VCT LCQ competition is nearing completion, but that didn't stop the rest of the Valorant world from creating new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.
This week's edition covers news from Aug. 6 - Aug. 13.
- Read more: News Almost Missed Aug. 6
Roster Changes
- / Native Gaming released their Game Changers roster, Native Gaming White Native Gaming White Inactive scourge Sky Kages Apidaez Shelby Gervais slaze Sophia Ramirez LunaFox Luna Ryan ARIANARCHIST Ariane Lafrenière .
- Teal Seam Teal Seam Inactive renz Austin Dickman furbsa Hunter Mcmillan Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor d1msumboi Erik Almhjell Cade3k Cade Warren rounded out their roster with Jonard "Jonaaa6" Penaflor and Hunter "furbsa" Mcmillan. The new roster announcement also marked the end of Binh "Yoshii" Nguyen's time with the team.
- Peyton "BearZ" Miller announced that he had officially departed Native Gaming Native Gaming Inactive reltuC Stephen Cutler and was in search of a new team as a free agent.
- TSM Academy TSM Academy Inactive rounded out their roster with Tyler "sym" Porter.
- UCAM Esports Club UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #13 Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh Quick Fabián Pereira YuNo Eloy García Burgueño parted ways with their roster and head coach Juan "McJuankar" Carlos Mesa Ciruelo. A few days after that announcement, the organization welcomed Mark "aer0z" Ochoa as the team's new head coach.
- / Finest Finest Inactive DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench bid farewell to Ouali "M4CHINA" Manset.
- / Aleksey "slk" Lynksov was announced as the new assistant coach for FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #2 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder .
- Burak "glovee" Yıldırım revealed that he was in search of new opportunities while still under contract with Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #32 skylen Asil Yalçın ip0TT Yiğit Karadeniz VenTT Emre Bozkurt Celasun Emir Celasun umu7 Umut Pekdoğan .
- Eylül "Miyori" Sudem Sarıoğlu rejoined the Sangal Rebels Sangal Rebels Inactive Anva Nehir Dinçer Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu dociless Sude Sancak Narcius Kamila EKİN active roster.
- Fire Flux Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #14 lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç Turko Mehmet Özen w0zzip Zafer Gungor bid farewell to Toprak "lauress" Kaynak, who joined Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent to round out their roster.
- / Stars Horizon parted ways with their Game Changers team, Stars Horizon Venus Stars Horizon Venus Inactive Larischz Lara Gilardoni Mel Melissa Souza isa1 Isabele Glym sayuri Camila Obam mittens Diana Trevisan .
- / HomE announced that she would be leaving Optix Fem Optix Fem Inactive may coalZ Uvita Hanna cxta Catalina Casanova admit a myriad of issues and complaints involving coach sirous . Shortly after the announcement, Movistar Optix suspended sirous and launched an investigation into the matter. The day after, the organization dismissed the now-former team coach.
- / With FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank #8 prask Mike Cortbani Fresht Juan Pablo Preciado Winter Rei RAINMAKER Javier Cruz 's exit from the South American LCQ, Jovanni "Jovi" Vera announced that his time with the team had come to a close. Recently, the team also added Legit to their roster.
- / NASR Esports NASR Esports MENA Rank #5 sibeastw0w Anton Govorukhin Avez Hazem Khaled xenon Vladimir Lobov vakk Vakaris Bebravičius welcomed Arthur "Rarga" Churyumov and A1mly to their team.
Results & Standings
- Astral Clash 2022 winner: Evil Geniuses GC Evil Geniuses GC Inactive PowerPixele Nora Lorri Lorrian Elad StarBound theia Melisa Mundorff | runner-up: Misfits Black Misfits Black Inactive panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson
- Sakura Cup #8 winner: Misfits Black Misfits Black Inactive panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson | runner-up: Team Mystic Venus Team Mystic Venus Inactive Jessie Jessica Tran Brookelynn babysoap Miku lunah
- Mystic Singularity Series #1 playoffs winner: Nearest Airport Nearest Airport Inactive melya k0rupt Wylie Watts BlackMoose Shawn Fox Uncreative Kuba Kosiba Tn | runner-up: H34DHUNT3RZ H34DHUNT3RZ Inactive sacred Tanay Dammoju Sugarfree Kamden Hijada GLYPH Conner Garcia
- TLF Series Cup 2022 remaining teams: OXEN OXEN Latin America South Rank #4 Forcee kivary vaiZ Matías Barría fasuu jcz KIMB0 , Optix Optix Inactive ganter Bastian Eduardo Reinoso Fross Fernando Gallagher D1E Diego Contreras Tio Carlos Swing gio Giovani Cristobal Lainati Ruz
- Ignis Invitational playoffs remaining teams: FUSION X FUSION X Latin America North Rank #20 Dano Lied Tura Tastyy , FiRePOWER FiRePOWER Latin America South Rank #9 frantastic Francisca Valenzuela azul Flossie Lendary
- VCT Game Changers Japan playoffs winner: FENNEL GC FENNEL GC Japan Unranked Curumi Haruka Tajima miNt Jeong Ye-rim (정예림) YamzzI Park Su-jin (박수진) romia Airi Sugiyama | runner-up: REIGNITE Lily REIGNITE Lily Japan Unranked maripo R4M Zodiac HANE HakuNa
- The Esports Club Challenger Series 8 Main Event remaining teams: Orangutan Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank #23 Makaveli Nikhil Chettri Venka Venkatesh Sharma deecee Daivik Chauhan Techno Shravana Kumar Sahoo hellff Sagnik Roy Hoax Aman Yadav , Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh , Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #19 Hotsauz Yousef Imad El-Yousef tesseract Jon Michael Piga yokam Yukxx Yukee Lampa Georggyyy George Audrey Lachica choosie Matthew Lorenzo Te
- Masters Pro League Season 2 winner: NASR Esports NASR Esports MENA Rank #5 sibeastw0w Anton Govorukhin Avez Hazem Khaled xenon Vladimir Lobov vakk Vakaris Bebravičius | runner-up: MLC Esports MLC Esports Inactive MenT Nisuh
Other News & Rumors
- Jake "Stewie2k" Yip revealed his intentions of competing in professional Valorant on his Twitch stream when asked about his future as a competitor. He announced that he would be stepping away from competitive CS:GO in late July and would be streaming both CS:GO and Valorant for Evil Geniuses.
- / After initial reports last week from Bo "BoDork" Hoogland detailing Robbie "RobbieBk" Boerkamp and Calvin "MAGiK" Spaaij's additions to Sector One Sector One Inactive Alyx Alex Morrow poegii Yenthe Segers q Liam Hoek dash MaximN Maxim Nonglaire , the two have reportedly declined the team's offer "due to unforeseen circumstances".
- According to an Aug. 7 report from BoDork, Maru Gaming Maru Gaming Korea Rank #19 ANNYEON Xenus mir GANGAZI was issued a warning after a member of the roster made sexist comments towards a female team. The member who made the comments was not named, and neither was the female team in question. According to sources in the article, "two members of Maru Gaming have been known to be very controversial."
- Another report from BoDork on Dexerto has revealed that yearly stipends for teams accepted into the 2023 franchised league could go as high as $1.5 million. The article claims that while stipend amounts will vary from region to region, with Asian teams noted as receiving less due to the region's lower operating costs, the minimum fee across all regions is $600,000, and caps out at $1.5 million if certain conditions and deliverables are met. It is expected that Riot will make a decision on the teams for the 2023 circuit ahead of Valorant Champions in September, according to the report.