VCT competition is reaching its climax, but that didn't stop the rest of the Valorant world from creating new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.

This week's edition covers news from June 18 - June 24.

• Read more: News Almost Missed June 17

Roster Changes

• Julia "JULIA" Dias announced her departure from Immortals Immortals Inactive . She is now in search of a new team as an unrestricted free agent.
• TSM Academy TSM Academy Inactive are down to three active members following the departure of Nathaniel "payen" Lopez earlier this week.
• BASILISK BASILISK Inactive royal Matthew Buick Jangler Dwaine Kirkpatrick parted ways with Anderson "Nanners" Lutkehus.
• CLG Red CLG Red Inactive itnothan Han Nguyen emluo mle Emily Peters athxna Mirna Noureldin dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo announced the departure of Claudia "clawdia" Che.
• / April "bungee" Haight joined TSM X TSM X Inactive athxna Mirna Noureldin mle Emily Peters dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo bungee April Haight Ellie Elena Garland to round out their roster.
• / Into The Breach Prime Into The Breach Prime Inactive announced the departures of Desi and Elise "Mistiare" Dennis.
• / Tanishq "Tanizhq" Sabharwal was reinstated as the head coach of Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #9 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso . Additionally, interim head coach Harry "Gorilla" Mepham moved back to an analyst position with the team.
• After screenshots of racist comments and other inappropriate remarks made by NOM Esports NOM Esports Europe Rank #92 Chadi Farsang Balázs member kamo surfaced from flows, the organization benched the player and announced that they would be launching an investigation into the matter. kamo later released a Twitlonger containing an apology and other information about the situation.
• / Dragan "elllement" Milanović and Alexander "mizuN" Katok officially departed Wave Esports Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz . The two previously joined the team as stand-ins. Additionally, elllement later stated that he has entered free agency, indicating that his time with EXCEL EXCEL Inactive Moe40 Muhammad Hariff chiwa Egor Stepanyuk paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski Foxie Tyler Lowton ALIVE Gilad Hakim has come to a close.
• OG OG Inactive KONEQT Cista Adel uNKOE Benjamin Chevasson OniBy Theo Tarlier fxy0 Joey Schlosser LaAw Mathieu Plantin bid farewell to their French roster following the conclusion of the regular season of the second stage of the French Regional League.
• / Dominykas "MiniBoo" Lukaševičius revealed that he is in search of new opportunities while still under contract with Arctic Arctic Inactive .
• Vania officially joined BBL Queens BBL Queens Europe Rank #12 jduh Ceyda Kondu proxima Aslıhan Uslu Wens Gülce Eda Sürmeli alkyia Azra Erin Felipa Zehra Durak as their fifth member.
• TBK Esports GC TBK Esports GC Inactive shyz Luisa Minarelli Daniops Daniela Cristini Bizerra Vitoria Vieira gabee rounded out their roster with Luisa "shyz" Minarelli.
• Lee "k1Ng" Seung-won (이승원) announced that he would be taking a break from competition with the intentions of returning to competition post-Champions. He was one of the founding members of Vision Strikers Vision Strikers Inactive stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Rb Goo Sang-min (구상민) Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) and was loaned to Incheon On Sla2ers Incheon On Sla2ers Korea Rank #29 VaNish XirZz in late December 2021 from DRX DRX Korea Rank #7 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) .
• ZETA DIVISION revealed their first player for their female squad, suzu .
• FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #1 GON Kento Hara Aace Souta Itou Hals neth Yusuke Matsuda MrTenzouEz parted ways with their male roster and announced their female roster.
• Zennakukin revealed that he was in search of new opportunities. He was previously a part of BLUE BEES.ESP BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Rank #11 Lafura hidry Zan 9Lair Satwoshi kenmohororo Kaito Yoshida .
• / W Streak Esports W Streak Esports Inactive Rexy Tejas Kotian stand-in Busterrr Sharan Dave stand-in Equinox Rishi Dave RelliK Pruthvi Rathod xavi8k Xavier Juan stand-in acquired Xenoo from BearClaw Gaming BearClaw Gaming Inactive joshh Joshua Leow bryce Bryce Lee Flaring Henri Forichon JayH Wong Jia Heng . Additionally, BearClaw Gaming coach Alti announced that he was in search of new opportunities as a coach.
• Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #14 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt foxy Crus Lư Tiến Huy tok1o Nia twilight welcomed Nguyễn "n1zzy" Tấn Thành to their team from UBT Esports UBT Esports Inactive moefcute Dương Phúc Hiếu Real8 Vũ Ngọc Đức Hiếu Rambut4n Phạm Xuân Giang .
• Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #18 Hotsauz Yousef Imad El-Yousef tesseract Jon Michael Piga Yukxx Yukee Lampa choosie Matthew Lorenzo Te Dignified analyst Nikhil "sieh" Bhansali announced that he would be looking for new opportunities as a coach in Valorant and caster/on air talent for a host of other esport titles.
• / Saleh "xelouz" Abdulaziz announced that he had officially departed YaLLa Esports YaLLa Esports Inactive ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef Near Fahad Salem Kitkat Mohamed Alnuaimi B4HA Baha Mohamad Oqap ISSAA Issa Murad VIPP33R Omar Adwan .
• Former NASR Esports NASR Esports MENA Rank #5 sibeastw0w Anton Govorukhin xenon Vladimir Lobov vakk Vakaris Bebravičius player Saif "Nerf" Ahmad Alsayed revealed that he had left the team and entered free agency.
• Saleh "styluS" Al-Hammadi announced that he had stepped down from the roster of 01 Esports 01 Esports Inactive Dazlly Mohammed Abushal ExiT Abdullah Al-Twaijri . His departure leave 01 Esports with four active players plus substitute player rezy .
• Team Falcons unveiled their female roster, Team Falcons Vega Team Falcons Vega MENA Rank #7 madv Modhi Alkanhal Toki Maria Perez eva Nur Çakır Sandra Sandra Sherif Mary Maryam Maher .
• Hamza "Yuggs" Amallah revealed that he was in search of new opportunities while still under contract with Fox Gaming Fox Gaming Inactive Aspire Imad Salman Mapo Othmane Djebbour Slap Mohamed Ayoub Sabouni Loop Diaa Ghannam NoXuS Sabir Habibi .

