OFF//SEASON events continue as the holiday season creeps up on us, but that doesn't stop the Valorant world from creating new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.

This week's edition covers news from Nov. 27 - Dec. 3

• Last Week: News Almost Missed Nov. 26

Roster Changes

• Version1 Version1 Inactive have parted ways with Alexander "zander" Dituri after two months on the bench. Heading into 2023, zander is rumored to be joining a team for Challengers ran by ex-XSET CEO & Founder Marco Mereu.
• NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Unranked FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold have announced the signing of Zander "thwifo" Kim from T1 T1 Korea Unranked stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) as their sixth man.
• Sarah "sarahcat" Simpson announced her departure from Immortals Immortals Inactive .
• MOUZ MOUZ Europe Unranked bipo Taranvir Singh Lime Jacob Foster Fizzy David Figueiredo Obnoks Nico Garczarczyk iluri Ilari Puranen announced they parted with Bence "szimpli" Soós and Alend "Ale" Khalaf. Laurent "memset" Werly was also moved to the bench.
• FOKUS FOKUS Europe Unranked hoody Aaro Peltokangas YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Mistic James Orfila al0rante Felix Brandl xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon announced their roster for the 2023 VCL Polaris Season.
• ALTERNATE aTTaX ALTERNATE aTTaX Europe Unranked Jini Jan Miller Felix Felix Gerling luckeRRR Niels Jasiek KovaQ Blendi Kovaci STAVINCI Dimitrios Smoilis have announced the benching of Ethan "Sevire" Starke, Roberts "rAsk" Ribakovs and Kevin "Barcode" Bana. The team also parted with Substitute Leon "Daitan" Beck.
• EXCEL GC EXCEL GC Inactive 6sonya Maria Istrate fluxxy Lola Ainslie Viv angelka Angela Nikolovska Samsi Samantha Caddell have signed the four members of N1MP N1MP Inactive cataLina India Dubourg Neli Cornelia Johansson Luzia Camille Millet Puri Safaa Baydi aswell as Acend Rising Acend Rising Inactive schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül amy Amy Lai h6tedthemost Lada Kozhemyakina speedowka Weronika Dabrowska Joliinaa Tina Agéli 's Samantha "Samsi" Caddell and Rix.GG Lightning Rix.GG Lightning Inactive 's Daniela "Jupi" Gradl.
• BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Unranked Jamppi Elias Olkkonen sociablEE Volkan Yonal PROFEK Dawid Święć vakk Vakaris Bebravičius stand-in LewN Burak Alkan said goodbye to Coach Mert "Mertenstein" Bengül.
• / FNATIC FNATIC Europe Unranked crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder said goodbye to Enzo "Enzo" Mestari after two months on their bench.
• Alliance Coven Alliance Coven Inactive fluxxy Lola Ainslie 6sonya Maria Istrate B3AUTIFUL Laureta Hajra Melzz Melinda BlomQvist moved Laure "Xaline" Mateos to the bench as she explores her options.
• / CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Unranked elllement Dragan Milanović Ambi Štěpán Beránek Wolfen Berkant Joshkun DaviH David Cruz BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Vince Vincent Kranz benched Terence "SoOn" Tarlier and Theo "OniBy" Tarlier. The team has also released Leon "Leon" Roesberg.
• / Alliance Coven Alliance Coven Inactive fluxxy Lola Ainslie 6sonya Maria Istrate B3AUTIFUL Laureta Hajra Melzz Melinda BlomQvist have released all of their support staff including Coach Daniel "Yugami" Cama Hidalgo, Assistant Coach Alejandro "RAYZZ" Montaner Roig and Manager Nico "Myagus" Gonzalez-Beltran.
• / BIG BIG Inactive parted with their whole roster who had been inactive since late September.
• Anonymo Esports Anonymo Esports Inactive belmonte Kacper Mordak xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Katu Kacper Twórz announced the departure of their roster and coaching staff.
• TENSTAR TENSTAR Inactive Buld Michał Sokal kacpi Kacper Wolski maniek Jakub Mańkowski Stix Wojciech Chamielec moved their roster and head coach move to the inactive position on the team as they have paused their Valorant operations.
• GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Europe Unranked H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Caim Hugo Fonseca released their roster.
• MIBR GC MIBR GC Game Changers Unranked srN Nicolas Niederauer sayuri Camila Obam Jelly Julia Iris Mel Melissa Souza jubs Juliana Oliveira moved their whole roster to the bench. All players are open to 2023 proposals.
• FAV gaming FAV gaming Japan Unranked rui Hands Mametu fukuken Phantom Hideaki Nakai said goodbye to their Analyst/Coach "Retloff" .
• Inactive moved Shotaro "Zerost" Ikeda off of the roster as he moves to a streaming position for the team.
• X10 Esports X10 Esports Inactive Vera Rodman Yap Tempz Pierre Heng RedKoh Danial Hakim wayne Wayne Chang Egoist Javier Chua have allowed their female team, X10 Sapphire X10 Sapphire Inactive Poly Patcharapron Sanitchai JinNy Sarindhorn Wanothayarnchai Muffyn Chalita Buathong babytz Pornlapat Wittayanan alyssa Annitta Peerwantanagul , to explore options for the 2023 season.
• Danial "RedKoh" Hakim announced his departure from Alter Ego Celeste Alter Ego Celeste Inactive Alluka Tiara Bonilla Pleno Eisberg July Kusuma enerii Odella Abraham Ayumiii Nurul Aini nabbsky Nabila Sulthana .
• CNJ Esports CNJ Esports Korea Unranked Ziya have signed AcMe to the team as a full-time member.
• NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Unranked announced the arrival of their new Coach Jeong "Jaemin" Jae-min (정재민).
• Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Unranked SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar Russ Russel Mendes Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Madelyn Raven William damaraa Damara Danuardi welcomed back Karan "Excali" Mhaswadkar.
• / NASR Esports NASR Esports MENA Unranked xenon Vladimir Lobov parted ways with their Coach Mingiyan "Naint" Goldaev.

