August is gone, and September is here. Regardless of the changing of the months, the Valorant world continued to produce new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.
This week's edition covers news from Aug. 28 - Sept. 3.
- Read more: News Almost Missed Aug. 27
Roster Changes
- Elena "Ellie" Garland revealed that she had been benched from XSET XSET Inactive Bob Bob Tran katsumi Katja Pfahnl .
- Multiple members of Lenny Time Lenny Time Inactive renz Austin Dickman MOCKING furbsa Hunter Mcmillan Shawn12590 Shawn O'Riley curry Rahul Nemani announced that they were in search of new opportunities as free agents.
- dart monkeys dart monkeys Inactive announced that the roster had disbanded, and all players would be looking for new opportunities as individuals rather than as a team. Additionally, Evelyn "eskay" Hollis revealed that she would be returning to competitive Overwatch ahead of the release of Overwatch 2.
- / Kolby "Torrify" Bruzzo revealed that his contract with FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank #9 prask Mike Cortbani Fresht Juan Pablo Preciado Winter Rei RAINMAKER Javier Cruz had ended, and that he was in search of a new team as an unrestricted free agent.
- VersionX VersionX Inactive bid farewell to Naomi "Naomi" Sauvola and Rachel "rushhh" Lynn Hang.
- Native Gaming Native Gaming Inactive reltuC Stephen Cutler welcomed Rileyjay as their new head coach. Additionally, the team moved Alex "Fr0m" Cunard to an assistant coach and analyst role within the team.
- / Former The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch assistant coach Mateja "qpert" Mijovic announced that his time with the team had come to a close, and that he was looking for new opportunities in Europe as a player.
- / Povilas "roxie" Krivelis revealed that he was no longer a part of Case Esports Case Esports Inactive , and that he was in search of a new team as a free agent.
- / Alliance Coven Alliance Coven Inactive fluxxy Lola Ainslie 6sonya Maria Istrate B3AUTIFUL Laureta Hajra Melzz Melinda BlomQvist welcomed former ZETA Gaming ZETA Gaming Europe Rank #183 player Alejandro "RAYZZ" Montaner Roig as their new head coach.
- / Ahead of the team's matches at Valorant Champions, FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks added Emir "rhyme" Muminovic and Neil "neilzinho" Finlay to their team as substitute player and analyst respectively.
- Los Grandes Los Grandes Inactive prince Lorran S. Ferreira CTC Caio Torres pleets Marcelo Leite benched RND and gustt1nha and said goodbye to Eysk .
- Optix Optix Inactive ganter Bastian Eduardo Reinoso Fross Fernando Gallagher D1E Diego Contreras Tio Carlos Swing gio Giovani Cristobal Lainati Ruz rounded out their roster with Cristóbal "alca" Cancino.
- FENNEL GC FENNEL GC Japan Rank #33 Curumi Haruka Tajima miNt Jeong Ye-rim (정예림) YamzzI Park Su-jin (박수진) romia Airi Sugiyama said goodbye to A1ka and coach Lastic and acquired suzu on loan from ZETA DIVISION GC ZETA DIVISION GC Japan Rank #10 suzu Suzu Sasaki SereNa Kim Sia (김시아) UR Moco Sarina Kawashima aco .
- Jo "Wavy" Jun-hwan (조준환) announced that he had departed the roster of CNJ Esports CNJ Esports Korea Rank #9 Ziya Rain Seo Hong-seung (서홍승) and was in search of a new team as a free agent.
- / Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #40 123 aplycs Aqil Azfar Mojo Thong Tao Jian Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar Garv ghostxD coach Woo "m4hogany" Sang-hoo (우상후) revealed that his contract with the organization had been terminated, and that he was looking for new opportunities as a coach.
- / CERBERUS Esports CERBERUS Esports Inactive viness Nguyễn Trung Tín alyaL Hoàng Đức Hùng ting2k5 Dường Mạnh Thắng coach Yoon "Malix" Kyung-ho (윤경호) announced that he had departed the team and was in search of new opportunities as a coach.
- Sharper Esport Sharper Esport Asia-Pacific Rank #44 niffy Patcharapon Junman Kntz Krit Chaiprasit LBY Eisuke Kuraoka qq Phoomphat Phodjanat Siraww Siraphop Honghirun bid farewell to Teerapat "Acetics" Jinyong.
