April is gone, and May is here. Nonetheless, the Valorant world continued to produce new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.

This week's edition covers news from April 30 - May 6.

• Read more: News Almost Missed April 29

Roster Changes

• Shopify Rebellion GC Shopify Rebellion GC North America Rank #2 flowerful Kayla Horton KP Erika Lytle sonder Diana Zhang Lorri Lorrian Elad bENITA Benita Novshadian have bid farewell to Vannesa "panini" Emory.
• / Torrify and Carlo "Dcop" Delsol have become the newest members of FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank #1 theory Daniel Esteban Albadan Cardozo Virtyy Leandro Moreno Mited Luis Gutierrez edu Darker Sebastián Castro Cicuamia Dcop Carlo Delsol . Torrify previously played on Zero MarksMen Silver Zero MarksMen Silver Inactive hyun Torrify Kolby Bruzzo plaza Waffle , while Dcop has been a core member of TSM Academy TSM Academy Inactive since the team played under Noble Noble Inactive Precision Colin O'Neill bdog Brandon Sanders LeviathanAG Aleko Gabuniya payen Nathaniel Lopez ZK Timothy Ly .
• / TSM TSM North America Rank #6 gMd Anthony Guimond seven Johann Hernandez NaturE Nicholas Garrison Kanpeki Eric Xu corey Corey Nigra have added former Wave Esports Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz coach Dimitar "Itopata" Staev and Rainbow Six: Siege coach Jacob "Daeda" Hale to their team as strategic analyst and data analyst respectively. Additionally, assistant coach Austin "Apex" Copeland has revealed that he has departed the team and entered free agency.
• Frankie "Carter" Carter has announced that he is looking for new opportunities as a free agent. He previously played for M4LIK M4LIK Inactive mercedespeek Dillan Thomas Mike Michael Mckenzie MAGiK Calvin Spaaij kingHaS Henry Simmons Leare Fletcher Brigden-Knight .
• / beGenius beGenius Inactive have rounded out their roster with Fletcher "Leare" Brigden-Knight and Aleksandr "hvoya" Eremin. Leare previously played with Team Queso Team Queso Europe Rank #28 UNFAKE Bartosz Bernacki neptuNo Alberto González H1ber Joona Parviainen PoPiFresH Mario González lowel Christian García Antorán and hvoya was previously a part of KPI Gaming KPI Gaming Europe Rank #71 jonba Jon Baraiazarra kyrrz Álvaro Reyes shhhack Peter Belej B1SK Vitaliy Emelyanov Insider Artem Puzanov .
• / Team Queso Team Queso Europe Rank #28 UNFAKE Bartosz Bernacki neptuNo Alberto González H1ber Joona Parviainen PoPiFresH Mario González lowel Christian García Antorán have parted ways with Fletcher "Leare" Brigden-Knight and Tyler "FoxieGG" Lowton and brought in Katu and Tselmeg "xuss" Tsolmon to complete their roster.
• Anonymo Esports Anonymo Esports Europe Rank #46 snikk Sebastian Kamiński xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Katu Kacper Twórz have acquired the roster of WATAHA WATAHA Inactive nyczu Szymon Kulik Kamisseq Kamil Lepper NOKOCU Michał Michałów vilczek 999kvmil Kamil Szymanek for the upcoming VRL East split.
• / Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Europe Rank #36 GatsH Guillaume Kalka hastack Sergio Fernández Martínez vo0kashu Ilya Ushakov humanz Jose Luis Cebrian have added Maks "kamyk" Rychlewski to their team, increasing the team's player count to six.
