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 Inactive have bid farewell to Vannesa "panini" Emory.
• / Torrify and Carlo "Dcop" Delsol have become the newest members of FUSION FUSION Latin America North Unranked Sitolui Winter Mora Yaoming jPacheco . 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 Inactive Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont stand-in alvinboy Alvin Hong stand-in seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond vora Jordan Pulwer 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 Europe Unranked Jake robz Clotaire Lainé kingHaS Henry Simmons .
• / 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 Inactive mezoky Boom Daniel Jiménez and hvoya was previously a part of KPI Gaming KPI Gaming Europe Unranked AleZ Alejandro Martinez Nevado Ko0da SebZz delamac Movv .
• / Team Queso Team Queso Inactive mezoky Boom Daniel Jiménez have parted ways with Fletcher "Leare" Brigden-Knight and Tyler "Foxie" Lowton and brought in Katu and Tselmeg "xuss" Tsolmon to complete their roster.
• Anonymo Esports Anonymo Esports Inactive belmonte Kacper Mordak 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 Robert Ptok kvmil Kamil Szymanek for the upcoming VRL East split.
• / Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive have added Maks "kamyk" Rychlewski to their team, increasing the team's player count to six.
• Former Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Unranked Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish ComeBack Berkcan Şentürk Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius 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 Inactive ngiN Engin Kor HyDrO Lukas Brill have welcomed former DSYRE DSYRE Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki player Taranvir "bipo" Singh to their team.
• / KOI KOI Inactive have completed their roster with Ramses "Famsii" Valentino Erasmus Koivukangas.
• / MOUZ MOUZ Inactive have added former Finest Finest Inactive DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench player Ben "RECIDENT" Battash to their team.
• DSYRE DSYRE Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki 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 Inactive Nixerino Nicolás Canellas Colocho YuNo Eloy García Vorwenn Tomas Baldrich Blastinho Miquel llombart Pando 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 rcklss Barbara Kovacs LizA Elizabeth Luybovina shin0a Julie Meitar Julie Kami D1ana and announced that they will compete as NOM LEGION NOM LEGION Inactive LizA Elizabeth Luybovina Flawless Wathena in Game Changers EMEA.
• Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Unranked have rounded out their roster with Jlerst . He previously was a part of Surreal Esports Surreal Esports Inactive Rosé Eren Erzan VenTT Emre Bozkurt 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 GC MIBR GC Brazil Unranked bstrdd Paula Naguil melissa Melissa Souza conir Constanza Reyes mizzy Ester Cardoso waved have announced their full roster, featuring new additions pannshi , Tamires "Badgal" Araujo, and Carolina "Shizue" Miranda.
• / INFINITY INFINITY Inactive ligasa Rodrigo Castillo MatiS Matias Salgado bnj Benjamin Rabinovich 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 Inactive 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 Unranked popogachi Souta Morita Frxeez oitaN Masayuki Takahashi kAyle Jung Soo-yong (정수용) SID Kim Min-seung (김민승) have welcomed GangPin , tf , and hNt to their team as players and coach respectively.
• // SCARZ SCARZ Japan Unranked Art Koki Kagami Gwangboong Kim Gwang-won (김광원) muto BRIAN Medusa An Min-cheol (안민철) have overhauled their roster by transferring Ko "C1ndeR" Jae-hyuk (고재혁) and Sio to Good 8 Squad Good 8 Squad Inactive ryota- Ryota Okayama 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 Inactive SouL Daddie Shunmar Bellita eugeneS Eugene Serrano Narpim Clark Karoll Landrito SecondLove Sovano Alvin Daniel L. Oronce Worship Ian Ga and Bren Esports Bren Esports Inactive respectively.
• BLEED BLEED Inactive 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 Inactive have bid farewell to vibhoRR . Shortly after that announcement, Vibhor became the second member of Orangutan Orangutan Inactive Makaveli Nikhil Chettri RvK Rishi Vijayakumar deecee Daivik Chauhan Hoax Aman Yadav .
• Team Majesty Team Majesty Inactive Vamp1r 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 Unranked Akita Esllene Xu amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin eva Nur Çakır mimi Michaela Lintrup , Rix.GG Lightning Rix.GG Lightning Inactive , Guild GC Guild GC Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos
• 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 melissa 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 Jelly Julia Iris Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela , Gamelanders Purple Gamelanders Purple Inactive , Stars Horizon Venus Stars Horizon Venus Inactive Larischz Lara Gilardoni melissa 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 Inactive , Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Inactive skillZ Jayanth Ramesh , Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar
• CriticalX Valorant Milestone playoffs winner: Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar | runner-up: FANGZ FANGZ Inactive Cactus Siddhiraj Mane B2 CortezZ Shubham Chhatre DominiK Hrishikesh Khedkar
• Skyesports Grand Slam Souvenir Mumbai Grand Finals winner: Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Unranked PatMen Patrick Mendoza UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov xavi8k Xavier Juan Autumn Kale Dunne | runner-up: Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan Xan Ng artn Ayrton Soh
• LPL Summer Cup Legends 2022 playoffs qualified teams: BOBO BOBO Inactive MIKE Michael Smith Nozz Noah McClafferty rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Crunchy Ethan Laker punda Lachlan Bamford , HONEY BADGERS HONEY BADGERS Inactive Noobster xue Jesse Tang MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari JELLYD Angelo Diaz Maple Elvin Sun , Funcrew Funcrew Inactive skrawl Justin Lanzon YAKUZA Yifang Yifang Chen MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari , REIGN REIGN Inactive MaiShiu Matthew Wu xsus Raymond Wang Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson MIKE Michael Smith

Other News & Rumors

• / According to a report by Max Katz, Misfits Black Misfits Black Inactive panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson 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 GC Guild GC Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos 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 Unranked Akita Esllene Xu amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin eva Nur Çakır mimi Michaela Lintrup . The team will lose a map ban during the map veto process in their match against FUT Female FUT Female Inactive Lyda İlayda Güzeldere rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk 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.