OFF//SEASON tournaments are kicking off and Game Changers events are coming to a close, but the Valorant world has continued to produce new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.

This week's recap covers news from October 16 - October 21.

• Last Week: News Almost Missed Oct. 15

Roster Changes

• Nearest Airport Nearest Airport Inactive melya k0rupt Wylie Watts BlackMoose Shawn Fox Uncreative Kuba Kosiba Tn welcomed Timothy "ZK" Ly for the October edition of the Knights Monthly Gauntlet. However, with the team's recent playoff exit from the event, the team has disbanded.
• Knights Academy Knights Academy Inactive bid farewell to Chris "riku" Piasecki.
• / Karel "Twisten" Ašenbrener departed from BIG BIG Inactive after one year with the organization. He recently helped the team qualify for the main event of Red Bull Home Ground #3 over KOI KOI Europe Rank #43 grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko sheydos Bogdan Naumov Filu Dawid Czarnecki flyuh Xavier Carlson soulcas Dom Sulcas .
• Case Esports Case Esports Inactive bid farewell to Berkant "Wolfen" Joshkun and Head Coach Alex "goked" Kie. The latter has been rumored to be joining KOI KOI Europe Rank #43 grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko sheydos Bogdan Naumov Filu Dawid Czarnecki flyuh Xavier Carlson soulcas Dom Sulcas as an Assistant Coach for the 2023 season.
• / who cars? who cars? Europe Rank #210 fexayy mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl Klusia Jonas Colkær Thomsen Nille Nichlas Busk sunshine Benjamin Hornshøj Nielsen made Conrad "Radski" Micheal Raduchowski an official member of their roster ahead of VCL: Polaris.
• Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Inactive released their whole roster ahead of the 2023 franchise season. The team recently placed top four at the South America LCQ and was a top contender within the 2022 Brazil Circuit.
• / FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank #9 prask Mike Cortbani Fresht Juan Pablo Preciado Winter Rei RAINMAKER Javier Cruz welcomed new coaching staff to the roster. Eugenio "Kam1kaze" Tomás Mongi took the role as Head Coach and Mike "Bassoid" Lobo as Assistant Coach.
• / BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #21 welcomed Wong "JayH" Jia Heng to their roster in place of Tyler "Juicy" James Aeria due to the latter having ongoing study commitments. They also moved Abhishek "GodspeedxD" Bajaj from Coach to Assistant Coach.
• / Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #10 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar skillZ Jayanth Ramesh tricky Prish Valvani Paradox Kasif Sayyed welcomed a new head coach to the team in Yoon "Malix" Kyung-ho (윤경호). He joins the team after coaching CERBERUS Esports CERBERUS Esports Inactive viness Nguyễn Trung Tín alyaL Hoàng Đức Hùng ting2k5 Dường Mạnh Thắng throughout 2021 and most of 2022.
• Alehandro "Nakya" Fabian Simanjorang has parted with Bigetron Arctic Bigetron Arctic Asia-Pacific Rank #31 Madelyn Raven William k1ngkappa damaraa Damara Danuardi sayoo Willy Ivandra frostmind Muhammad Rafi Diandra and has joined Alter Ego Alter Ego Asia-Pacific Rank #8 Nakya Alehandro Fabian Simanjorang Cud Thomas Alfiantino ray4c Rayvaldo Chandra ValdyN Rivaldy Nafian gotten Davin ahead of the 2023 season.
• Yusuke "mun" Ota departed the roster of REJECT REJECT Japan Rank #12 JaXe BNN take IceBear following his contract expiring with the organization.