• Former Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #6 Mixwell Oscar Cañellas AvovA Auni Chahade zeek Aleksander Zygmunt Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius keloqz Cista Wassim player Jose-Antonio "Bromas" Ramos Gonzalez has joined Real Betis Real Betis Inactive Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Guardy Antonio Guardiola Rexs José Jaramago as the team's coach. His addition came after Mikii — the team's previous head coach — announced his departure from the team earlier in the week.
• BIG BIG Inactive have revealed that Fatih "gob b" Dayik has departed the roster and competitive Valorant to return to CS:GO to coach BIG's all-German roster.
• OG OG Inactive KONEQT Cista Adel uNKOE Benjamin Chevasson OniBy Theo Tarlier fxy0 Joey Schlosser LaAw Mathieu Plantin have rounded out their roster with former Sector One Sector One Inactive Alyx Alex Morrow poegii Yenthe Segers q Liam Hoek dash MaximN Maxim Nonglaire player Cista "KONEQT" Adel.
• / Angry Titans Angry Titans Europe Rank #70 eNes Enes Bulut jurca Jurca Andreas Louitan Louis Beresford ngiN Engin Kor HyDrO Lukas Brill have welcomed former DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #21 xazyy Alejandro Giudice caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov feqew Lukas Petrauskas Zanx player Taranvir "bipo" Singh to their team.
• / KOI KOI Europe Rank #29 starxo Patryk Kopczynski koldamenta Jose Luis Aranguren sheydos Bogdan Naumov trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Wolfen Berkant Joshkun have completed their roster with Ramses "Famsii" Koivukangas.
• / MOUZ MOUZ Europe Rank #55 al0rante Felix Brandl Obnoks Nico Garczarczyk murii Murat Korkmaz Filu Dawid Czarnecki iluri Ilari Puranen have added former Finest Finest Inactive dESTRUCTIVEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench player Ben "RECIDENT" Battash to their team.
• DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #21 xazyy Alejandro Giudice caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov feqew Lukas Petrauskas Zanx have finalized their roster with David "Davidp" Prins, Alexandr "SimonD4rk" Skovbel, and Murat "murii" Korkmaz. The three join from beGenius beGenius Inactive , 5MOKES 5MOKES Inactive sickrey Nikolay Novozhilov SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel sharyk Normund Faterins xenon Vladimir Lobov Winteryrook Evgeniy Lenko , and Wave Esports Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz respectively.
• Movistar Riders Movistar Riders Europe Rank #112 Navarrete Andreu Navarro Blasco Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho dimaxx Dmytro Paliy saiko Kacper Kucharski have unveiled their full roster, featuring new additions Tramaine "stanley" Stanley, Bence "szimpli" Soós, Mikołaj "Mickebwoy" Chojnacki, and David "Fizzy" Figueiredo.
• / NOM Esports have acquired Team X Team X Inactive bunny Barbara Kovacs LizA shin0a Julie D1ana and announced that they will compete as NOM LEGION NOM LEGION Europe Rank #75 LizA Flawless Thykuza Wathena in Game Changers EMEA.
• Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #14 sterben Emre Demirci CyderX Caner Demir Elite Efe Teber Burzzy Burak Özveren Izzy Baran Yılmaz have rounded out their roster with Jlerst . He previously was a part of Surreal Esports Surreal Esports Inactive Rosé Eren Erzan VenTT vittoria macRue Arda Yıldız Crewen Ali Eren Sargin .
• Sangal Rebels Sangal Rebels Inactive Anva Nehir Dinçer Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu dociless Sude Sancak Narcius Kamila EKİN have parted ways with Buket "Purple" Yağcıoğlu.