Results & Standings (As of 6/25)

• NSG Summer Championship Open 11 winner: Oxygen Academy Oxygen Academy Inactive Rustun Rustun Lusk Verno Andrew Maust Welshy Liam Newhouse | runner-up: CrouchShoot CrouchShoot Inactive Hoppin Charles Clapper FIEND Zander Bates BRANTED Brandon Ballard cheatcode Shaun Quinto robot
• Astral Clash 2022 Virtual Qualifier winner: Immortals Immortals Inactive | runner-up: dart monkeys dart monkeys Inactive
• VRL Polaris Playoffs qualified teams: EXCEL EXCEL Inactive Moe40 Muhammad Hariff chiwa Egor Stepanyuk paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski Foxie Tyler Lowton ALIVE Gilad Hakim , Finest Finest Inactive DESTRUCT1VEE Hakan Lekesizer Kicks Kimmie Laasner bonkar Malkolm Rench , KOVA KOVA Inactive Supmah Hampus Svensson JESMUND Jesse Terävä Ale Alend Khalaf vicious Benjamin Guilotte shéd Jani Marjanen , who cars? who cars? Europe Rank #210 fexayy mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl Klusia Jonas Colkær Thomsen Nille Nichlas Busk sunshine Benjamin Hornshøj Nielsen
• Spanish Regional League Playoffs remaining teams: Case Esports Case Esports Inactive , Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive , Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin , UCAM Esports Club UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #15 Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh bucher Maximilian Bucher Quick Fabián Pereira YuNo Eloy García Burgueño
• Circuito Tormenta Playoffs winner: KPI Gaming KPI Gaming Europe Rank #10 | runner-up: BISONS ECLUB BISONS ECLUB Inactive krysyS Tomás Molina meisoN Juan Carlos Chacón xikii Victor Garcia
• Campeonato de Elite Stage 1 Playoffs qualified teams: Heracles Gaming Heracles Gaming Inactive LionClaw Tiago Moreira Dizayn Ozan Yagiz , EGN STEPUP EGN STEPUP Inactive Dolfo Rodrigo Oliveira k4nzo fainz Pedro Monteiro DEPZ Pedro Cova , Arroz Arroz Inactive Zino Paulo Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado VTaguT Rui Ribeiro , RESET RESET Inactive Akira Rui Barbosa k0mpa Carlos Nunes furyan Afonso de Sousa nasK Diogo Barros silenttt Nuno Rodrigues
• French Regional League Playoffs qualified teams: Karmine Corp Karmine Corp Europe Rank #31 saadhak Matias Delipetro Avez Hazem Khaled Elite Efe Teber SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin marteen Martin Pátek , beGenius beGenius Inactive , Mandatory Mandatory Europe Rank #27 CyvOph Clement Millard HyP Damien Souville thebigfiz Julien Auberton AKUMAAAAA Alex Lo Bello Goaster Tony Richard , Team BDS Team BDS Inactive bramz Bayram Ben Redjeb , Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #9 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso , MAD Lions MAD Lions Inactive KRAY Calum Knight
• Project Queens Main Event qualified teams: Acend Rising Acend Rising Inactive schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül amy Amy Lai h6tedthemost Lada Kozhemyakina speedowka Weronika Dabrowska Joliinaa Tina Agéli , Angry Titans Iris Angry Titans Iris Europe Rank #463 els mAri Sumi
• Project V A1 eSports VALORANT Cup Playoffs winner: Sissi State Punks Sissi State Punks Inactive | runner-up: Unicorns of Love Unicorns of Love Inactive bleeshh Christopher Bledowski
