All eyes might be on the VCT playoffs around the world, but the Valorant world still continued to produce new headlines nonetheless. Here's what you might have missed this past week.

This week's edition covers news from June 11 - June 17.

• Read more: News Almost Missed June 10

Roster Changes

• Daniel "Danimal" Booth stepped down from the head coaching position at Soniqs Soniqs Inactive earlier this week. Just yesterday, he was announced as the new head coach of XSET XSET Inactive Bob Bob Tran katsumi Katja Pfahnl , who saw the departure of former head coach Daniel "Ducky" Duong the day prior, on the 15th.
• Acend signed the roster of UNtapped UNtapped Inactive mediKa Annika Lambertz Nariel Yaren Cirit Sylva Anna Bruce-Doig Lil Bob as their Game Changers team. The squad will compete in Game Changers EMEA as Acend Rising Acend Rising Inactive schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül amy Amy Lai h6tedthemost Lada Kozhemyakina speedowka Weronika Dabrowska Joliinaa Tina Agéli .
• Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive added former Arroz Arroz Inactive Zino Paulo Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado VTaguT Rui Ribeiro member tomaszy to their team.
• / Alliance Coven Alliance Coven Inactive fluxxy Lola Ainslie 6sonya Maria Istrate B3AUTIFUL Laureta Hajra Melzz Melinda BlomQvist rounded out their roster with Tina "Joliinaa" Agéli and Ece "Kuripuuya" Selin Balıkdere.
• Caner "CyderX" Demir recently revealed that he had terminated his contract with Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #14 skylen Asil Yalçın ip0TT Yiğit Karadeniz VenTT Emre Bozkurt Celasun Emir Celasun umu7 Umut Pekdoğan , and that he is now in search of new opportunities as a free agent.
• // 9z Team signed the roster of SUBANSE A LA CHAMBETA SUBANSE A LA CHAMBETA Inactive Nanu micaela Micaela Ferreyra reshi Anqh covas Nathane Queiroz . The squad will compete in Game Changers LATAM as 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 .
• Ivy joined FiRePOWER FiRePOWER Latin America South Rank #9 frantastic Francisca Valenzuela azul Flossie Lendary , increasing the team's player count to six.
• Felipe "skye" Skye Lim revealed that he has departed No Namers No Namers Inactive bryce Bryce Lee shiba Zhan Teng Toh after being with the roster's core since February, when they competed under the Galaxy Esports Galaxy Esports Inactive banner.
• / Chloe "Chloettw" Wong departed Nigma Galaxy Female Nigma Galaxy Female Inactive and joined Orangutan X Orangutan X Inactive Japips Erumaa Elmarian Haessel CaspeR Neha Sottany Twirly Sway to round out their roster.
• Kiran "Rossi" Rossi announced his retirement from competition earlier this week. He was previously a member of Medal Esports Medal Esports Inactive Excali Karan Mhaswadkar Kibojn Jayesh Negi psy Simar Sethi LilBOii Vishwaratn Srivastav tryst Jit Choudhury .
• Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #10 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar skillZ Jayanth Ramesh tricky Prish Valvani Paradox Kasif Sayyed welcomed Shailesh "blackhawk" Dalvi and Kasif "Paradox" Sayyed to their team.
• / CrYsTaL revealed that he had benched himself from the active roster of MLC Esports MLC Esports Inactive MenT Nisuh .
• / Jalal "kelevra" Mohammed Ghazi revealed that he had terminated his contract with NASR Esports NASR Esports MENA Rank #5 xenon Vladimir Lobov vakk Vakaris Bebravičius . The day after, he announced that he would be pausing his activities as a player and transitioning to a coach/analyst role, and that he would be looking for a new team to join.
• / Mikhail "Willow" Ryabov announced that he is in search of a new team. He was previously the coach of Piercer Esports Piercer Esports Inactive Nartzie Elyes Zoghlami .
• Former 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 player Zyad "zyad" Mohamed announced that he is looking for new opportunities as a free agent.