- / W Streak Esports owner DoGoBoT announced that both of the organization's male rosters in South Asia and Southeast Asia would be disbanding.
- 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 bolstered their roster with Omar "chrollo" Hussein.
Results & Standings
- MCT Premiership Season 3 playoffs winner: TSM TSM North America Rank #10 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook | runner-up: City Boys City Boys Inactive ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo Rawkus Shane Flaherty
- August Game Changers Academy 2022 winner: Ariana Grande Perfume Ariana Grande Perfume Inactive marceline Jina Kim Australis m1yu | runner-up: dart monkeys dart monkeys Inactive
- BoomTV Proving Grounds Unleashed playoffs winner: Dark Ratio Dark Ratio Inactive Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears ZexRow Anthony Colandro Drone Taylor Johnson Will William Cheng | runner-up: City Boys City Boys Inactive ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo Rawkus Shane Flaherty
- Contenders Legion: Athena series remaining teams: Into The Breach Prime Into The Breach Prime Inactive , TENSTAR Nova TENSTAR Nova Inactive Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir Nelo Mathilde Beltoise
- / Red Bull Home Ground #3 Turkish Qualifier winner: 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
- Gamers Club Elite Cup radiant winner: Stars Horizon Stars Horizon Inactive flainzz Felipe Saldanha pollo Julio Silva | runner-up: MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #20 mazin Matheus Araújo artzin Arthur Araujo Palla Davi Alcides rich Gabriel Rosa liazzi Felipe Galiazzi
- Gaming Culture Girl Power #5 winner: Gamelanders Purple Gamelanders Purple Inactive | runner-up: Before Before Inactive
- UTAGE Season 5 winner: Team Medusa Team Medusa Inactive | runner-up: DRX Prospects DRX Prospects Korea Unranked
- FPSThailand August 2022 winner: Made in Thailand Made in Thailand Asia-Pacific Rank #1 Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong Killua Tanate Teerasawad cgrs Patiphan Porsi Laz Kittikawin Jirawatkakan seph1roth Chinnakrit Phoojaroen | runner-up: Team NKT Team NKT Inactive
- Skyesports Pro Invitational 2.0 playoffs winner: 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 | runner-up: Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh
Other News & Rumors
- According to a report from Dot Esports, Cloud9 White Cloud9 White Inactive Bob Bob Tran alexis Alexis Guarrasi Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil katsumi Katja Pfahnl meL Melanie Capone is set to part ways with coach Reid "x0tek" Johnson. The team is reported to have Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #11 Xeppaa Erick Bach Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo v1c Victor Truong moose Kaleb Jayne OXY Francis Hoang coaches Gaël "vexel" Attal and Erik "vapen" Sutton coach C9 White until a permanent coach is found for the team.
- According to a report from Alejandro "anonimotum" Gomis on Blix.gg, the teams that are accepted into the 2023 franchised league will not be allowed to field academy rosters in any regional league, further confirming rumors initially reported by Bo "BoDork" Hoogland. Furthermore, Solary — an esports organization that previously hosted a Valorant tournament early in the game's esports scene — has shown interest in entering the French scene. Additionally, FC Barcelona has shown interest in entering the Spanish scene, according to the report.
- / According to a report from Bade, FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #21 hoody Aaro Peltokangas YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Mistic James Orfila al0rante Felix Brandl xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon are set to bench Maximilian "bucher" Bucher. DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #4 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki player Murat "murii" Korkmaz was noted as a possible replacement.
- Jake Sin of Riot Games Korea announced that the first official Korean Game Changers competitions will be held later this month.
- Dexerto and Snowball esports reporter Andrew "Ducky" Amos provided an update on the ORDER ORDER Inactive WRONSKI Michael Wronski rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Texta Matthew O’Rourke disk0 Cameron Mac Maple Elvin Sun story that was broken by The Australian on August 16. ORDER has reportedly failed to find a buyer, and the organization's staff contracts have been terminated. While 17 parties were reportedly interested in the purchase of ORDER, only a couple of parties 'seriously considered a purchase.' According to the article, should the company be liquidated, the affected employees and contractors with ORDER will have their dues paid first before any other outstanding debts. The total number is reportedly a six-figure number.