Another week has come and gone, and with it comes a new set of headlines from all around the world. Here's what you might have missed this past week.

This week's edition covers news from Aug. 21 - Aug. 27.

• Read more: News Almost Missed Aug. 20

Roster Changes

• / Immortals Immortals Inactive rounded out their roster with rayse .
• Complexity GX3 Complexity GX3 Inactive clawdia Claudia Che Karra Aara Lee rayse L4CE Lacey Dilworth Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil bid farewell to Jennifer "refinnej" Le and Madison "Maddie" Mann.
• David "Rocket" Spencer announced that he had joined City Boys City Boys Inactive ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo Rawkus Shane Flaherty — the former Akrew Akrew Inactive gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko Neon Austin Hedge Paincakes Jake Hass jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo roster — as a coach.
• / Following the team's elimination from the playoffs of the third season of MCT Premiership, Zero MarksMen Black Zero MarksMen Black Inactive Tim Timothy Braun Blahst Nathan Brand yiinel Elias Soto Nanners Anderson Lutkehus has disbanded, with all members now in search of new teams.
• Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #11 Xeppaa Erick Bach Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo v1c Victor Truong moose Kaleb Jayne OXY Francis Hoang coach Joshua "m1cks" Micks announced that he had left the organization, and was looking for new opportunities in CS:GO.
• / Dark Ratio Dark Ratio Inactive Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears ZexRow Anthony Colandro Drone Taylor Johnson Will William Cheng coach Neil "neilzinho" Finlay announced that he had departed the team and was in search of new opportunities.
• / unsigned unsigned Inactive siJk Arseniy Nikolaev eleo Leonard Kulish pat player Louis "Louitan" Beresford revealed that he was in search of a new team as a free agent.
• / Angela "angelka" Nikolovska announced that her contract with GODSENT IRIS GODSENT IRIS Inactive niciplesss Nikolett Keszeli Nessa Vanessa Ahlström Melzz Melinda BlomQvist had ended, and that she was in search of a new team as a free agent.
• BBL Queens BBL Queens Europe Rank #12 jduh Ceyda Kondu proxima Aslıhan Uslu Wens Gülce Eda Sürmeli alkyia Azra Erin Felipa Zehra Durak bid farewell to Minem "minemosynE" Alkir.
• Fenerbahçe Esports Fenerbahçe Esports Europe Rank #194 DeadInk Utku Onur Aydin Yigox cacan Mert Çaçan welcomed Kılıçarslan "KILICARSLAN" Atila to their team as a stand-in.
• Sangal Rebels Sangal Rebels Inactive Anva Nehir Dinçer Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu dociless Sude Sancak Narcius Kamila EKİN said goodbye to Esra "Cleopatra" Çolak.
• Stars Horizon Stars Horizon Inactive flainzz Felipe Saldanha pollo Julio Silva welcomed Lucas "glym" Glym and Julio "pollo" Silva to their team.
• CREST GAMING Zst CREST GAMING Zst Japan Rank #5 Brofeld bazz KEN Kapi sakurai bid farewell to Kazuki "SamuraiDeeper" Nouno and "sakurai" , with the former announcing his retirement from competition.
• Team NXL Team NXL Inactive mas Jefz carrace ZneKai Devin Valen gilga parted ways with womGrath , mea , and LFrog .
• Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #38 patrickWHO Mark Musni UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov kellyS Kelly Sedillo Papi Federico Evangelista assistant coach Malav "Rexdreams" Popat announced that he had departed the organization to head abroad to continue his education.
• Lemignon revealed that he had departed MLC Esports MLC Esports Inactive MenT Nisuh and announced that he was looking for a new team.

