Another week has come and gone, and with it has come a new batch of headlines from around the world. Here's what you might have missed this past week.
This week's edition covers news from May 14 - May 20.
- Read more: News Almost Missed May 13
Roster Changes
- / Armel "leak" Araneta has revealed that he has been released from Knights Academy Knights Academy Inactive and announced that he will be taking an indefinite break from competition.
- Youssef "sSef" Daghache has announced his departure from YFP YFP North America Rank #14 jakee Jake Anderson stellar Brenden McGrath penny Erik Penny thief Brady Dever fiziq Lucas Blow .
- / Solstice Esports Solstice Esports Inactive crakd JSP Jasper Shum Complex Coby Hilburn player Raiyan "Flippsy" Jugbhery has joined Full Power Gaming Full Power Gaming Inactive MUSAB k1Ng Abdul Sami Khero PokemoN Storax Areeb Rehman Abdur Abdur Rehman as the team's head coach.
- Zero Tenacity Zero Tenacity Europe Rank #52 alexiiik Alex Hawlasek Prti Ivan Erak Grmekista Tilen Grmek msh Miłosz Szubański TajReX Patryk Hojoł have signed the roster of ownage ownage Inactive qxv Jakub Sawicki kenobi Szymon Łabędzki jas Jasiek Nieliwodzki mermi xiTsha Arkadiusz Nowak .
- / Zainab "zAAz" Turkie, one of the most successful female FPS players of all time, has announced her retirement from competitive play after 20 years of competition dating back to when she was 11 years old. In her place, G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #207 amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup will field Maryam "Mary" Maher, who hasn't been seen in an official match since November when she stood in with TENSTAR Nova TENSTAR Nova Inactive Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir Nelo Mathilde Beltoise .
- / Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin have added Berke "Vlad" Kantürk to their team as an analyst. He previously was the head coach of BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #17 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen sociablEE Volkan Yonal PROFEK Dawid Święć vakk Vakaris Bebravičius stand-in LewN Burak Alkan and moved to an analyst position within the team about a month after the team promoted Sezgin "fabre" Kalaycı from the team's performance coach to head coach.
- Earlier this week, on the 17th, Stars Horizon Stars Horizon Inactive flainzz Felipe Saldanha pollo Julio Silva bid farewell to Bruno "BRNWOWZK1" Miranda. A couple days later, the team brought on three new members: Lucas "Shuren" Silva as assistant coach, Arthur "artzin" Araujo as a player, and Flynn as an analyst.
- ODDIK ODDIK Inactive head coach Dyamond "phonics" Pillon has revealed that he has departed the organization and entered free agency.
- Before Before Inactive have rounded out their roster with Jelly and Krysme .
- / After being benched late last month, Benjamin "bnj" Rabinovich has revealed that he has officially been released from Ninjas In Pyjamas Ninjas In Pyjamas Inactive and is looking for new opportunities.
- Leandro "Leazo" Liset has departed 9z Team 9z Team Inactive deigara Gonzalo Funes Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone rubkkoide Facundo Chavez mizu Gabriel Gonzalez david David Olivares to join KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #3 keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete mta Nicolás González Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro . He joins KRÜ to replace Martin "BeTony" Bourre, who also departed his former team to join LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Rank #1 Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee nataNk Nathan Bocqueho as an assistant coach.
- Inactive have released their roster.
- Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive have added NorthernLights to their team as a coach.
- BearClaw Gaming BearClaw Gaming Inactive joshh Joshua Leow bryce Bryce Lee Flaring Henri Forichon JayH Wong Jia Heng have returned to Valorant by signing KPMOONIIBLM9 KPMOONIIBLM9 Inactive JayH Wong Jia Heng joshh Joshua Leow FirstLove Darren Mok Yong Xiang bryce Bryce Lee Flaring Henri Forichon Xenoo .
- Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #37 UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov kellyS Kelly Sedillo Papi Federico Evangelista Deryeon Derrick Yee have signed Pranav "Kohliii" Kohli, increasing the team's player count to six.
- / Shreya "ShreyUwU" Prasad has revealed that she is no longer a part of Asteria Asteria Inactive BriTSy Iqra Khan eluwu kxthrs and announced that she will be looking for new opportunities in North America.
- / MLC Esports MLC Esports Inactive MenT Nisuh have parted ways with YURI and welcomed CrYsTaL to their team in his place.
Results & Standings
- NSG Summer Championship Open 6 winner: Oxygen Academy Oxygen Academy Inactive Rustun Rustun Lusk Verno Andrew Maust Welshy Liam Newhouse | runner-up: TSM Academy TSM Academy Inactive
- BoomTV Proving Grounds $10k April Anarchy winner: Cosmic Divide Cosmic Divide Inactive ChurmZ Corey Koch Tkaz Tyler Kazmierczak renz Austin Dickman tokyo Sebastien Lima syfi Samir Karimov | runner-up: Akrew Akrew Inactive gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko Neon Austin Hedge Paincakes Jake Hass jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo
- VALORANT ETS LAN 2022 winner: Synergy Synergy Inactive Ouate Alexis Tremblay Swifts Jean-Christophe Demers AntoL Anthony Lariviere Dynasty Sharked Cédric Yergeau | runner-up: Able Esports Able Esports North America Rank #149 MNZ June Junior Pomminville Lamoux Alexandre Lamoureux XPL Tommy Richer AfterMath Mathieu Dufour Desbiens
- PLAYER1 SERIES Hera #3 winner: ODDIK Bright ODDIK Bright Inactive gabee mindle Elaine Takahashi gabiTê Aninha Ana Luiza Martinho | runner-up: MIBR GC MIBR GC Game Changers Rank #3 srN Nicolas Niederauer sayuri Camila Obam Jelly Julia Iris Mel Melissa Souza jubs Juliana Oliveira
- Liga Gamers Club Série A Maio main event qualified teams: Rise Gaming Rise Gaming Inactive luqz Lucas Dias Tak1 Vitor Tak Luskka Lucas Rentechen , Team Brave Soldiers Team Brave Soldiers Inactive zaninZS cortezia Gabriel Cortez depppx Demétrios Peixoto Faelzin Rafael Almeida Askia Estevão Ferreira , Supremacyy Supremacyy Inactive guiih9 Guilherme Vitor fz Felipe Rodrigues lz Luiz Reche gobera Vitor Gobo pMdr1 Pedro Henrique
- Rebels #2 remaining teams: FUT Female FUT Female Inactive Lyda İlayda Güzeldere rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk , Sangal Rebels Sangal Rebels Inactive Anva Nehir Dinçer Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu dociless Sude Sancak Narcius Kamila EKİN , Papara SuperMassive Female Papara SuperMassive Female Inactive Julis Açelya Özgen schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül , BBL Queens BBL Queens Inactive
- Oceania Tour Stage 2 regional playoffs remaining teams: ORDER ORDER Inactive WRONSKI Michael Wronski rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Texta Matthew O’Rourke disk0 Cameron Mac Maple Elvin Sun , BOBO BOBO Oceania Rank #5 Exirst loubert Nozz Noah McClafferty Muzz , 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 from Max "purest" Katz, Misfits Black Misfits Black Inactive panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson are looking to make large changes to their roster. Madelynn "Mady" Saye will step down from the active roster to pursue full-time content creation, while Chloe "chloe" Wong will likely be released, leaving the team with two active players. To fill their vacancies, the team will sign florescent , kxtieoh , and Zoe "caydia" Servais. However, florescent will be unable to play in the next Game Changers event due to her age. A substitute for florescent has not been named.
- Version1 Version1 Inactive are set to bench Alexander "zander" Dituri, according to a report from George Geddes. The team is in search of new candidates to replace their in-game leader, but no candidates were named as potential replacements.