Results & Standings

• NSG Summer Championship Open 10 winner: Built By Gamers Academy Built By Gamers Academy Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad monSi Ludovic Lefebvre khanartist Nabil Khan FireBallOps Cameron Tomaselli | runner-up: YFP Gaming YFP Gaming North America Rank #11 jakee Jake Anderson stellar Brenden McGrath penny Erik Penny thief Brady Dever fiziq Lucas Blow
• Sakura Cup #7 winner: Native Gaming White Native Gaming White Inactive scourge Sky Kages Apidaez Shelby Gervais slaze Sophia Ramirez LunaFox Luna Ryan ARIANARCHIST Ariane Lafrenière | runner-up: Misfits Black Misfits Black Inactive panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson
• Jack Link's Wild Side Rumble winner: Steam Tseal Steam Tseal Inactive | runner-up:
• NSG Summer Championship Georgetown LAN winner: TAMU Maroon TAMU Maroon North America Rank #1 Bing Chilling Anthony Huang NXBLE Joe Maldonado JoBa Joseph Barker austifrosti KHS Nabber Nicholas Barrionuevo | runner-up: we live here btw we live here btw Inactive
• VRL Spain Playoffs qualified teams: Arctic Arctic Inactive , UCAM Esports Club UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #15 Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh Polvi Niko Polvinen bucher Maximilian Bucher Quick Fabián Pereira YuNo Eloy García Burgueño , Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive , Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando , Case Esports Case Esports Inactive , Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin
• Circuito Tormenta Season 2 playoffs qualified teams: KPI Gaming KPI Gaming Europe Rank #10 , BISONS ECLUB BISONS ECLUB Inactive krysyS Tomás Molina meisoN Juan Carlos Chacón xikii Victor Garcia , ZETA Gaming ZETA Gaming Europe Rank #184 , Team Galaga Team Galaga Europe Rank #80 Neiker Iker Martin Camacho pika Niklas Holze hastack Sergio Fernández Martínez Amore adm1k Adam Siemieniec
• Agents Series 2022 Split 1 playoffs winner: Yutoru Yutoru Inactive Lando Limp Alessandro Ferri | runner-up: Mkers Mkers Inactive forgetw0w Ibragim Dalsaev wackie Rikardo Birjukov mass3R Umberto Artuso N A I S Alessandro Montanari caydeN Yari Olmi
• Rebels #3 remaining teams: FUT Female FUT Female Inactive Lyda İlayda Güzeldere rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk , Papara SuperMassive Female Papara SuperMassive Female Inactive Julis Açelya Özgen schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül , Sangal Rebels Sangal Rebels Inactive Anva Nehir Dinçer Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu dociless Sude Sancak Narcius Kamila EKİN
• Stage 2 Challengers Brazil playoffs qualified teams: MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #19 artzin Arthur Araujo xenom Eduardo Soeiro cortezia Gabriel Cortez nzr Agustin Ibarra aspas Erick Santos , Los Grandes Los Grandes Inactive prince Lorran S. Ferreira CTC Caio Torres pleets Marcelo Leite , FURIA FURIA Brazil Rank #5 mwzera Leonardo Serrati havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt , Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Inactive , LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #2 dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira , Ninjas In Pyjamas Ninjas In Pyjamas Inactive
• / Stage 2 Challengers LATAM Playoffs qualified teams (LATAM South): KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #3 keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro , LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Rank #1 Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee
• Game Changers LATAM North Open 3 remaining teams: FiRePOWER FiRePOWER Latin America South Rank #9 frantastic Francisca Valenzuela azul Flossie Lendary , Skull Cracker Quartz Skull Cracker Quartz Inactive Lied Andrehs Rage Eliana Avila , Akave Esports GC Akave Esports GC Latin America North Rank #9 mmonch JuW Ivy Andrehs LiNLiN Heather Aileen Aguilar Sam , Deportivo Cali Esports Deportivo Cali Esports Inactive Kikirucha pulpony s4int Buñuelita
• Stage 2 Challengers Korea playoffs qualified teams: World Game Star World Game Star Korea Rank #25 Wenty Yang Geon-mo (양건모) YUNSEUNG , Maru Gaming Maru Gaming Korea Rank #20 ANNYEON An Seo-jin (안서진) Dipa Yoon Ha-jun (윤하준) Xenus Lee Kyung-ho (이경호) mir Hwang Mir (황미르) GANGAZI Choi Min-yong (최민용) , DAMWON Gaming DAMWON Gaming Inactive Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) allow Park Sang-wook (박상욱) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Estrella Park Gun (박건) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) , SPEAR GAMING SPEAR GAMING Inactive , DRX DRX Korea Rank #4 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) , Incheon On Sla2ers Incheon On Sla2ers Korea Rank #29 VaNish XirZz
• Stage 2 Challengers Japan playoffs remaining teams: NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #20 , ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori , Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive
• Pizza Hut Champions Cup remaining teams: Team Falcons Team Falcons Inactive , Team Rapid Team Rapid Inactive , vSlash Esports vSlash Esports Inactive Ebeeee DVDOV Abdulrahman Alawadhi Carlito vAgue Saif Al Ameri , YaLLa Esports YaLLa Esports Inactive ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef Near Fahad Salem Kitkat Mohamed Alnuaimi B4HA Baha Mohamad Oqap ISSAA Issa Murad VIPP33R Omar Adwan

Other News & Rumors

• According to a report from Dot Esports reporter George Geddes, CLG are looking to field a male roster in the upcoming months. They have also reportedly applied for partnership in the franchised league, coming in 2023. The organization currently fields a North American Game Changers team in Valorant.
• A recent report from 1pv reporter neL has revealed that G2 Esports are looking to leave the European Valorant scene and join the fray in North America. This news comes after the organization applied for spots in the 2023 franchised league in both North America and Europe, with the team likely to remain in Europe should they be rejected from the North American league. Should G2 be confirmed for the North American league, they would have to drop a majority of their current squad, as a maximum of two players from outside the region will be allowed on a roster.
• ZETA Division have announced that they are looking to field a Japanese Game Changers roster for Game Changers APAC.