• Gamelanders Blue Gamelanders Blue Inactive have completed their roster with former Tropinha do TIKTOK 2.0 Tropinha do TIKTOK 2.0 Inactive tockers Gabriel Claumann Tisora Kauã Estefanini fznnn Fernando Cerqueira bld Victor Junqueira fzkk Leonardo Puertas member Brinks .
• MIBR Female MIBR Female Brazil Rank #30 biazik Beatriz Begnossi Daniops Daniela Cristini drn Paola Caroline isa1 Isabele Glym nat1 Natalia Meneses have announced their full roster, featuring new additions pannshi , Tamires "Badgal" Araujo, and Carolina "Shizue" Miranda.
• / INFINITY INFINITY Latin America North Rank #2 byrf Diego Cazanga ligasa Rodrigo Castillo MatiS Matias Salgado vaiZ Matías Barría suther Tomás Zurita have parted ways with Juanes "sickLy" Valencia, ERMAAAK , and Gonzalo "gessito" Paucay and signed Javier "jvhz" Hernández, Daniel "theory" Esteban Albadan Cardozo, and Cristobal "l4cerr" Chaparro.
• / REIGNITE REIGNITE Japan Rank #29 Ask Seigi Yamamoto IceCore hyouka K1llgrave Kaminari have overhauled their roster by welcoming Seigi "Ask" Yamamoto, Cho "fAwn" Duck-keun (조덕근), and nagi to their team as player, coach, and analyst respectively. Additionally, the team has bid farewell to Dhimoruto .
• / IGZIST IGZIST Japan Rank #27 Norisen Yusuke Shima GangPin Chae Jung-moo thiefy Masato Tsujita oitaN Masayuki Takahashi RIPablo Shuma Ikeda have welcomed GangPin , thiefy , and hNt to their team as players and coach respectively.
• // SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #4 Allen Zennakukin Daichi Igarashi TORANECO Jusei Saito Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kr1stal Savva Fedorov Yoshiii have overhauled their roster by transferring Ko "C1nder" Jae-hyuk (고재혁) and Sio to Good 8 Squad Good 8 Squad Japan Rank #19 ryota- kenmohororo Kaito Yoshida C1nder Ko Jae-hyuk (고재혁) Bangnan Jung Min-u (정민우) PeroOwO and releasing Shin "Shuzz" Ji-seok (신지석), whose contract with the organization expired. A few days after that announcement, the team welcomed back Anthem , who was previously on loan to Inactive and added Matthew "modeskiii" Bautista and Joshua "JoshS" Miles Santos, formerly of Action PH Action PH Asia-Pacific Rank #64 blurred Shaun Matthew Maglasang Derek Patrick Lacson Kevzii Franz Kevin Dingal micr0 Elmer Coloma and Bren Esports Bren Esports Inactive respectively.
• BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #2 sScary Nutchapon Matarat Deryeon Derrick Yee Juicy Tyler James Aeria nephh Marcus Tan crazyguy Ngô Công Anh have added Sushant "Ominous" Jha to their team as an analyst. He previously wrote for VLR.gg and is currently a writer for Run It Back. His addition brings BLEED's coaching staff up to three members.
• Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #8 hellff Sagnik Roy DEATHMAKER Debanjan Das Excali Karan Mhaswadkar doma Domagoj Fancev ec1s Adam Eccles have bid farewell to vibhoRR . Shortly after that announcement, Vibhor became the second member of Orangutan Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank #11 LeVi Rajiv Satpute tesseract Jon Michael Piga azys Azis Nandang RvK Rishi Vijayakumar Antidote Sabyasachi Bose rawfiul Akram Virani .
• Team Majesty Team Majesty MENA Rank #18 SN0KEER Nour Elbasha Alone Ahmed Taimour wLn Ahmed Shata Anoxai Anton Sobolev soloffg Vadim Solovyev have unveiled an all-new roster, featuring players from Tunisia, Morocco, and EMEA.

