Pacific, EMEA, and the Americas have begun their first week of action and Game Changers circuits continue worldwide. Although there is plenty of ongoing action, teams all around the world continue to make new headlines. Here's what you might have missed these past two weeks in Valorant news.
This week's mega edition covers news from March 26 to April 08
- Previous Edition: News Almost Missed March 25
Roster Changes
- / Disguised Toast announced, and eventually parted ways his GC Series I: North America roster.
- / Evil Geniuses GC Evil Geniuses GC Inactive PowerPixele Nora Lorri Lorrian Elad StarBound theia Melisa Mundorff rounded out their roster with the addition of keenc .
- NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #3 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold announced Alan "ethos" Ruan as their sixth-man ahead of the Americas League.
- Shopify Rebellion Shopify Rebellion Inactive v1c Victor Truong mada Adam Pampuch parted with Will "dazzLe" Loafman and welcomed Anthony "vanity" Malaspina and assistant coach Travis "tdawgg" Regan.
- / TALON TALON Asia-Pacific Rank #16 Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam primmie Papaphat Sriprapha ban Joseph Seungmin Oh Governor Peter No announced the arrival of Aaron "b0i" Thao as their new coach.
- / Ludwig has announced the acquisition of the ex-CLG Red roster, they will continue to compete in GC: Series I under Moist Moguls RED Moist Moguls RED Inactive itnothan Han Nguyen emluo mle Emily Peters athxna Mirna Noureldin dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo .
- MAD Lions MAD Lions Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad bjor Joseph Bjorklund N4RRATE Marshall Massey Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears parted ways with Anthony "ZexRow" Colandro and Taylor "Drone" Johnson.
- OREsports OREsports Inactive nillyaz Chase Linder Paincakes Jake Hass announced the departure of Dayton "Lear" Akau.
- James "JamezIRL" Macaulay announced his departure from 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #6 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk .
- / XSET XSET Inactive Bob Bob Tran katsumi Katja Pfahnl revealed their 2023 Game Changers roster.
- West Virginia University West Virginia University North America Rank #44 ExciteMVP Marco Izrael gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko A77 Aiden Hill In0X Theodor Bjornsson Dinxx announced the arrival of Corey "ChurmZ" Koch.
- OnlyFins OnlyFins Europe Rank #56 nixoon Niko Pasonen Jesmu Jesse Järvenpää Kalkkuna LEVITTELIJÄ Paulus Paulus Paakki announced their revamped roster for BEACON Split 2.
- / who cars? who cars? Europe Rank #212 fexayy mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl Klusia Jonas Colkær Thomsen Nille Nichlas Busk sunshine Benjamin Hornshøj Nielsen revealed their split 2 roster adding Vakaris "vakk" Bebravičius and Egor "chiwa" Stepanyuk to their lineup.
- Digital Athletics Digital Athletics Europe Rank #75 s0pp Efe Tur wezzy Arda Celbiş WerlasS Metin Ünal audaz Soner Ekiz pckwN Efekan Yorulmaz MerSa Mert Saatcı welcomed Toprak "lauress" Kaynak, Uğur "Ruxic" Güç, and head coach Kaan "Leader" Taşpınar.
- İstanbul Wildcats İstanbul Wildcats Europe Rank #221 sturNN Eren Oduncular Gloomy Mercan Özalp baha Baha Gözmen dRKY Onur Bora Genç deminatiX Akın Tak welcomed Muhammed "mini" Salman, Göktuğ "XiSTOU" Canciğer, Erdem "Toronto" Soğukpınar, and coach Tolunay "Jonsyp" Pinarli.
- Regnum Carya Esports Regnum Carya Esports Europe Rank #207 lauzen Serhat Koca jonx Enes Güngör announced the arrival of Mustafa "manur" Çakmanus and Metin "WerlasS" Ünal. The team also parted with Barış "fred" Özdemir.
- / B8 Esports B8 Esports Europe Rank #84 arch Vladyslav Svistov Nunmeister parted with Adam "adm1k" Siemieniec in favour of Stanislav "Eso177" Nikolov, Tristan "Dawn" Bornet, and analyst Pavlo "kauk" Kauk.
