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 Team 9z Team Inactive deigara Gonzalo Funes Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone rubkkoide Facundo Chavez mizu Gabriel Gonzalez david David Olivares '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 #8 KODA Gerardo Sepúlveda k1yo Ángel Xool mNo Tendux mega .
• UCAM Esports Club UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #15 Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh bucher Maximilian Bucher Quick Fabián Pereira YuNo Eloy García Burgueño announced their 2022 roster with Dmytro "dimaxx" Paliy returning to the club.
• NOM Esports NOM Esports Europe Rank #92 Chadi Farsang Balázs have completed their roster with Erdem "Toronto" Soğukpınar and Kamil "baddyG" Graniczka.
• Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño 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 Cunha20 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 Europe Rank #4 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 Unranked rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin Petra Petra Stoker 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 #14 skylen Asil Yalçın ip0TT Yiğit Karadeniz VenTT Emre Bozkurt Celasun Emir Celasun umu7 Umut Pekdoğan acquired Burak "glovee" Yıldırım from Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports Inactive .
• Ahmet "cino" Furkan and "skyress" have left Fenerbahçe Esports Fenerbahçe Esports Europe Rank #194 DeadInk Utku Onur Aydin Yigox cacan Mert Çaçan .
• FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #7 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban transferred Cüneyd "hatex" Baş to Galakticos Galakticos Europe Rank #149 DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Bard0lf Emir Çinkılıç sterben Emre Demirci MOJJ Buğra Kiraz qw1 Konuralp Şahin 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 MENA Rank #5 sibeastw0w Anton Govorukhin xenon Vladimir Lobov vakk Vakaris Bebravičius .
• 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 #40 123 aplycs Aqil Azfar Mojo Thong Tao Jian Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar Garv ghostxD 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 #3 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart 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 #8 Nakya Alehandro Fabian Simanjorang Cud Thomas Alfiantino ray4c Rayvaldo Chandra ValdyN Rivaldy Nafian gotten Davin .
• Henri "Flaring" Forichon became the eighth player to join BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #21 .
• 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 "alyaL" 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 #2 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma as an analyst.
• Gilbert "Gibo" Agatep Sales Jr. is no longer 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 '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 MENA Rank #5 sibeastw0w Anton Govorukhin xenon Vladimir Lobov vakk Vakaris Bebravičius won the grand final of the ESTAZ Valorant Elite League, besting 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 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 Asia-Pacific Rank #97 Ri0 Atharv Ahire Marcai BatmaN R0meo WAT Lewis Watson RvK Rishi Vijayakumar and Team 69 Team 69 Asia-Pacific Rank #142 Rucifix Ravin Vadhera Akdemon luc1d Rage Suyash Mittal FNooB RuDyy Rudransh Singh .

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 Byung-chul (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 #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius 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.