Results & Standings

• NSG Summer Championship 2022 Finals playoffs winner: Ghost Gaming Ghost Gaming Inactive koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar aproto Alex Protopapas brawk Brock Somerhalder johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid | runner-up: TSM Academy TSM Academy Inactive
• Knights Monthly Gauntlet August playoffs winner: The Ganaccis The Ganaccis Inactive RetrQ Alex Kadan svL Sam Laudando Harmon Nick Harmon silenx Jonathan Huntington Moechilla | runner-up: Teal Seam Teal Seam Inactive renz Austin Dickman furbsa Hunter Mcmillan Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor d1msumboi Erik Almhjell Cade3k Cade Warren
• MCT Premiership Season 3 playoffs remaining teams: TSM TSM North America Rank #10 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook , City Boys City Boys Inactive ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo Rawkus Shane Flaherty , Oxygen Academy Oxygen Academy Inactive Rustun Rustun Lusk Verno Andrew Maust Welshy Liam Newhouse
• Game Changers Academy 2022 August playoffs remaining teams: Ariana Grande Perfume Ariana Grande Perfume Inactive marceline Jina Kim Australis m1yu , Team Mystic Venus Team Mystic Venus Inactive Jessie Jessica Tran Brookelynn babysoap Miku lunah , dart monkeys dart monkeys Inactive , ARI's MONEY CREW ARI's MONEY CREW Inactive
• BoomTV Proving Grounds Unleashed playoffs remaining teams: City Boys City Boys Inactive ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo Rawkus Shane Flaherty , Dark Ratio Dark Ratio Inactive Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears ZexRow Anthony Colandro Drone Taylor Johnson Will William Cheng , Soniqs Soniqs Inactive
• BEACON Division 1 Open Split 1 winner: OnlyFins OnlyFins Europe Rank #57 nixoon Niko Pasonen Jesmu Jesse Järvenpää Kalkkuna LEVITTELIJÄ Paulus Paulus Paakki | runner-up: unsigned unsigned Inactive siJk Arseniy Nikolaev eleo Leonard Kulish pat
• Valorant Balkan League Season 2 playoffs winner: Cyber Wolves Esports Cyber Wolves Esports Inactive ALMO Albert Mościcki Freyy Krystian Konopka Hitch Martin Srp pyrolll Artur Minin tatzuki Jovan Milovanovic | runner-up: VX300 Gaming VX300 Gaming Europe Rank #91 al1en Alen Pašić Ivan4ezz Ivan Mikhailov Anq Ilya Matyash
• NOM Invitational #3 winner: Rapid Ninjas Rapid Ninjas Inactive ikke Martin Erdei Barcode Kevin Bana oli Olivér Paksi arbie Kornel Holecz | runner-up: KATANA CLAN KATANA CLAN Inactive CNKa Can Kapucu E5N Enes Erdoğan shapaz İlyas Murat Altay Wizard Artu Köroğlu
• Red Bull Home Ground #3 Turkish qualifier remaining teams: FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #6 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban , 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
• VCT Game Changers Brazil Series 2 Qualifier #1 winner: Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #11 Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela bstrdd Paula Naguil | runner-up: Gamelanders Purple Gamelanders Purple Inactive
• Gamers Club Elite Cup Radiant stage remaining teams: Stars Horizon Stars Horizon Inactive flainzz Felipe Saldanha pollo Julio Silva , MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #20 mazin Matheus Araújo artzin Arthur Araujo Palla Davi Alcides rich Gabriel Rosa liazzi Felipe Galiazzi
• / VCT Game Changers LATAM South finals winner: KRÜ BLAZE KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Rank #3 dods Caue Fernandes conir Constanza Reyes romily Romina Alvarez micaela Micaela Ferreyra biazik Beatriz Begnossi | runner-up: 9z Team GC 9z Team GC Latin America South Unranked ponix Isidora Valentina Vásquez Muñoz Adenina Mikaela Univaso Nadie babzzz Bárbara Moniz none nicky tok1o
• Ignis Invitational playoffs winner: FiRePOWER FiRePOWER Latin America South Rank #9 frantastic Francisca Valenzuela azul Flossie Lendary | runner-up: FUSION X FUSION X Latin America North Rank #20 Dano Lied Tura Tastyy
• Skyesports Pro Invitational 2.0 playoffs remaining teams: 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 #18 Hotsauz Yousef Imad El-Yousef tesseract Jon Michael Piga Yukxx Yukee Lampa choosie Matthew Lorenzo Te Dignified , Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #40 123 aplycs Aqil Azfar Mojo Thong Tao Jian Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar Garv ghostxD , Medal Esports Medal Esports Inactive Excali Karan Mhaswadkar Kibojn Jayesh Negi psy Simar Sethi LilBOii Vishwaratn Srivastav tryst Jit Choudhury

Other News & Rumors

• According to a report from Dexerto freelance writer Bo "BoDork" Hoogland, NOM Esports NOM Esports Europe Rank #92 Chadi Farsang Balázs owe their former Valorant team almost $10,000 in salary payments. NOM Esports confirmed that they had in fact missed payments to the players, but argued that the amount owed is less than $9,000. The organization blamed its financial troubles on the fact that they hadn't received prize money from both stages of VRL East 2022.
• Rumors of a return of the CIS VRL in 2023 have surfaced, according to Bo "BoDork" Hoogland. The CIS VRL was cancelled in March after two weeks of play due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• According to Seulgi, Australian esports organization Team PWR is looking to enter Valorant, despite not being accepted into the APAC franchised league coming in 2023.