• / VRL DACH Stage 2 Playoffs qualified teams: MOUZ MOUZ Europe Rank #7 Obnoks Nico Garczarczyk iluri Ilari Puranen Fizzy David Figueiredo starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski , Ovation eSports Ovation eSports Europe Rank #235 Luzuh Joseph Loose Louitan Louis Beresford eleo Leonard Kulish , DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #4 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki , Angry Titans Angry Titans Inactive ngiN Engin Kor HyDrO Lukas Brill
• East Regional League Stage 2 Playoffs qualified teams: Anorthosis Famagusta Esports Anorthosis Famagusta Esports Inactive , TENSTAR TENSTAR Inactive Buld Michał Sokal kacpi Kacper Wolski maniek Jakub Mańkowski Stix Wojciech Chamielec , NOM Esports NOM Esports Europe Rank #92 Chadi Farsang Balázs , Zero Tenacity Zero Tenacity Inactive
• DreamHack Summer 2022 BEACON Split 1 winner: AW3 AW3 Inactive EDDITION Oscar Ed rasmus Rasmus Karlsson puggy Anton af Bjur SemberN Emil Semb mts Mats Revetal Sortland | runner-up: KAMK.GG KAMK.GG Europe Rank #184 Mallu Persyk Teltta Lotusflower Kjja JeqeBRRRRR malinenn
• Rebels #3 winner: FUT Female FUT Female Inactive Lyda İlayda Güzeldere rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk | runner-up: Papara SuperMassive Female Papara SuperMassive Female Inactive Julis Açelya Özgen schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül
• Stage 2 Challengers Brazil playoffs remaining teams: LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #2 dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira , Ninjas In Pyjamas Ninjas In Pyjamas Inactive
• Esportsmaker Spike Ladies #3 winner: Gamelanders Purple Gamelanders Purple Inactive | runner-up: MIBR GC MIBR GC Game Changers Rank #4 srN Nicolas Niederauer sayuri Camila Obam Jelly Julia Iris Mel Melissa Souza jubs Juliana Oliveira
• Liga Gamers Club Série A June Playoffs winner: DIRETORIA DIRETORIA Inactive GuhRVN Gustavo Ferreira havoc Ilan Eloy pancc Fillipe Martins jnt gobera Vitor Gobo | runner-up: Rise Gaming Rise Gaming Inactive luqz Lucas Dias Tak1 Vitor Tak Luskka Lucas Rentechen
• Ultimasters AOC #3 main event teams: Stars Horizon Stars Horizon Inactive flainzz Felipe Saldanha pollo Julio Silva , Team Brave Soldiers Team Brave Soldiers Inactive zaninZS cortezia Gabriel Cortez depppx Demétrios Peixoto Faelzin Rafael Almeida Askia Estevão Ferreira , puGG puGG Inactive ind1n Tooug Igaum Higor Barbosa Siduzord Renan Siduoski Celin , Tuzzy E-Sports Tuzzy E-Sports Inactive lz Luiz Reche Zap Brenno Roberto vhz Vinicius Santana rhz Igor Aran pryze Luis-Henrique Viveiros , 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 , DIRETORIA DIRETORIA Inactive GuhRVN Gustavo Ferreira havoc Ilan Eloy pancc Fillipe Martins jnt gobera Vitor Gobo , clan dos jogos clan dos jogos Inactive mizu Gabriel Gonzalez arctic drago Matheus Matos LeeoLoos , Bomb Crypto Bomb Crypto Inactive EdudZ Eduardo Caetano spasz vitrix mega William Couss
• / Stage 2 Challengers LATAM Playoffs remaining teams: 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 , LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Rank #1 Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena aspas Erick Santos C0M Corbin Lee
