2022 is coming to a close as we bring in the new year with style. Although a change in years is incoming, that didn't stop the rest of the Valorant world from creating new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.
This week's edition covers news from Dec. 25 - Dec. 31
- Last Week: News Almost Missed Dec. 24
Roster Changes
- Bradley "ANDROID" Fodor announced his arrival to the Ottawa Braves Ottawa Braves North America Rank #21 ANDROID Bradley Fodor Infinity flow aru Dinger while he pursues a Bachelor's of Sports Psychology.
- ALTERNATE aTTaX ALTERNATE aTTaX Europe Rank #59 Jini Jan Miller Sevkaan Sevkan Kunduru KovaQ Blendi Kovaci Magnus Magnus Keller STAVINCI Dimitrios Smoilis released Kevin "Barcode" Bana, Roberts "rAsk" Ribakovs, and Ethan "Sevire" Starke ahead of the 2023 season.
- bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland-Aysan parted with Head Coach Andrey "ENGH" Sholokhov and Georgio "Keiko" Sanassy. In their absence the team added Coach Maxime "Max0b" Jacob and Mathias "SEIDER" Seider.
- / Ben "RECIDENT" Battash announced his move to MOUZ MOUZ Europe Rank #7 xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Obnoks Nico Garczarczyk iluri Ilari Puranen Fizzy David Figueiredo starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski 's bench as he explores 2023 options.
- İstanbul Wildcats İstanbul Wildcats Europe Rank #138 baha Baha Gözmen dRKY Onur Bora Genç sh1va Arda Özkaya MERZ Emre Aktaş deminatiX Akın Tak announced their 2023 roster consisting of Uğurcan "Anima" Aydin, Andrew "braveaf" Gorchakov, Muhammed "mini" Salman, Cüneyd "hatex" Baş, and Artur "7ssk7" Kurshin.
- CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #6 elllement Dragan Milanović aNguiSt Ross Pendleton DaviH David Cruz BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Vince Vincent Kranz released two inactive members: Theo "OniBy" Tarlier and Terence "SoOn" Tarlier.
- / KPI Gaming KPI Gaming Europe Rank #12 zeddy Nikolai Lapko B1SK Vitaliy Emelyanov Insider Artem Puzanov Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu Kiles Vlad Shvets welcomed a new Head Coach in Dmitry "SmartSeven" Smartselov.
- Ömer "QuestioN" Karabulut announced that he is no longer with Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #22 sterben Emre Demirci skylen Asil Yalçın SouhcNi Ibrahim Sağır Izzy Baran Yılmaz and is open to 2023 offers.
- 010 Esports 010 Esports Inactive Wizard Artu Köroğlu E5N Enes Erdoğan parted ways with their roster.
- Fire Flux Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #9 sociablEE Volkan Yonal qw1 Konuralp Şahin Ruxic Uğur Güç Turko Mehmet Özen w0zzip Zafer Gungor announced the arrival of Hakan "DESTRUCT1VEE" Lekesizer from bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland-Aysan and transfer of Emre "sterben" Demirci to Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #22 sterben Emre Demirci skylen Asil Yalçın SouhcNi Ibrahim Sağır Izzy Baran Yılmaz .
- Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin announced the departure of russ after three months on their bench.
- Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #22 sterben Emre Demirci skylen Asil Yalçın SouhcNi Ibrahim Sağır Izzy Baran Yılmaz announced the transfer of Timur "Bishop" Şengül from Galatasaray Esports Galatasaray Esports Europe Rank #51 CyderX Caner Demir Padisah Onur Dönmez LewN Burak Alkan Docent Kadri Vatandaş Touven Can Eryıldız and Caner "CyderX" Demir from Regnum Carya Esports Regnum Carya Esports Europe Rank #169 lauzen Serhat Koca jonx Enes Güngör WerlasS Metin Ünal .
- TBK Esports GC TBK Esports GC Inactive shyz Luisa Minarelli Daniops Daniela Cristini Bizerra Vitoria Vieira gabee released their roster. All members are now free agents.
- VCT Brazil and Gamers Club VALORANT Es have announced the passing of DELIRA Female DELIRA Female Inactive player Lara "Larischz" Gilardoni.
- Inactive welcomed Hideki "Fisker" Sasaki to their 2023 roster.
- FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #2 JohnOlsen Chanawin Nakchain PTC Kititkawin Rattanasukol Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee foxz Itthirit Ngamsaard Sushiboys Panyawat Subsiriroj announced the arrival of three new players in Teerapong "Teerapong" Wongsirisuponchai, Phakphon "Fluky" Sukhonchasiri, and Taned "Killua" Teerasawad.
- Tejas "rite2ace" Sawant parted with Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #17 adrnking Adrian Setiawan Hoax Aman Yadav sayoo Willy Ivandra Venka Venkatesh Sharma Kohliii Pranav Kohli and joined Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #9 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar dos9 Zhumagali Dastan sultan Sultan Akbay skillZ Jayanth Ramesh tricky Prish Valvani Paradox Kasif Sayyed .
- Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #9 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar dos9 Zhumagali Dastan sultan Sultan Akbay skillZ Jayanth Ramesh tricky Prish Valvani Paradox Kasif Sayyed moved Saaransh "Whimp" Dang to their inactive roster.
- Gods Reign Gods Reign Inactive Ember Garvit Nehra announced the acquisition of Prish "tricky" Valvani from Medal Esports Medal Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #58 Excali Karan Mhaswadkar Kibojn Jayesh Negi Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar vibhoRR Vibhor Vaid psy Simar Sethi on loan. tricky is set to compete with the team in the upcoming Premier Series 2022 LAN.
Results & Standings
- VBL - Season 3 winner: Diamant Esports Diamant Esports Europe Rank #13 xiTsha Arkadiusz Nowak westside Thander Andrej Živanović Grmekista Tilen Grmek Prti Ivan Erak Pa1ze | runner-up: Anorthosis Famagusta Esports Anorthosis Famagusta Esports Inactive
- RapidLAN Series: Xmas Edition winner: Rapid Ninjas Rapid Ninjas Inactive ikke Martin Erdei Barcode Kevin Bana oli Olivér Paksi arbie Kornel Holecz | runner-up: duplaw duplaw Europe Rank #156 lastround Olivér Novák woLfoo RICHi Sramek Richárd GrizzLy lcdFFF Zsolt Gabor Horvath
- FGC VALORANT Invitational 2022: Epilogue winner: FunPlus Phoenix ZHUQUE FunPlus Phoenix ZHUQUE Inactive AAAAY Zhang Yang (张杨) suyjing Wang Sicheng (王斯澄) BerLIN Zhang Bolin (張柏霖) YuChEn He Cai (何财) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) nizhaoTZH Tang Zehao (唐哲昊) | runner-up: EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 S1Mon Xie Mengxun (谢孟勋) WoodAy1 Lin Weihong (林伟宏) ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunji (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Haodong Guo Haodong (郭浩东)
Other News & Rumours
- According to a report by Blix.gg, Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #14 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le Apoth Vincent Le jawgemo Alexander Mor is set to sign ex- sqn 2.0 sqn 2.0 Inactive Demon1 Max Mazanov zero cap Phil Pham tie Tai Diep lazylion Nathan Hoang star Max "Demon1" Mazanov to their 10-man roster ahead of the 2023 season.
- A report by Bo Hoogland has detailed that multiple Chinese organizations are beginning to build rosters for the 2023 season. The report surfaced after China recently gave the green light for Valorant's launch within the country. Some organizations that have shown interest are LGD Gaming, LNG Esports, Rare Atom, Billi Billi, Top Esports, and Ultra Prime.