The Christmas holiday season is here, but that didn't stop the rest of the Valorant world from creating new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.

This week's edition covers news from December 18 - December 24.

Roster Changes

Results

Matches to Watch

Other News

  • Nerd Street have announced updates to their Winter Championship tournament series. Beginning in 2022, the qualifier for the Denver LAN will take place from January 22 - January 23. Additionally, the Last Chance Qualifier for the grand finals of the Winter circuit will be held on February 3, with the grand finals taking place in the days after, from February 4 - February 6.
  • / According to a December 22 report from Upcomer's George Geddes, longtime Immortals Immortals Inactive member Amgalan "Genghsta" Nemekhbayar is set to become an official member of Knights Knights Inactive . Should he depart Immortals, only Andrew "ShoT_UP" Orlowski and coach Michael "packing10" Szklanny Sr. would remain as official members of the team.
  • / Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Burgueño Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando are in discussion to sign former G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive player Cista "keloqz" Wassim, according to a report from Jakub Czapran of Cybersport.pl.
  • According to a report from ValorantZONE, MIBR are considering moving their female Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team over to Valorant.
  • In another report regarding MIBR from Victor Porto of Mais Esports, MIBR's male roster will feature Gustavo "gtn" Moura, Rafael "mNdS" Mendes, Matheus "deNaro" Hipólito, Sergio "txddy" Francisco, and João "jzz" Pedro.
  • Earlier this week, BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #1 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma coach Ji "Meow" Dong-jun (지동준) tweeted that teams that had participated in Stage 3 Challengers SEA had not been paid their prize money, nor had they been given an update as to when they were going to get their earnings. A day later, an update was made from Meow stating that the participating teams would be receiving their earnings in January.