• / Game Changers LATAM South Open 3 remaining teams: KRÜ BLAZE KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Unranked dods Caue Fernandes conir Constanza Reyes romily Romina Alvarez micaela Micaela Ferreyra biazik Beatriz Begnossi , Undead Gaming Fem Undead Gaming Fem Inactive Morita Dae jeyjey sumi minuty , Optix Fem Optix Fem Inactive may coalZ Uvita Hanna cxta Catalina Casanova , 9z Team GC 9z Team GC Latin America South Unranked ponix Isidora Valentina Vásquez Muñoz Adenina Mikaela Univaso Nadie babzzz Bárbara Moniz none nicky tok1o
• Stage 2 Challengers Korea Playoffs remaining teams: DRX DRX Korea Rank #7 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) , Maru Gaming Maru Gaming Korea Rank #19 ANNYEON An Seo-jin (안서진) Dipa Yoon Ha-jun (윤하준) Xenus Lee Kyung-ho (이경호) mir Hwang Mir (황미르) GANGAZI Choi Min-yong (최민용)
• Stage 2 Challengers APAC Challengers Playoffs remaining teams: Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov , Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #7 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Wild0reoo Brheyanne Christ Reyes 2ge James Goopio Jremy Jeremy Cabrera , XERXIA Esports XERXIA Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #29 b3ta Puwadon Jaisuekul Siraww Siraphop Honghirun bnwgiggs
• The Esports Club Community Cup Main Event remaining teams: Lethal Esports Lethal Esports Inactive khelthuzad Shahul Hameed LuciA Anil Kumar sh1vy Shivam Ajmani Rossi Kiran Rossi , Revenant Esports Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #9 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar skillZ Jayanth Ramesh tricky Prish Valvani Paradox Kasif Sayyed
• / Pizza Hut Champions Cup winner: Team Rapid Team Rapid Inactive | runner-up: YaLLa Esports YaLLa Esports Inactive ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef Near Fahad Salem Kitkat Mohamed Alnuaimi B4HA Baha Mohamad Oqap ISSAA Issa Murad VIPP33R Omar Adwan

Other News & Rumors

• According to a report from Dot Esports reporter George Geddes, Shopify Rebellion are in discussions to sign the Luminosity Luminosity Inactive moose Kaleb Jayne mada Adam Pampuch dazzLe Will Loafman bdog Brandon Sanders TiGG Tanner Spanu roster, who were let go by their organization at the beginning of the month. Shopify Rebellion currently field a Game Changers team, and recently announced that they would be applying for the 2023 franchised league.
• Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #4 N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid announced that they were in search of two strategic analysts for their Valorant roster.
• Benjy "benjyfishy" Fish, a prominent Fortnite player for NRG, recently revealed that he would be retiring from the game to pursue Valorant.
• The final three matches of the Stage 2 Japan Challengers Playoffs are currently being held at the Saitama Super Arena, Northwest of Tokyo, in the Saitama prefecture. On Friday, ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori bested NORTHEPTION NORTHEPTION Japan Rank #18 in the upper bracket final, leaving NORTHEPTION and Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive to battle it out in the lower bracket to see which team would represent Japan at Masters: Copenhagen. Earlier this morning, NORTHEPTION defeated Crazy Raccoon 2-0 to secure a rematch against ZETA DIVISION in the grand finals.