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

• / 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.
• 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.
• OREsports OREsports Inactive nillyaz Chase Linder Paincakes Jake Hass parted ways with Vincent "PureVNS" Nguyen and welcomed Lucas "fiziq" Blow and Jake "Paincakes" Hass.
• Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports Inactive 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.
• Shopify Rebellion GC Shopify Rebellion GC Inactive announced the departure of Benita "bENITA" Novshadian.
• / James "JamezIRL" Macaulay was announced as a strategic coach for S2G Esports S2G Esports Europe Rank #110 pAura Melih Karaduran Lava reazy Kaan Ürpek Turko Mehmet Özen DeepMans Yiğithan Kesici .
• 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.
• / Guild GC Guild GC Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos moved Klaudia "klaudia" Beczkiewicz to the bench in favor of "Karina" .
• / DSYRE DSYRE Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki welcomed Alaa "Flynn" Nasrallah as analyst and João "Celo" de Almeida as assistant coach.
• / Semyon "purp0" Borchev announced his release from FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #30 hoody Aaro Peltokangas YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Mistic James Orfila al0rante Felix Brandl xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon .
• FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #8 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan 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 #29 fishball Muhammad Nabil Shazwan toggle Darwish Hakim kye Hazim Salihuddin aduka Muhammad Arsyad Sazali kael Tarmizi Rusli .
• MLT Esports MLT Esports Inactive announced the arrival of Shubham "CortezZ" Chhatre from Goblin Attackers Goblin Attackers Inactive r1seN Zaid Quraishi LilBOii Vishwaratn Srivastav grav1ty Anand Kumar KRIT24 .
• Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #36 Bgg Vladislav Boev moner Kirill Matsanov tricky Prish Valvani Ri0 Atharv Ahire Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar welcomed Jit "tryst" Choudhury to their roster.
• 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 Zhanpeng (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 C. roca Daniel Gustaferri
• NSG Lockdown 2 - Open 2 winner: YFP YFP North America Rank #13 jakee Jake Anderson stellar Brenden McGrath 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 YFP North America Rank #13 jakee Jake Anderson stellar Brenden McGrath 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 Inactive 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 #11 Krizz Krzysztof Łukaszkiewicz Kozok Kamil Kozioł Czester demek NeFi
• 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 #114 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 #343 Tajna Gizem Akgün Cassiex3 Kleisy Arya Can
• FEL Major - BEACON Split 1 winner: OnlyFins OnlyFins Europe Rank #42 Jesmu Jesse Järvenpää BODYCATCHER | 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 Inactive LeeN Adam Caillol b2kk Sofian Delimi vicious Benjamin Guilotte
• Dubai Police Game Safe Tournament winner: Fraggerz Fraggerz MENA Rank #13 kasper Hussain Nawab Ebeeee aljaDi Hasan Aljadi Robotic | runner-up: Bald Boomers Bald Boomers MENA Unranked
• Whiteboard Valorant Cup 2023 winner: Underground Gaming Underground Gaming Inactive A1mly Ameen Dibis alvar Khaled Abdullah ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef Mabuchi | runner-up: Xenon Esports Xenon Esports MENA Unranked
• Challengers League South Asia: Split 1 winner: Orangutan Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank #18 Makaveli Nikhil Chettri Venka Venkatesh Sharma deecee Daivik Chauhan Techno Shravana Kumar Sahoo hellff Sagnik Roy Hoax Aman Yadav | runner-up: Gods Reign Gods Reign Inactive Ember Garvit Nehra
• Claro Gaming Spike Cup - Apertura winner: Zen eSports Zen eSports Latin America South Rank #8 Fross Fernando Gallagher Miyeon Hector Peso Soublette jcz KIMB0 deigara Gonzalo Funes | runner-up: Universitario Esports Universitario Esports Inactive 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 S1Mon Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋) ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊)

Other News & Rumours

• / According to OwnDroneMedia, 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.