Results & Standings

• Canadian Esports Nationals 2022 winner: Laurier Golden Hawks Laurier Golden Hawks North America Unranked inconsistent KBK finchy soupy sh1mu | runner-up: St. Clair Saints St. Clair Saints North America Unranked Instxnct Isaac Walton Tillo Tristan Carrillo Truth Jase Parks Fair Chillin Mitch Blackmore
• RBCC 2022 - NA LCQ winner: o7 o7 Inactive ShimmyXD Ryan Shimizu Cain Nathan Lee nabil whitr Micheal Whitney MAR1 Marwan Jannat | runner-up: Stony Brook Red Stony Brook Red North America Unranked Groovy Ethan Kenji Ken Barredo Sable Huji
• Knights Monthly Gauntlet 2022: November winner: STEALING LUNCH MONEY STEALING LUNCH MONEY Inactive Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor Lear Dayton Akau zeldris Elijah Hawkins PureVNS Vincent Nguyen nillyaz Chase Linder | runner-up: Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports Inactive skuba Logan Jenkins mitch Mitch Semago Verno Andrew Maust Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm dapr Michael Gulino
• G-Loot VALORANT Clash - Grand Finals winner: Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Unranked ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio | runner-up: Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent
• FEL Valorant Cup #5 winner: OnlyFins OnlyFins Europe Unranked Jesmu Jesse Järvenpää BODYCATCHER | runner-up: FOKUS FOKUS Europe Unranked hoody Aaro Peltokangas YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Mistic James Orfila al0rante Felix Brandl xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon
• Red Bull Home Ground #3 main event teams: Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Unranked paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak , Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Unranked trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso , FOKUS FOKUS Europe Unranked hoody Aaro Peltokangas YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Mistic James Orfila al0rante Felix Brandl xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon , 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Unranked zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk , KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Unranked keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro , Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Unranked Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago neT Michael Bernet OXY Francis Hoang , Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Unranked MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius , FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Unranked xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan qRaxs Doğukan Balaban
• VRL DACH: Evolution - Unity remaining teams: Unicorns of Love Unicorns of Love Inactive bleeshh Christopher Bledowski , Ovation eSports Ovation eSports Europe Unranked Luzuh Joseph Loose Louitan Louis Beresford , Wave Esports Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz , DSYRE DSYRE Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki
• VRL France: Revolution - Coupe De France remaining teams: bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland , Mandatory Mandatory Europe Unranked CyvOph Clement Millard HyP Damien Souville Enzo Enzo Mestari mikee Michael Lim keloqz Cista Wassim , HEET HEET Inactive Kinguyen Nguyen Thach memset Laurent Werly b2kk Sofian Delimi Monstrum Jake Byrne waddle Wadir Taraki
• Agents Series 2022 - Split 2 winner: DSYRE Elevate DSYRE Elevate Inactive sassolino ViperZ FinganJode Filippo Bonanni loll9 maxeeh | runner-up: Axolotl Axolotl Europe Unranked Kheops Anis Mokrani summoNN Ilyas Haddad RickyVaila nk4y Nikola Radushev sword Enrico Bacchin
• DreamHack Winter 2022 - BEACON Split 2 winner: Formulation Gaming Formulation Gaming Europe Unranked puggy Anton af Bjur 999kvmil Kamil Szymanek MaximN Maxim Nonglaire Kalkkuna Vuubit Roope Eilola | runner-up: Bjerkely FHS Bjerkely FHS Inactive
• Movistar Fibra: LATAM Gods teams: MIBR MIBR Brazil Unranked artzin Arthur Araujo xenom Eduardo Soeiro cortezia Gabriel Cortez nzr Agustin Ibarra aspas Erick Santos , Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Inactive , Optix Optix Inactive ganter Bastian Eduardo Reinoso Fross Fernando Gallagher D1E Diego Contreras Tio Carlos Swing gio Giovani Cristobal Lainati Ruz , LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Unranked Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee nataNk Nathan Bocqueho
• Gwangju Esports Series Asia winner: DRX DRX Korea Unranked Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) | runner-up: TALON TALON Asia-Pacific Unranked Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam primmie Papaphat Sriprapha ban Joseph Seungmin Oh Governor Peter No
• AfreecaTV Valorant SEA Invitational remaining teams: Bigetron Arctic Bigetron Arctic Asia-Pacific Unranked k1ngkappa , Stream Raiders Nacague Stream Raiders Nacague Asia-Pacific Unranked Shintaro Mark Daryl Timbang Corpuz Worship Ian Ga ABATMAN Franc Lenard Meija , Made in Thailand Made in Thailand Inactive Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong Killua Tanate Teerasawad cgrs Patiphan Porsi Laz Kittikawin Jirawatkakan seph1roth Chinnakrit Phoojaroen , BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma
• Mineski VxV 2022 remaining teams: South Built Esports South Built Esports Inactive azys Azis Nandang Pro Chris Martir flippy Philip Marique , Oasis Gaming Oasis Gaming Asia-Pacific Unranked Zeus slathom999 Shawn Dale Bolondro astr0 Franz del Rosario tesseract Jon Michael Piga marky Mark Anthony Tuling

Other News & Rumours

• According to a report by Bo Hoogland and twitter account "German cs leaks", cowana Gaming cowana Gaming Inactive CALVIN S Calvin Shendy STAVINCI Dimitrios Smoilis are set to be exiting Valorant. The reports detail that outstanding salaries and lack of profitability are the reasons for the departure.