The world will have its eyes fixated on Masters: Reykjavik competition soon, but that didn't stop the rest of the world from creating new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.

This week's edition covers news from April 2 - April 8.

Read more: News Almost Missed April 1

Roster Changes

• Former 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #7 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk coach Jovanni "Jovi" Vera announced that he would be assisting Chet "Chet" Singh and the OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive roster at Masters: Reykjavik.
• Misfits Black Misfits Black Inactive panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson have released Luna "LunaFox" Ryan and announced that they are trialing for in-game leader, duelist, and smokes roles, inferring that more changes may be coming.
• BASILISK BASILISK Inactive royal Matthew Buick Jangler Dwaine Kirkpatrick have parted ways with Chris "duck" Dutoit.
• / Vincent "Apoth" Le, Devon "randyySAVAGE" Bréard, Alex "RetrQ" Kadan, and coach Evan "Warbirds" Olzem have officially entered free agency from Renegades Renegades Inactive .
• / Ghost Gaming Ghost Gaming Inactive koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar aproto Alex Protopapas brawk Brock Somerhalder johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid have parted ways with in-game leader Ryan "ryann" Welsh.
• / After being inactive from the Knights Knights Inactive main roster since October, Drake "Exalt" Branly has revealed that he will be playing with Knights Academy Knights Academy Inactive .
• / EXCEL EXCEL Inactive Moe40 Muhammad Hariff chiwa Egor Stepanyuk paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski Foxie Tyler Lowton ALIVE Gilad Hakim have benched Oscar "ozzy" Scott and Dragan "elllement" Milanović.
• / 19esports 19esports Inactive have released their roster following the team's second place finish in the first season of the Circuito Tormenta: Liga Radiante 2022.
• Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius have parted ways with Jose-Antonio "Bromas" Ramos Gonzalez.
• / Théo "10K" Navaro revealed that he is in search of opportunities while still under contract with DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #4 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki .
• / Amine "Amilwa" Saidi revealed that he is in search of a new team after departing MOUZ MOUZ Europe Rank #7 Obnoks Nico Garczarczyk iluri Ilari Puranen Fizzy David Figueiredo starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski due to personal reasons.
• / FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks have mutually parted ways with Kamil "baddyG" Graniczka, who played for the team as a substitute for the past month in Stage 1 EMEA Challengers.
• / Mikołaj "Mickebwoy" Chojnacki announced that his time with Team BDS Team BDS Inactive bramz Bayram Ben Redjeb has come to a close.
• / Wave Esports Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz have officially parted ways with Dimitar "Itopata" Staev.
• Ridder announced that he is looking for new opportunities outside of beGenius beGenius Inactive prior to the start of the next VRL split.
• Adam "LeeN" Caillol has revealed that he is allowed to explore opportunities outside of OG OG Inactive KONEQT Cista Adel uNKOE Benjamin Chevasson OniBy Theo Tarlier fxy0 Joey Schlosser LaAw Mathieu Plantin while still under contract with the team.
• LDN UTD LDN UTD Inactive feqew Lukas Petrauskas Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius Destrian Tomas Linikas MOLSI Michał Łącki have benched Aurimas "Dreamas" Zablockis and allowed him to explore opportunities with other organizations.
• Alliance Coven Alliance Coven Inactive fluxxy Lola Ainslie 6sonya Maria Istrate B3AUTIFUL Laureta Hajra Melzz Melinda BlomQvist have rounded out their roster with Maria "6sonya" Istrate, speedowka , and coach Yugami .
• Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #9 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso have added Tanishq "Tanizhq" Sabharwal as the team's new head coach from Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin and have made now-former head coach Arthur "pm" Guillermet an inactive member of the organization. Additionally, Team Vitality have parted ways with Ahmed "ZE1SH" El Sheikh, who was previously the team's assistant coach. With Tanizhq departed, Giants Gaming have promoted Oliwer "LATEKS" Fahlander to head coach.
• Team Finest have unveiled their academy team, Finest Overwolf Origin Finest Overwolf Origin Inactive doNinja Shay Mandil dips1 David Artenyan Ooriime Paul Gouin Xivi Yarin Gartzi Anq Ilya Matyash .
• ODDIK ODDIK Inactive bid farewell to Gabriel "sutecas" Dias
• Liberty Liberty Inactive guuih Guilherme Mariano pepa Matheus Colleto duhT Eduardo Teixeira Zanatsu Carlos Eduardo tockers Gabriel Claumann have welcomed Rafael "raafa" Lima to their roster.
• EBRO Gaming EBRO Gaming Inactive Kardash Mateo Verni Liu Haitam pepzet CrayZ nachitt Juan Ignacio Palesi have parted ways with Matias "MatiS" Salgado and added David "debout" Beaupuits, Lucas "lucasvade" Vade Castro, and badzw .
• Border Monsters Border Monsters Latin America North Rank #8 KODA Gerardo Sepúlveda k1yo Ángel Xool mNo Tendux mega have released Daniel "theory" Esteban Albadan Cardozo.
• CNJ Esports CNJ Esports Korea Rank #9 Ziya Rain Seo Hong-seung (서홍승) announced their full roster, featuring Yoo "Moothie" Seung-Woo (유승우), Seo "Rain" Hong-seung (서홍승), Lim "Has1ra14" Hyuk (임혁), Wavy , and BENECIA .
• / Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive parted ways with Byeon "Munchkin" Sang-beom (변상범).
• / Former DAMWON Gaming DAMWON Gaming Inactive Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) allow Park Sang-wook (박상욱) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Estrella Park Gun (박건) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) coach Hong "Eraser" Chang-pyo (홍창표) has joined Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #38 patrickWHO Mark Musni UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov kellyS Kelly Sedillo Papi Federico Evangelista .
• / Inactive have released thiefy , GangPin , Ha "kobra" Su-hyun (하수현), and coach hNt .
• / CREST GAMING Zst CREST GAMING Zst Japan Rank #5 Brofeld bazz KEN Kapi sakurai has parted ways with Jemkin and KuuKai
• Kingsmen Kingsmen Inactive 1van Kok Mun Hong Justa Ooi Zhen Loong have disbanded their Valorant roster.
• Former Bonkers Bonkers Inactive Minimise Jackson White tixx Nick Quinn Maple Elvin Sun Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky LEW Luis Hibbert members Justin "skrawl" Lanzon, Noah "Nozz" McClafferty, and Nick "tixx" Quinn have created a new team — BOBO BOBO Oceania Rank #5 M1kE Michael Smith Exirst loubert Nozz Noah McClafferty Muzz — with Dragon and Dale "signed" Tang.
• Mindfreak Mindfreak Inactive tensai Benny Phan soju Jay Jeong Dutti Sudhish Dutt Chax Chax Stipanovic have rounded out their roster with Sudhish "Dutti" Dutt.
• 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 parted ways with Agneya "Marzil" Koushik.
• / Ayman "Tuna" Mosaad announced that he is in search of new opportunities in Egypt and EMEA while still under contract with YaLLa Esports YaLLa Esports Inactive ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef Near Fahad Salem Kitkat Mohamed Alnuaimi B4HA Baha Mohamad Oqap ISSAA Issa Murad VIPP33R Omar Adwan .
• Ahmed "wLn" Shata and coach Shoeib "fts" Elfahham have both revealed that they had departed Team Occupy Team Occupy MENA Rank #21 Black Getoxic tellfeenzo Artem Pashkov swagzor Electus .
• / Naif "iFly" Ahmed announced that he has been benched from XPLDZ XPLDZ Inactive , and is in search of new opportunities while still under contract with the team.