- Diamant Esports Diamant Esports Europe Rank #12 announced the arrival of Dawid "PROFEK" Święć and Patryk "paTiTek" Fabrowski.
- / Nille and Vorwenn parted with VAMONOS VAMONOS Europe Rank #121 .
- UNtapped UNtapped Inactive mediKa Annika Lambertz Nariel Yaren Cirit Sylva Anna Bruce-Doig Lil Bob parted ways with their coach Alejandro "RAYZZ" Montaner Roig.
- Solary Solary Inactive welcomed their roster for VCL France: Split 2.
- Reveal Multigaming Reveal Multigaming Europe Rank #95 PaniC Timur Bayhan DWX YoungOne Kyas parted with Onur "RxYaL" Yilmaz, Magnus "Magnus" Keller, Florian "Unbreakable" Nagel, "YoungOne" , coach Niklas "bubu" Bartels, and manager Felix "Shadow4ops" Beckmann.
- Angry Titans Iris Angry Titans Iris Europe Rank #463 els mAri Sumi parted with their roster.
- Peter "Peter" Ransome parted ways with Nativz Nativz Inactive Spartah Bopper Joseph Geraghty DOOBS Conor Duffy .
- Coalesce Coalesce Europe Rank #66 Waken Daniel Dutton shinnok Maglóczki Viktor Zsombor Kubfu bravo Pap Gergely golack revealed their roster ahead of VCL Northern Europe: Split 2.
- 00Nation 00Nation Inactive artzin Arthur Araujo shion Gabriel Vilela b4rtin Bruno Câmara xand Alexandre Zizi bezn1 Gabriel Luiz da Costa announced the arrival of Alexandre "xand" Zizi and Gabriel "bezn1" Luiz da Costa.
- Before Before Inactive parted ways with their roster.
- ODDIK ODDIK Inactive announced the arrival of Jadisson "sw" Rayan.
- RED Canids RED Canids Brazil Rank #8 Jway glym Lucas Glym Czewick Emanuel Zalazar Saalped revealed the transfer of Matheus "deNaro" Hipólito from TBK Esports TBK Esports Brazil Rank #11 vit9ine desire Leandro Araújo Needy Champzera Joaquim Alves Myssen Rodrigo Myssen .
- Furious Gaming Furious Gaming Latin America South Rank #4 MiradaNinja Waldo Barahona Mikey Tap Luciano Pensa erde Neon announced Daniel "Closer" Ataco's departure from the team.
- FATE Esports FATE Esports Inactive AlDBoOR Osama Nofal Kero Kerolos Talaat parted ways with Zeyad "zizox" ElSawaf and Mohamed "iboss" Hany.
- X10 Esports X10 Esports Inactive Vera Rodman Yap Tempz Pierre Heng RedKoh Danial Hakim wayne Wayne Chang Egoist Javier Chua parted ways with Donovan "FANE" Chia and Ian "Chrysania" Chin Yu Zhe in favor of Danial "RedKoh" Hakim and Wayne "wayne" Chang.
- / EVA:e EVA:e Inactive Paint Ryuya Sasaki dream3r Maxim Kudashev KuuKai Daichi Lumo Maxim Demianovskikh parted with their roster.
- REJECT REJECT Japan Rank #18 muto BNN take BRIAN IceBear announced the departure of "BNN" and "nura" .
- Royal Never Give Up Royal Never Give Up Inactive HaTo Wang Rui (王睿) 4ErWa Xiaonuo revealed Kang "Try" Tae-wook (강태욱) as their new head coach.
- SLT Seongnam SLT Seongnam Korea Rank #5 C1ndeR Ko Jae-hyuk (고재혁) Klaus Kim Min-hyuk (김민혁) XuNa Kim Tae-geon (김태건) oonzmlp Shin Sang-beom (신상범) Zexy Jang Suk-hyun (장석현) announced the acqusition of Rio Company Rio Company Inactive SungJin Ko Sung-jin (고성진) Sunday Kim Min-soo (김민수) SeliG Um Hyun-sung (엄현성) LuZ Lim Ui-jun (임의준) Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) 's roster.