Results & Standings

• Game Changers Series III: North America winner: Cloud9 White Cloud9 White Inactive Bob Bob Tran alexis Alexis Guarrasi Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil katsumi Katja Pfahnl meL Melanie Capone | runner-up: Shopify Rebellion GC Shopify Rebellion GC Inactive
• VEU - Weekly Cup #5 winner: Enterprise Esports Enterprise Esports Inactive LUKYYY Cantzer Václav Jan Stezka SH0UTyy Michal Glacner Hasaa Radim Haša Enrik Michal Vejvoda patagod Patrik Bojkovský | runner-up: Anonymo Esports Anonymo Esports Inactive belmonte Kacper Mordak xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Katu Kacper Twórz
• G-Loot Clash Main Event qualified teams from EU Open Qualifier: TENSTAR TENSTAR Inactive Buld Michał Sokal kacpi Kacper Wolski maniek Jakub Mańkowski Stix Wojciech Chamielec , DSYRE Elevate DSYRE Elevate Europe Rank #42 sassolino ViperZ FinganJode Filippo Bonanni loll9 maxeeh , Enterprise Esports Enterprise Esports Inactive LUKYYY Cantzer Václav Jan Stezka SH0UTyy Michal Glacner Hasaa Radim Haša Enrik Michal Vejvoda patagod Patrik Bojkovský , LANPACAN LANPACAN Inactive Magicianas Nerijus Vasiliauskas goquu krea6on Vilius Malinauskas , bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland-Aysan , Team hz Team hz Europe Rank #84 Drags Kleimon Alexander Gushin alain Ion Miscu , KPI Gaming KPI Gaming Europe Rank #10 , BRATAN MIX BRATAN MIX Inactive paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski zeddy Nikolai Lapko .
• Project V: A1 eSports Cup remaining teams: Unicorns of Love Unicorns of Love Inactive bleeshh Christopher Bledowski , Into The Breach Protocol Into The Breach Protocol Inactive Azzii Aaryan Bhagwakar
• Campeonato de Elite Cup - Stage 2 winner: Arroz Arroz Inactive Zino Paulo Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado VTaguT Rui Ribeiro | runner-up: GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Europe Rank #200 H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Caim Hugo Fonseca
• Game Changers Brazil - Series 2 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: Before Before Inactive
• Champions Tour Game Changers LATAM: Regional Finals remaining teams: FiRePOWER FiRePOWER Latin America South Rank #9 frantastic Francisca Valenzuela azul Flossie Lendary , KRÜ BLAZE KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Rank #3 dods Caue Fernandes conir Constanza Reyes romily Romina Alvarez micaela Micaela Ferreyra biazik Beatriz Begnossi .
• Valorant AGS Cup remaining teams: SunXet Club SunXet Club Inactive UNNSTO Danilo Pilarche leobas Leonardo Basauri , 9z Team 9z Team Inactive deigara Gonzalo Funes Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone rubkkoide Facundo Chavez mizu Gabriel Gonzalez david David Olivares .
• Daejeon Valorant Invitational winner: DRX DRX Korea Rank #7 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) | runner-up: Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #7 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Wild0reoo Brheyanne Christ Reyes 2ge James Goopio Jremy Jeremy Cabrera
• Game Changers East Asia: Qualifier 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: SPEAR GAMING Female SPEAR GAMING Female Inactive YamzzI Park Su-jin (박수진) Haneul

Other News & Rumours

• Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #20 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le are in talks to sign Ethan "Ethan" Arnold, according to a report from Dot Esports. He will take the spot that Phat "supamen" Le would have filled in the roster as negotiations went stagnant between EG and FaZe.
• In another report from Dot Esports, it was revealed that Zander "thwifo" Kim would be joining NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #3 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold as their sixth man. He joins the team after playing on T1 T1 Korea Rank #3 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-O (김태오) Sylvan Ko Young-sub (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) for all of 2022. He will join the rumored OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive core, ardiis , s0m and Coach Chet on the team.
• / According to Bo Hoogland and FlyNN, G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive are interested in building a North American lineup for the Ascension League. While the organization's candidates for a potential roster have not solidified, trials are expected to be held in the near future. This comes after they were denied entrance to the 2023 franchised league when controversy surfaced involving previous CEO Carlos Rodriguez.
• Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin , one of three organizations representing Spain in the EMEA League look to make more moves. It was reported last week that they are looking to sign ex-Gen.G IGL Emir "rhyme" Muminovic. The team now has its eyes on former G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive player Aaro "hoody" Peltokangas and coach Daniil "pipsoN" Mesheryakov, according to Blix.GG.

Hudsen contributed to this recap.