Another week has come and gone, and with it have come new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.
This week's edition covers news from March 12 - March 18.
- Read more: News Almost Missed March 11
Roster Changes
- Benita "bENITA" Novshadian has departed CLG Red CLG Red Inactive itnothan Han Nguyen emluo mle Emily Peters athxna Mirna Noureldin dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo after nearly seven years with the organization, beginning in 2015 with CLG's female CS:GO roster.
- YFP Gaming YFP Gaming North America Rank #13 jakee Jake Anderson stellar Brenden McGrath penny Erik Penny thief Brady Dever fiziq Lucas Blow have parted ways with their main roster.
- All members of Polaris Polaris Inactive Shockah caydia Zoe Servais Katarina Starlight lunah have gone their separate ways. Prior to this announcement, they were the top unsigned Game Changers roster in North America, and third highest ranked Game Changers roster in the world as of November 2021.
- / Jason "JSUNG" Sung has revealed that he is looking for new opportunities outside of Soniqs Soniqs Inactive as a restricted free agent. Additionally, the organization has announced that they are looking for a new head coach for the team, all but confirming the reported exit of current head coach Reid "x0tek" Johnson.
- / Two stories from TSM: Preston "Juv3nile" Dornon has become the new head coach of TSM TSM North America Rank #14 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook 's main roster from Akrew Akrew Inactive gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko Neon Austin Hedge Paincakes Jake Hass jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo , and Mohammed "Harmful" C. and Theodor "In0X" Bjornsson have joined TSM Academy TSM Academy Inactive as player and coach respectively.
- / Tramaine "stanley" Stanley has revealed that he has been released from his contract with TENSTAR TENSTAR Inactive Br0die Jack Emmott KRAY Calum Knight Polvi Niko Polvinen xms Alexandre Forté doma Domagoj Fancev and is looking for new opportunities as a free agent.
- / Brandon "weber" Weber has joined MOUZ MOUZ Europe Rank #6 Obnoks Nico Garczarczyk iluri Ilari Puranen Fizzy David Figueiredo starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski as the team's new head coach.
- / Following his stint on beGenius beGenius Inactive as a stand-in, David "Davidp" Prins has revealed that he is in search of new opportunities as a free agent.
- / Prime Prime Inactive Desi Chrissy Christina Kras Mistiare Elise Dennis Tinylady Hosana Kmiecik have swapped out Miiizzy for kyo .
- Four members of Honvéd Esport Honvéd Esport Europe Rank #131 TRuve Peter Bozsó Targonca lcdFFF Zsolt Gabor Horvath KingLANDO have left the team and entered free agency: Bence "szimpli" Soós, Renátó "bzt" Bárányos, Kevin "Barcode" Bana, and coach Viktor "victorsoN" Kovacs.
- / UNtapped UNtapped Inactive mediKa Annika Lambertz Nariel Yaren Cirit Sylva Anna Bruce-Doig Lil Bob have welcomed Kris "CloudTail" Saia to their team as a coach.
- Bora "Maiko" Igci and Tolga "bacyx" Bacak have rounded out the roster of Thunderbolts Gaming Thunderbolts Gaming Inactive Antsy Yağız Güngör Yato Cem Saat re1sxd İlyas Çalışkan corr0 Mehmet Alp Vural DubzWoW Mustafa Doğan ARGENT Berk Deniz Özdamar .
- Sangal Rebels Sangal Rebels Inactive Anva Nehir Dinçer Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu dociless Sude Sancak Narcius Kamila EKİN have welcomed Esra "Cleopatra" Çolak and Barış "Murdock" Sarıaltun to their team as sixth player and coach respectively.
- Two stories from Stars Horizon: André "DiMAS" Dimas has revealed that his time with the main roster has come to a close, and Yasmin "hannabacon" Goetten has mutually parted ways with the female roster.
- After a little over a month with the team, Lucas "glym" Glym has been benched from Liberty Liberty Inactive guuih Guilherme Mariano pepa Matheus Colleto duhT Eduardo Teixeira Zanatsu Carlos Eduardo tockers Gabriel Claumann , and is allowed to explore opportunities with other teams.
- Matheus "pepa" Colleto has been benched from the Team Vikings Team Vikings Inactive Veroneze Vinícius Ribeiro Ds Daniel Silva swag João Neto pollo Julio Silva active roster.
- / Nicolas "DOGAO" Gonzales and coach lodden have both revealed that they have departed Optix Optix Inactive ganter Bastian Eduardo Reinoso Fross Fernando Gallagher D1E Diego Contreras Tio Carlos Swing gio Giovani Cristobal Lainati Ruz .
- / Six Karma Six Karma Latin America North Rank #3 Mephisto KILLY rowancy Constantino Grijalva Peloncito Oscar Israel Palacios Martinez otaQ have said goodbye to coach tala after joining the team just over two months ago.
- FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank #9 GLYPH Conner Garcia Xhowi Luis Enmanuel Corcino Garcia prask Mike Cortbani Fresht Juan Pablo Preciado have parted ways with Juan "Jow" Camilo Preciado Ordoñez and moved substitute player Emiliano "solution" Peralta to the main roster.
- Lee "Hate" Ye-hun (이예훈) and Marmelo have departed Jadeite Jadeite Inactive .
- Jon "tesseract" Michael Piga has announced that he is in search of new opportunities outside of Action PH Action PH Inactive SyKo Daddie Shunmar Bellita eugeneS Eugene Serrano Narpim Clark Karoll Landrito SecondLove Sovano Alvin Daniel L. Oronce Worship Ian Ga while still under contract with the team.
- Joshua "JoshS" Miles Santos has revealed that he is exploring new opportunities outside of Bren Esports Bren Esports Inactive while still under contract with the organization.
- Asteria Asteria Inactive BriTSy Iqra Khan eluwu kxthrs have bid farewell to Neha "CaspeR" Sottany and Hyphae .
- Salt Esports Salt Esports Inactive dem0n Jivix Muhammad Ali STRANGER Basil Jamil GuNNeR Asad Azam DarKkKy Syed Nyle Mustafa have parted ways with their roster.
- 3BL Esports have unveiled their female roster, 3BL Esports Female 3BL Esports Female Inactive Nana Loly Rozmie Luny Amira .
Results
- FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le won the Spring 2022 BoomTV Proving Grounds $20k by defeating Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #1 Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) in the grand finals.
- Zero MarksMen Black Zero MarksMen Black Inactive Tim Timothy Braun Blahst Nathan Brand yiinel Elias Soto Nanners Anderson Lutkehus came in first place in the VCS VALORANT $5,000 LAN off of a grand finals win over mix team Juul Team 6 Juul Team 6 Inactive agM Michael Abood Governor Peter No gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko ronaldo Ronald Mach Harmful Mohammed C. .
- FiRePOWER FiRePOWER Latin America South Rank #62 frantastic Francisca Valenzuela Flossie Lendary defeated Skull Cracker Quartz Skull Cracker Quartz Inactive Lied Andrehs Rage Eliana Avila in the Game Changers LATAM North grand final to claim first place in the event.
- Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh won the first phase of the Skyesports Grand Slam by defeating Team Snakes Team Snakes Asia-Pacific Rank #24 Bloody Zain Talha soulM8 Muhammad Usman KHG dem0n shanee gothchild in the grand finals of the event.
Matches to Watch
- / KRÜ BLAZE KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Rank #3 dods Caue Fernandes conir Constanza Reyes micaela Micaela Ferreyra biazik Beatriz Begnossi will meet Undead Gaming Fem Undead Gaming Fem Inactive Morita Dae jeyjey sumi minuty in the grand finals of Game Changers LATAM South. So far they have had a perfect run in the event and have not dropped a single map.
- In the playoffs of the fourth season of The Esports Club Gauntlet, Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #37 123 Orgil Otgonbayar kibojn Jayesh Negi aplycs Aqil Azfar Mojo Thong Tao Jian Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar Garv Garv Agrawal ghostxD Suraj Singh , Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh , Team Snakes Team Snakes Asia-Pacific Rank #24 Bloody Zain Talha soulM8 Muhammad Usman KHG dem0n shanee gothchild , and True Rippers True Rippers Inactive Ri0 Atharv Ahire Marcai BatmaN R0meo WAT Lewis Watson RvK Rishi Vijayakumar remain in the upper bracket. Tournament play will resume this weekend with lower bracket matches featuring Exceeli Esports Exceeli Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #132 Hermione Tasawf Zami zoloCRAZY Shihab Imtiaz M1SYL Tahsin Ashrafee RozsteR Kyojin , Orgless 5 Orgless 5 Inactive Asitte Hassan Aseel Rasheed psy Simar Sethi Whimp Saaransh Dang hacker Vikrant Pujari blackhawk Shailesh Dalvi godvexy Sameer Sharma , God Particles God Particles Inactive Logistaa Arnav Jit Kalra Scargod Divyansh Jain WhiteHorse Shane Kariwow Ember Garvit Nehra KnightRider Abhay Mulchandani sh1vy Shivam Ajmani , and Team Valor Team Valor Inactive Stroky BuLL3T Aditya Kajari Busterrr Sharan Dave Pashasahil Mast3r Varun Menon .
Other News
- According to Dot Esports, Chris "LarryBanks" Doyi has been moved to FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le 's bench. Former Built By Gamers Built By Gamers Inactive player Jake "Poach" Brumleve has been named as a possible replacement, and even competed with the roster in the recent BoomTV Proving Grounds Spring 2022 $20k.
- VCT North America analyst and caster Sean Gares revealed that he had not been extended an offer to be a part of the talent lineup for Masters: Reykjavik. In light of the news, he also mentioned that he would be getting more involved in the competitive scene.
- VCT caster Daniel "ddk" Kapadia has announced that he is stepping away from commentating following the conclusion of the North American VCT and Game Changers playoffs.