- / Kiyan "MirzAA" M-Basari parted with HONEY BADGERS HONEY BADGERS Inactive Noobster xue Jesse Tang MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari JELLYD Angelo Diaz Maple Elvin Sun to join The Who? The Who? Inactive Bonobo gloom Zauqk vizsla Will Davies .
- NerdPunt NerdPunt Inactive BigE Aidan Gill Sinaway Norshin Yawanis overhauled their coaching staff with coach "Kmannamk" , performance coach "James" , strategic coach "foxy" , and analyst "knower" . The move also saw Chris "NiceHacks" Wahle and "feet" become substitutes.
Results & Standings
- Mystic Singularity Series #4 winner: 99 Strength 99 Strength Inactive tyfoon sharky Mike Gariti | runner-up: NSIC NSIC Inactive epathy Ngawang Chonjor neptune Jason Tran Lear Dayton Akau riku Chris Piasecki snirot Edmon Ghanem
- Complexity Paradox Invitational winner: Evil Geniuses GC Evil Geniuses GC Inactive PowerPixele Nora Lorri Lorrian Elad StarBound theia Melisa Mundorff | runner-up: Complexity GX3 Complexity GX3 Inactive clawdia Claudia Che Karra Aara Lee rayse L4CE Lacey Dilworth Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil
- $5,000 CCE UCX Valorant Pro CUP winner: Levitate Levitate Inactive Dory Dorian Kaba Rexgator chloric toozy Anthony De Leon | 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
- CECC Last Chance Qualifier winner: UCF Gold UCF Gold North America Rank #75 BNIPER powa Jonathan Tsui Rudy Scottie squirmor Ryan Kobetitsch | runner-up: UAESA Green UAESA Green North America Rank #28 whitr Micheal Whitney ShimmyXD Ryan Shimizu Velocity Hunter Milne atlas hyp3r
- Game Changers 2023 Brazil: Series 1 winner: Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #10 Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela bstrdd Paula Naguil | runner-up: LOUD GC LOUD GC Brazil Rank #17 antG Antônia Garcia waved blu Victoriah Ceniz Natasha Giulia Natasha m4ndzin Isaac Barreto
- Surfshark Valorant Challenge #2 winner: Fire Flux Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #16 | runner-up: Case Esports Case Esports Inactive
- Valorant East: United - Season 2 - Stage 1 - Finals winner: Incognito Incognito Europe Rank #242 Stix Wojciech Chamielec demek msh darkosek Adrian Janus | runner-up: ESC Gaming ESC Gaming Europe Rank #237 Hitch Martin Srp
- Golden Goose #8 winner: 2strong4u 2strong4u Europe Unranked | runner-up: The Squad The Squad Inactive seishiro Aleksandr Chernobrivec RARE Arkadii Krokhmal Javelin Vitalii Fedak
- Gamer.no Beacon Major 2023 winner: Totts And Friends Totts And Friends Europe Unranked | runner-up: Metizport Metizport Europe Rank #132 OzzyTK Osmundas Ciapas
- VALORANT East: United: Season 2: Stage 2 - Weekly Cup #1 winner: Szach Mat Szach Mat Europe Rank #25 Kozok Kamil Kozioł Czester msh demek NeFi | runner-up: trashcan trashcan Europe Rank #29 luckyMrJ Artem Rozvodovskiy Danda Daniel Petr f4ngeer Roman Smirnov
- Project V: Stage 2 Division 1 winner: Veni eSports Veni eSports Europe Rank #228 Yuno Philipp Holzner Faceroll Leon Grudnowski Lele Leandro de Nittis nikolaslos Nikolas Nübling | runner-up: Sissi State Punks Sissi State Punks Europe Rank #69
- Valorant Open Tour France 2023: Stage 3 winner: Klanik Esport Klanik Esport Inactive NowaXxZang Fabien Moura Sp1ke Stanislav Koshel bzt Renátó Bárányos | runner-up: Inactive
- BeChampions - Season 2: VALORANT Warmup winner: Incognito Incognito Europe Rank #242 Stix Wojciech Chamielec demek msh darkosek Adrian Janus | runner-up: FLYMORE FLYMORE Europe Rank #115 crytex MiszłaW NINJA
