The LCQs are in full swing, 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 July 31 - August 6.

• Read more: News Almost Missed July 30

Roster Changes

• Austin "Morgausse" Etue rounded out Native Gaming Native Gaming Inactive reltuC Stephen Cutler 's roster as the team's new in-game leader.
• Arctic Arctic Inactive parted ways with their full roster.
• Following the team's fourth place finish in the VRL 2022 finals, Angry Titans Angry Titans Inactive ngiN Engin Kor HyDrO Lukas Brill parted ways with their roster.
• / Maks "kamyk" Rychlewski announced that his contract with Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive had been mutually terminated, and that he is now in search of a new team as a free agent.
• / Konstantinos "tsack" Theodoropoulos revealed that he had parted ways with Team Queso Team Queso Inactive mezoky Boom Daniel Jiménez and is now looking for a new team to play with.
• BBL Queens BBL Queens Europe Rank #12 jduh Ceyda Kondu proxima Aslıhan Uslu Wens Gülce Eda Sürmeli alkyia Azra Erin Felipa Zehra Durak welcomed Mert "Mertenstein" Bengül to their team as coach.
• Papara SuperMassive Female Papara SuperMassive Female Inactive Julis Açelya Özgen schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül said goodbye to Irmak "River" Peküz, who joined Natus Vincere Celestials Natus Vincere Celestials Inactive Lateu Hilal Yaşar Anva Nehir Dinçer Miyori Eylül Sudem Sarıoğlu Sephia Reyhan Şimşek proxima Aslıhan Uslu to round out their roster.
• Marcella "Cellax" Ferreira announced her departure from MIBR GC MIBR GC Game Changers Rank #4 srN Nicolas Niederauer sayuri Camila Obam Jelly Julia Iris Mel Melissa Souza jubs Juliana Oliveira and entrance into free agency.
• Los Grandes Los Grandes Inactive prince Lorran S. Ferreira CTC Caio Torres pleets Marcelo Leite welcomed Dyamond "phonics" Pillon as the team's new head coach.
• / Ahead of the team's first matches in the South American LCQ, 9z Team 9z Team Inactive deigara Gonzalo Funes Tuli Giulliano Pozo Massone rubkkoide Facundo Chavez mizu Gabriel Gonzalez david David Olivares welcomed Benjamin "bnj" Rabinovich, Giulliano "Tuli" Pozo Massone, coach Romanilly , and analyst Ruzk to their team.
• / FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank #9 prask Mike Cortbani Fresht Juan Pablo Preciado Winter Rei RAINMAKER Javier Cruz bolstered their coaching staff by adding Alex "Fadeout" Argüello and Jovanni "Jovi" Vera as assistant coach and analyst respectively, with the latter joining FUSION for the South American LCQ.
• / Shortly after Yuto "Xdll" Mizomori's loan to ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori for Champions, BLUE BEES.ESP BLUE BEES.ESP Japan Rank #11 Lafura hidry Zan 9Lair Satwoshi kenmohororo Kaito Yoshida parted ways with Savva "Kr1stal" Fedorov, Jemkin , and TORANECO .
• FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #1 GON Kento Hara Aace Souta Itou Hals neth Yusuke Matsuda MrTenzouEz officially bid farewell to coach Relife .
• / REJECT REJECT Japan Rank #12 JaXe BNN take IceBear rounded out their roster with Kang "iNTRO" Seung-gyun (강승균), Anthem , head coach Yoshinori "KeNNy" Minami, and analyst mikke .
• / SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #9 Yoshiii John Yoshiharu Kawakami transferred Anthem to REJECT REJECT Japan Rank #12 JaXe BNN take IceBear and parted ways with the rest of their roster.
• Nigma Galaxy parted ways with their male and female rosters.
• REIGN REIGN Inactive MaiShiu Matthew Wu xsus Raymond Wang Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson M1kE Michael Smith bolstered their roster with former Bonkers Bonkers Inactive Minimise Jackson White tixx Nick Quinn Maple Elvin Sun Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky LEW Luis Hibbert players Lewis "WAT" Watson and Michael "M1kE" Smith, with the latter joining the organization as a content creator.
• / Piercer Esports Piercer Esports Inactive Nartzie Elyes Zoghlami welcomed Shoeib "fts" Elfahham as the team's new head coach.
• / Geekay Esports Geekay Esports MENA Rank #6 recently said goodbye to Marouane "rheat" Mask.

