Both Challengers & Partnered events have reached their halfway point and Game Changers: EMEA has begun their group stage. Although there is plenty of ongoing action, teams all around the world continue to make new headlines. Here's what you might have missed these past two weeks in Valorant news.
This week's double edition covers news from April 16 to April 29
- Previous Edition: News Almost Missed April 15
Roster Changes
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Zero MarksMen Black
Zero MarksMen Black Inactive Tim Timothy Braun Blahst Nathan Brand yiinel Elias Soto Nanners Anderson Lutkehus announced the signing of Team Reckaroo
Team Reckaroo Inactive Blahst Nathan Brand Tim Timothy Braun kev Kevin Pham Nanners Anderson Lutkehus yiinel Elias Soto 's roster.
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Torch
Torch Inactive canezera ion2x Kehmicals Rhett Lynch Korsonix Korey Anderson ShoT_UP Andrew Orlowski welcomed their first roster.
- Tanishq "Tanizhq"
Sabharwal announced that Chad "oderus"
Miller joined
Moist Moguls
Moist Moguls Inactive aproto Alex Protopapas sym Tyler Porter brawk Brock Somerhalder flyuh Xavier Carlson thief Brady Dever as their assistant coach.
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OREsports
OREsports Inactive nillyaz Chase Linder Paincakes Jake Hass parted ways with Vincent "PureVNS" Nguyen and welcomed Lucas "fiziq" Blow and Jake "Paincakes" Hass.
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Oxygen Esports
Oxygen Esports North America Rank #1 skuba Logan Jenkins mitch Mitch Semago Verno Andrew Maust Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm dapr Michael Gulino revealed that Yassin "Reduxx" Aboulalazm will be returning to the main roster in place of Devon "randyySAVAGE" Bréard.
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Shopify Rebellion GC
Shopify Rebellion GC Inactive announced the departure of Benita "bENITA" Novshadian.
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Macaulay was announced as a strategic coach for
S2G Esports
S2G Esports Europe Rank #86 lauress Toprak Kaynak Patrui Göktuğ Uyan AsLanM4shadoW Ali Osman Balta jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent russ Batuhan Malgaç .
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Rebels Gaming
Rebels Gaming Inactive parted ways with Ilya "vo0kashu" Ushakov and head coach John "Papasmurf" Yoo. The move also saw Alberto "Tinder" Rodriguez move from assistant coach to coach.
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Guild GC
Guild GC Europe Rank #76 Xaline Laure Mateos moved Klaudia "klaudia" Beczkiewicz to the bench in favor of "Karina" .
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DSYRE
DSYRE Europe Rank #3 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki Filu Dawid Czarnecki welcomed Alaa "Flynn" Nasrallah as analyst and João "Celo" de Almeida as assistant coach.
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Borchev announced his release from
FOKUS
FOKUS Europe Rank #51 Lime Jacob Foster bucher Maximilian Bucher SEIDER Mathias Seider al0rante Felix Brandl YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes .
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FUT Esports
FUT Esports Europe Rank #4 MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban welcomed Ömer "QuestioN" Karabulut as their coach and Kerem "bASER" Gündoğdu as analyst.
- Muhammad "aduka"
Arsyad Sazali parted ways with
Todak
Todak Asia-Pacific Rank #87 fishball Muhammad Nabil Shazwan EJAY Eroll Jule Delfin FrostyZ Muhammad Adam kael Tarmizi Rusli WAT Lewis Watson .
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MLT Esports
MLT Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #20 tesseract Jon Michael Piga traNz rite2ace Tejas Sawant azys Azis Nandang rawfiul Akram Virani LeVi Rajiv Satpute announced the arrival of Shubham "CortezZ" Chhatre from Goblin Attackers
Goblin Attackers Inactive r1seN Zaid Quraishi LilBOii Vishwaratn Srivastav grav1ty Anand Kumar KRIT24 .
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Reckoning Esports
Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #26 RvK Rishi Vijayakumar DOXZ3R Soumyadeep Dey LBY Eisuke Kuraoka karam1l Norbu Tsering welcomed Jit "tryst" Choudhury to their roster.
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KONE eSports Club
KONE eSports Club Inactive sword9 Li Wei (李卫) Yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) Knight Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔) Ninebody Ding Yi (丁毅) LuoK1ng Zhang Zhan Peng (张展鹏) released their roster & staff.