- Game Gang Show 2023 winner: Diamant Esports Diamant Esports Europe Rank #12 | runner-up: MetaTensei Esports MetaTensei Esports Europe Unranked B9lint lcdFFF Zsolt Gabor Horvath juv11
- Circuito Tormenta: Secret Tournament winner: SZK Esports SZK Esports Europe Rank #118 Enrik Michal Vejvoda APEX mober FacePalm Tereshchenko Artyom varuxx Alvaro Fierro | runner-up: Rust Players Rust Players Europe Unranked N1ss GODMOBA mings2 venOMizzLee Santiago Couso cRls
- Circuito Tormenta: Liga Radiante 23 S1 winner: Team Galaga Team Galaga Europe Rank #80 Neiker Iker Martin Camacho pika Niklas Holze hastack Sergio Fernández Martínez Amore adm1k Adam Siemieniec | runner-up: Team Aku Aku Team Aku Aku Europe Rank #223 Abde Aleanto Alejandro Blanco Liguori FranKiiTM Francisco Tormos Martínez
- The Gathering - BEACON Split 1 winner: Metizport Metizport Europe Rank #132 OzzyTK Osmundas Ciapas | runner-up: Bitfix Gaming Bitfix Gaming Europe Rank #31 Snaptor Aleksander Kålhus lamelly Martux Markus Søreng Cintyx Christopher Heiland ara
- Challengers League LATAM South FiRe: Split 1 winner: 9z Team 9z Team Inactive deigara Gonzalo Funes Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone rubkkoide Facundo Chavez mizu Gabriel Gonzalez david David Olivares | runner-up: INFINITY INFINITY Inactive ligasa Rodrigo Castillo MatiS Matias Salgado bnj Benjamin Rabinovich
- Challengers League LATAM North ACE: Split 1 winner: Six Karma Six Karma Latin America North Rank #3 Mephisto KILLY rowancy Constantino Grijalva Peloncito Oscar Israel Palacios Martinez otaQ | runner-up: FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank #8 GLYPH Conner Garcia Xhowi Luis Enmanuel Corcino Garcia Korsonix Korey Anderson prask Mike Cortbani Fresht Juan Pablo Preciado
- PDS FPS Elite 1 winner: The Ultimates The Ultimates MENA Unranked SpYzera Abed Doughan Sand Mark Emad Fighter KHaaLiD Khalid Al Talib Moh Mohammad Bin Oti | runner-up: Twisted Minds Esports Twisted Minds Esports MENA Rank #16 Zimo ExiT Abdullah Al-Twaijri Fr4nky Ibrahim Alrubaian BNR Dane Abdulhadi Al Qahtani
- Indonesia Esports League Campus Festival winner: Hyperion Hyperion Inactive | runner-up: UNISEC UAJY UNISEC UAJY Inactive
- VALORANT Vietnam: Rising Stars 2 winner: The Mad Men The Mad Men Asia-Pacific Rank #66 zmth XBK Nguyễn Quang Trường ting2k5 Dường Mạnh Thắng FlameZ | runner-up: Syko Syko Inactive 21ningning Louboutin DaFt Huỳnh Tuấn Kiệt Crus Lư Tiến Huy Real8 Vũ Ngọc Đức Hiếu albus Trần Phúc Thiên Vico Nguyễn Nam Sơn
- Gaming Nation Valorant Thailand Championship Season 2 winner: Team NKT Team NKT Inactive | runner-up: XERXIA Esports XERXIA Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #28
Other News & Rumours
- According to a report by George Geddes, MAD Lions MAD Lions Inactive BlackHeart Hasan Hammad bjor Joseph Bjorklund N4RRATE Marshall Massey Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears is set to sign Joseph "bjor" Bjorklund and Hasan "BlackHeart" Hammad to their roster to fill the gaps left by Anthony "ZexRow" Colandro and Taylor "Drone" Johnson's departure.
- In another report by George Geddes, FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le is set to part ways with Daniel "Rossy" Abedrabbo. The report also states that the team may be making more changes to the roster, but is unconfirmed at the time.