Rumors

• LCK participants DRX have acquired Vision Strikers Vision Strikers Inactive stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Rb Goo Sang-min (구상민) Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) 's parent company eDreamwork Korea. Vision Strikers will play under the DRX tag from here on out.
• / According to Dot Esports' reporter George Geddes, Daniel "mertz" Mertz and Jesper "TENZKI" Mikalski are due to join Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #6 koshmaras Martynas Namikas Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius .
• Also according to George Geddes, FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le are looking to complete their roster with Quan "dicey" Tran and Andrew "ShoT_UP" Orlowski.