Results & Standings
- NSG Lockdown 2 - Open 1 winner:
Thanos Mug
Thanos Mug Inactive 66J Spaz Adam Laamoumi Teague Teague Morgan nabil Jerk Justin Milani | runner-up: UR DONE 4
UR DONE 4 Inactive Jangler Dwaine Kirkpatrick pho Mike Panza duck Chris Dutoit Harmful Mohammed Choudhary roca Daniel Gustaferri
- NSG Lockdown 2 - Open 2 winner:
YFP Gaming
YFP Gaming North America Rank #17 jakee Jake Anderson Will William Cheng penny Erik Penny thief Brady Dever fiziq Lucas Blow | runner-up: Torch
Torch Inactive canezera ion2x Kehmicals Rhett Lynch Korsonix Korey Anderson ShoT_UP Andrew Orlowski
- Knights Monthly Gauntlet 2023: April winner:
YFP Gaming
YFP Gaming North America Rank #17 jakee Jake Anderson Will William Cheng penny Erik Penny thief Brady Dever fiziq Lucas Blow | runner-up: The Silk Road
The Silk Road Inactive GLYPH Conner Garcia Neon Austin Hedge d1msumboi Erik Almhjell
- VALORANT East: United: Season 2: Stage 2 - Weekly Cup #3 winner:
2easy
2easy Inactive tankzor Artyom Bond 1nput Kajuks Kajus Skurvydas krea6on Vilius Malinauskas shramez Ivan Hlan | runner-up: calamity L
calamity L Europe Rank #108 bmblbe Paolo Peloza Gunners Krishan Patel
- VALORANT East: United: Season 2: Stage 2 - Monthly Cup #1 winner:
2easy
2easy Inactive tankzor Artyom Bond 1nput Kajuks Kajus Skurvydas krea6on Vilius Malinauskas shramez Ivan Hlan | runner-up: Szach Mat
Szach Mat Europe Rank #36 msh demek Kozok Kamil Kozioł NeFi 4Gruch
- Return of The Titans - FIRE winner:
New Boss Esports
New Boss Esports Inactive Anima Uğurcan Aydin Gloomy Mercan Özalp Crewen Ali Eren Sargin VenTT Emre Bozkurt xeus Doğan Gözgen | runner-up: 2L8
2L8 Europe Rank #106 ARGENT Berk Deniz Özdamar j4héx Ersel Örs
- Rebels #1 winner:
FUT Female
FUT Female Inactive Lyda İlayda Güzeldere rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk | runner-up: İstanbul Wildcats Female
İstanbul Wildcats Female Europe Rank #38 Tajna Gizem Akgün Cassiex3 Kleisy Arya Can
- FEL Major - BEACON Split 1 winner:
OnlyFins
OnlyFins Europe Rank #38 Feeqn Okko Pajari nixoon Niko Pasonen Jesmu Jesse Järvenpää Snowi Otto Rautiainen Ale Alend Khalaf | runner-up: Unsigned Puggers
Unsigned Puggers Inactive
- Valorant Open Tour France 2023: Stage 5 winner:
Klanik Esport
Klanik Esport Inactive NowaXxZang Fabien Moura Sp1ke Stanislav Koshel bzt Renátó Bárányos | runner-up: F9 Hetic
F9 Hetic Europe Rank #40 LeeN Adam Caillol b2kk Sofian Delimi vicious Benjamin Guilotte Kipperman Taylan Toprakçı
- Dubai Police Game Safe Tournament winner:
Fraggerz
Fraggerz MENA Rank #11 kasper Hussain Nawab Ebeeee k1Ng Abdul Sami Khero aljaDi Hasan Aljadi Robotic shooterR Mustafa Kamal | runner-up: Bald Boomers
Bald Boomers MENA Unranked
- Whiteboard Valorant Cup 2023 winner:
Underground Gaming
Underground Gaming MENA Rank #9 A1mly Ameen Dibis alvar Khaled Abdullah ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef rezy Thamer Nagadi Mabuchi | runner-up: Xenon Esports
Xenon Esports MENA Unranked
- Challengers League South Asia: Split 1 winner:
Orangutan
Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank #54 Makaveli Nikhil Chettri Ri0 Atharv Ahire tryst Jit Choudhury trinxty Naqshab Khan DcRulz Daivik Chauhan saun Saunskar Sane | runner-up: Gods Reign
Gods Reign Inactive Ember Garvit Nehra
- Claro Gaming Spike Cup - Apertura winner:
Zen eSports
Zen eSports Latin America South Rank #6 neto Roco HANLING Maximiliano De Michele chubi sh0twell Javier Rivera | runner-up: Universitario Esports
Universitario Esports Latin America Rank #2 JokK Kayo Matix11 antrex sKizzo
- FGC VALORANT Invitational 2023: Act 1 winner:
Attacking Soul Esports
Attacking Soul Esports Inactive monk Wang Haoyu (王浩宇) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) YHchen Chen Yuhan (陳昱瀚) Zero1 Meng Zhen Ren (任梦真) | runner-up: EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming China Rank #1 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunji (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Haodong Guo Haodong (郭浩东)
Other News & Rumours
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GodLike Esports
GodLike Esports Inactive Rexy Tejas Kotian karam1l Norbu Tsering astr0 Franz del Rosario Kibojn Jayesh Negi are set to welcome Bayu "Folkslore" Dwi as coach and Jayesh "Kibojn" Negi.