Results & Standings

• NSG Summer Championship Open 4 winner: SoaR SoaR Inactive epathy Ngawang Chonjor fiziq Lucas Blow v1c Victor Truong Trill Ashley Powell | runner-up: TSM Academy TSM Academy Inactive
• Game Changers EMEA series II main event teams remaining: G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #1 roxi Vivian Schilling Mary Maryam Maher Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup Glance Anastasia Anisimova , Rix.GG Lightning Rix.GG Lightning Inactive , Guild X Guild X Europe Rank #3 aNNja Anja Vasalic Smurfette Yağmur Gündüz cinnamon Klaudia Beczkiewicz ness Neslişah Demir
• Liga Gamers Club - Série A April playoffs winner: Tropinha do TIKTOK 2.0 Tropinha do TIKTOK 2.0 Inactive tockers Gabriel Claumann Tisora Kauã Estefanini fznnn Fernando Cerqueira bld Victor Junqueira fzkk Leonardo Puertas | runner-up: Unemployed Unemployed Inactive francez Felipe Mello swag João Neto fooX rood Rodrigo Gomes forbanz
• Gaming Culture - Girl Power #4 winner: Stars Horizon Venus Stars Horizon Venus Inactive Larischz Lara Gilardoni Mel Melissa Souza isa1 Isabele Glym sayuri Camila Obam mittens Diana Trevisan | runner-up: TBK Esports GC TBK Esports GC Inactive shyz Luisa Minarelli Daniops Daniela Cristini Bizerra Vitoria Vieira gabee
• Protocolo: Gêneses 2022 Open Qualifier 3 remaining teams: Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Unranked Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela bstrdd Paula Naguil , Gamelanders Purple Gamelanders Purple Inactive , Stars Horizon Venus Stars Horizon Venus Inactive Larischz Lara Gilardoni Mel Melissa Souza isa1 Isabele Glym sayuri Camila Obam mittens Diana Trevisan , TBK Esports GC TBK Esports GC Inactive shyz Luisa Minarelli Daniops Daniela Cristini Bizerra Vitoria Vieira gabee
• The Esports Club - Challenger Series playoffs teams remaining: Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #8 hellff Sagnik Roy DEATHMAKER Debanjan Das Excali Karan Mhaswadkar doma Domagoj Fancev ec1s Adam Eccles , Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Inactive Paradox Kasif Sayyed JoshS Joshua Miles Santos Ching Enrico Perez rite2ace Tejas Sawant 1TaPGoD Sahil Duble blackhawk Shailesh Dalvi , Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #30 Mast3r Varun Menon hvoya Aleksandr Eremin flabben Daniil Merzlyakov Harshhh Harsh Arora Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar
• CriticalX Valorant Milestone playoffs winner: Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #30 Mast3r Varun Menon hvoya Aleksandr Eremin flabben Daniil Merzlyakov Harshhh Harsh Arora Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar | runner-up: FANGZ FANGZ Inactive Cactus Siddhiraj Mane B2 CortezZ Shubham Chhatre DominiK Rushikesh Khedkar
• Skyesports Grand Slam Souvenir Mumbai Grand Finals winner: Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #10 Bazzi Park Jun-ki (박준기) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar WRONSKI Michael Wronski Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Monyet Cahya Nugraha AYRIN Jordan He | runner-up: Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #21 Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan
• LPL Summer Cup Legends 2022 playoffs qualified teams: BOBO BOBO Inactive Nozz Noah McClafferty DRAGON Nicholas Aleksandrovsky Yifang Yifang Chen Crunchy Ethan Laker pl1xx Chris Li , HONEY BADGERS HONEY BADGERS Inactive Noobster xue Jesse Tang MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari JELLYD Angelo Diaz Maple Elvin Sun , Funcrew Funcrew Oceania Rank #2 skrawl Justin Lanzon norsin Norsin Yawanis andy LEW Luis Hibbert Fweshest Christian Bartolillo , REIGN REIGN Inactive MaiShiu Matthew Wu xsus Raymond Wang Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson M1kE Michael Smith

Other News & Rumors

• / According to a report by Max Katz, Misfits Black Misfits Black North America Rank #169 kxtieoh Carlee Carlee Gress edith Slandy Presley Anderson Vernina Vernina Gozum are set to sign florescent to their roster. While the new pickup will not participate in North America's Game Changers Series II due to her age, she will make her debut in NA Game Changers Series III in October.
• Following initial reports that legendary CS:GO player Kenny "kennyS" Schrub was set to join OG OG Inactive KONEQT Cista Adel uNKOE Benjamin Chevasson OniBy Theo Tarlier fxy0 Joey Schlosser LaAw Mathieu Plantin for the upcoming French Regional League split, the French player has recently come out to confirm the rumors, as well as clarify the situation that fell through. In a Twitlonger post, kennyS stated that he planned on playing with OG for a few months on loan from G2 Esports, his current team in CS:GO, but Riot rejected the offer "because of contractual reasons".
• / A report by Jessica Scharnagle and George Geddes has revealed that Riot-ordained tournament organizer Freaks 4U are planning to launch an investigation following a public statement made by an observer who detailed extreme workplace misconduct towards Melanie "mel" Hoi-San Man.
• Guild X Guild X Europe Rank #3 aNNja Anja Vasalic Smurfette Yağmur Gündüz cinnamon Klaudia Beczkiewicz ness Neslişah Demir has been penalized in a competitive ruling by Riot due to an accidental surrender vote that was initiated and passed in the team's match against G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #1 roxi Vivian Schilling Mary Maryam Maher Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup Glance Anastasia Anisimova . The team will lose a map ban during the map veto process in their match against FUT JEFF FUT JEFF Europe Rank #342 Lyda İlayda Güzeldere dati Damla Atila Julis Açelya Özgen River Irmak Peküz Liyan in the EMEA's Game Changers Series II.
• According to a report from blix.gg journalist Rafael Ferreira, FaZe Clan Rainbow Six: Siege player Lucas "Soulz1" Schinke is rumored to be targeting a move into Valorant after three years of competing.

ChickenJoe contributed to this recap.