This past week, the world had its eyes on the APAC, North American, South American, and European Last Chance Qualifier events. Here are some news stories you might have missed, all bundled together in one place.

• Read more: News Almost Missed October 8

Roster Changes

• DIVIZE DIVIZE Inactive pwny Joshua VanGorder In0X Theodor Bjornsson ChurmZ Corey Koch jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes GMAN Gabriel Ordaz stand-in have announced that the team will be closing down its operations. Going forward, the team will be known as Cosmic Divide Cosmic Divide Inactive ChurmZ Corey Koch Tkaz Tyler Kazmierczak renz Austin Dickman tokyo Sebastien Lima syfi Samir Karimov .
• Brock "brawk" Somerhalder has joined Complexity Complexity Inactive RetrQ Alex Kadan trial Governor Peter No truo Robert Pham jcrueL Joel Cruel agM Michael Abood as their fifth player. He has been playing with the team on a trial basis since August.
• BASILISK BASILISK Inactive royal Matthew Buick Jangler Dwaine Kirkpatrick have added shawn and Chris "duck" Dutoit to their team.
• / Pioneers Pioneers Inactive jmoh Jason Mohandessi wedid Matthew Suchan thief Brady Dever Critical Tristan Trinacty have added four trial players to their roster: Noah "jcStani" Smith, Tristan "Critical" Trinacty, Jamal "jammyz" Bangash, and Brady "thief" Dever.
• / Marc "Maru" Samuel Begley has announced that he is departing from EXCEL EXCEL Inactive Moe40 Muhammad Hariff chiwa Egor Stepanyuk paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski Foxie Tyler Lowton ALIVE Gilad Hakim in pursuit of new opportunities.
• Wave Esports Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz have announced that Nico "nico" Neumann has stepped down from the active roster.
• Kevin "Barcode" Bana has revealed that he has been benched from HEET HEET Inactive Kinguyen Nguyen Thach memset Laurent Werly b2kk Sofian Delimi Monstrum Jake Byrne waddle Wadir Taraki and is allowed to explore options with other teams.
• / Finest Finest Inactive DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench have announced Vladimir "PNUKH" Chervov as their new head coach.
• Team Vikings Team Vikings Inactive Veroneze Vinícius Ribeiro Ds Daniel Silva swag João Neto pollo Julio Silva have added Matheus "bzkA" Tarasconi to their team as a coach.
• Bren Esports Bren Esports Inactive have announced their third player, Eroll "EJAY" Jule Delfin.
• Enrico "Ching" Perez and Emmanuel "Emman" Morales have announced that they have left Nigma Galaxy Nigma Galaxy Inactive Yohann Ronard Tecson Karl Carlo Ocampo .
• / Abdullah "Parpy" Khudeish, formerly of Inactive , has become the newest member of Legacy Esports Legacy Esports Inactive .

Results

• / SoaR SoaR Inactive epathy Ngawang Chonjor fiziq Lucas Blow v1c Victor Truong Trill Ashley Powell took first place in the October edition of the Knights Monthly Gauntlet. Some of their highlights included wins over Soniqs Soniqs Inactive in the round of 16, Immortals Immortals Inactive in the semifinals, and Pioneers Pioneers Inactive jmoh Jason Mohandessi wedid Matthew Suchan thief Brady Dever Critical Tristan Trinacty in the grand finals.
• The Meta Open Valorant playoffs have concluded, and LDN UTD LDN UTD Inactive feqew Lukas Petrauskas Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius Destrian Tomas Linikas MOLSI Michał Łącki have emerged victorious over Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #20 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio in the grand finals.
• Team Exploit Team Exploit Inactive have claimed first place in the GameRED Infinity Cup playoffs without dropping a map.

Matches to Watch

• The playoffs of the LVP Rising Series #4 will start next week. The teams that advanced to the playoffs are Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin , Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando , TENSTAR TENSTAR Inactive Br0die Jack Emmott KRAY Calum Knight Polvi Niko Polvinen xms Alexandre Forté doma Domagoj Fancev , UCAM Esports Club UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #16 Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh Polvi Niko Polvinen bucher Maximilian Bucher Quick Fabián Pereira YuNo Eloy García Burgueño , LDN UTD LDN UTD Inactive feqew Lukas Petrauskas Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius Destrian Tomas Linikas MOLSI Michał Łącki , WATEr WATEr Inactive kpiz Jack Pragnell Jessen Oliver Jessen mwc Mark Salur M4CHINA Ouali Manset , Case Esports Case Esports Inactive , and Crypto Esports Crypto Esports Inactive .
• The A1 eSports Valorant Cup #2 playoffs will begin soon. The first matches to be played will be the upper bracket semifinals between Austrian Force Austrian Force Inactive Daitan Leon Beck KlausC Wake David Deberdt iLectro and BIG BIG Inactive and the two lower bracket matches.
• The Skyesports Championship 3.0 main event will conclude soon. Currently, Team XO Team XO Inactive , Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #19 Hotsauz Yousef Imad El-Yousef tesseract Jon Michael Piga Yukxx Yukee Lampa choosie Matthew Lorenzo Te Dignified , Team Exploit Team Exploit Inactive , and Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh remain in the upper bracket.

Other News

• According to a report by George Geddes of Upcomer, Kroenke Sports and Entertainment, the company behind the Los Angeles Guerrillas and Los Angeles Gladiators, intend to field a Valorant roster in North America. Michael "neT" Bernet has reportedly been signed by the organization already. neT previously trialed for Andbox Andbox Inactive oderus Chad Miller mummAy Anthony DiPaolo Lear Dayton Akau Jonaaa6 Jonard Penaflor vice Daniel Kim and has filled in on various rosters in the past few months, including Teal Seam, Knights, and SoaR.
• Former North and Astralis player Jakob "JUGi" Hansen announced late last week that he will be retiring from CS:GO and intends to pursue a competitive career in Valorant.