Results & Standings

• Knights Monthly Gauntlet 2022 July winner: Dark Ratio Dark Ratio Inactive Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears ZexRow Anthony Colandro Drone Taylor Johnson Will William Cheng | runner-up: Knights Academy Knights Academy Inactive
• Mystic Singularity Series #1 playoffs remaining teams: Nearest Airport Nearest Airport Inactive melya k0rupt Wylie Watts BlackMoose Shawn Fox Uncreative Kuba Kosiba Tn , Lycus Empire Lycus Empire North America Rank #55 Aethen P0LAND Cutch om3y jstnzin , H34DHUNT3RZ H34DHUNT3RZ Inactive sacred Tanay Dammoju Sugarfree Kamden Hijada GLYPH Conner Garcia , Team Revenge Team Revenge Inactive Sworns Gurinder Mahey shen zekei BlackMoose Shawn Fox
• NOM Invitational #2 winner: Rapid Ninjas Rapid Ninjas Inactive ikke Martin Erdei Barcode Kevin Bana oli Olivér Paksi arbie Kornel Holecz | runner-up: Anorthosis Famagusta Esports Anorthosis Famagusta Esports Inactive
• / VCT Game Changers LATAM finals (LATAM South) remaining teams: KRÜ BLAZE KRÜ BLAZE Latin America South Rank #3 dods Caue Fernandes conir Constanza Reyes romily Romina Alvarez micaela Micaela Ferreyra biazik Beatriz Begnossi , NOORG NOORG Inactive peixinho azul frantastic Francisca Valenzuela Flossie chjna4q lya , Cruzados Esports Fem Cruzados Esports Fem Inactive , 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
• VCT Game Changers Japan playoffs remaining teams: FENNEL GC FENNEL GC Japan Unranked Curumi Haruka Tajima miNt Jeong Ye-rim (정예림) YamzzI Park Su-jin (박수진) romia Airi Sugiyama , REIGNITE Lily REIGNITE Lily Japan Rank #32 maripo R4M Zodiac HANE HakuNa
• VCT Asia-Pacific LCQ remaining teams: BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #3 dos9 Zhumagali Dastan Famouz Fikri Zaki Hamdani Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra BerserX Rizkie Adla Kusuma , ONIC G ONIC G Inactive

Other News & Rumors

• According to Dexerto reporter Declan McLaughlin, Built By Gamers' Valorant and Halo squads are owed salary payments equaling over $10,000. The organization's former Halo squad is only owed their final month of payment, while the Valorant team is owed multiple months of salary, despite being under contract. Sources referenced in the article have pointed to issues with their parent company, Rivulet Media, as the reason for the organization's financial woes. Despite the reports of a "legal battle" between the two parties, BBG told Dexerto that they were not in a legal battle with "any parent company" and noted that the delay in payments was due to "a short-term deferral in investor funding" and that "all players will receive any payment they are owed".
• / A report from Bo "BoDork" Hoogland has detailed the new roster of Sector One Sector One Inactive Alyx Alex Morrow poegii Yenthe Segers q Liam Hoek dash MaximN Maxim Nonglaire . According to the report, Robbie "RobbieBk" Boerkamp and Calvin "MAGiK" Spaaij are set to round out Sector One's roster.
• / According to Jakub "frs" Czapran, the unnamed traditional football team that was a part of the 21 total teams for the next round of EMEA franchising is AS Monaco, a French soccer team based in Monaco. The announcement comes after Alejandro "anonimotum" Gomis's report on the organizations that had advanced to the next round of EMEA franchising on July 29.
• According to a report from Bo "BoDork" Hoogland, 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) are testing multiple former Desperado Desperado Inactive KimGyuTae Secret Kim Ha-jin (김하진) CoSa Kim Jin-hyeong (김진형) Vow Gi Jong-kwan (기종관) Felix Park Hyeon-ho (박현호) players for an academy roster. The candidates named for the roster's upcoming appearance in UTAGE5 include Park "Felix" Hyeon-ho (박현호), Kim "Secret" Ha-jin (김하진), Kang "BeYN" Ha-bin (강하빈), Kim "CoSa" Jin-hyeong (김진형), Vow , and MiKa.
• ZETA DIVISION GC ZETA DIVISION GC Japan Rank #10 suzu Suzu Sasaki SereNa Kim Sia (김시아) UR Moco Sarina Kawashima aco player flappy was found to have shared and boosted accounts, which has led to their dismissal from the team. Additionally, ZETA DIVISION Women pulled out of VCT Game Changers Japan following their playoffs berth. REIGNITE Lily REIGNITE Lily Japan Rank #32 maripo R4M Zodiac HANE HakuNa took their place in the playoffs as the second placing team from Group C.
• A report from Bilyonaryo has revealed that Bren Esports CEO Bernard "Bren" Chong is wanted by local authorities for a connection to an alleged drug smuggling case. He has since come out to deny involvement in the case.