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 #1 jawgemo Alexander Mor trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio JonahP Jonah Pulice 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 melya k0rupt Wylie Watts BlackMoose Shawn Fox Uncreative Kuba Kosiba Tn 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 #55 mX cookiez Shiroto Temuujin Nguyen EmreS deSwit Riccardo Puppo .
• 3DMAX 3DMAX Inactive 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 Inactive welcomed Szymon "nyczu" Kulik from Incognito Incognito Europe Rank #239 Stix Wojciech Chamielec demek msh darkosek Adrian Janus .
• Ramboot Club Ramboot Club Europe Rank #48 saiko Kacper Kucharski jannyXD João Daniel 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 #3 Shalaby Mohamed Shalaby Shniider Yousef Osama chrollo Omar Hussein Depyro Nour Sherif SkaNoodles Yousef Mohamed Yassien Yassien Ahmed welcomed two new players to their roster in neveR and Alexandr "falltw" Chernukhin.
• / Twisted Minds Esports Twisted Minds Esports MENA Rank #16 Zimo ExiT Abdullah Al-Twaijri Fr4nky Ibrahim Alrubaian BNR Dane Abdulhadi Al Qahtani announced their roster for the 2023 season.
• Nongshim RedForce Nongshim RedForce Korea Rank #4 Xross Jeonghwan (정환) Kally Kim Dong-wook (김동욱) Banger An Hyung-gi (안형기) Cloy Kim Min-gyu (김민규) SID Kim Min-seung (김민승) announced the swap of Kang "dongho" Dong-ho (강동호) for Lee "Jeong Hi" Jeong-ha (이정하).
• Gwangju Shadow Gwangju Shadow Inactive Ivy Park Sung-hyeon (박성현) Distinct Francis Kim Mu-bin (김무빈) Dambi Lee Hyuk-kyu (이혁규) signed the Over Quality Over Quality Inactive Wolverine Cho Hyun-tae (조현태) stew Park Young-chan (박영찬) empty Lee Won-bin (이원빈) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Banger An Hyung-gi (안형기) roster ahead of the WCG VCL: KR group stage.
• / Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #9 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar 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 #55 mX cookiez Shiroto Temuujin Nguyen EmreS deSwit Riccardo Puppo | runner-up: Reveal Multigaming Reveal Multigaming Europe Rank #94 PaniC Timur Bayhan DWX YoungOne Kyas
• Nativz Collegiate Winter Series winner: UL eSports UL eSports Europe Rank #32 lifty CozyCai James nuRdy Seaninator26 | runner-up: TUD Apes TUD Apes Inactive CuckLord Cerberus Evilz Ghost DECAY lolb0om Asian inline
• Wandercon remaining teams: 2L8 2L8 Europe Rank #124 ARGENT Berk Deniz Özdamar j4héx Ersel Örs , LFO6 LFO6 Inactive , calamity L calamity L Europe Rank #127 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.