Results & Standings

• In the Game Changers Series I North America main event, Cloud9 White Cloud9 White Inactive Bob Bob Tran alexis Alexis Guarrasi Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil katsumi Katja Pfahnl meL Melanie Capone have advanced to the grand finals off of an upper final win over Shopify Rebellion GC Shopify Rebellion GC Inactive . They will face off against Dignitas Dignitas Inactive rain Amanda Smith EMUHLEET Emmalee Garrido theia Melisa Mundorff Stefanie Stefanie Jones showliana Juliana Maransaldi in the lower bracket final this weekend in the final day of the event.
• PENTA PENTA Inactive and cowana Gaming cowana Gaming Inactive CALVIN S Calvin Shendy STAVINCI Dimitrios Smoilis qualified for the VRL DACH relegation by defeating DIVIZON DIVIZON Europe Rank #71 Ziad Ziad Salih Mohamed Kirby André Kempa eXampL Stavros Zazanis SPMAK Markus Talliniemi Linus and Entropy Entropy Europe Rank #47 respectively in the Project V: Split 1 Finals.
• Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #6 Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela bstrdd Paula Naguil won the second open qualifier in the Protocolo: Gêneses 2022 by sweeping Before Before Inactive in the grand finals.
• Before Before Inactive took first place in the second edition of Girls On Fire by defeating TropiCaos GC TropiCaos GC Inactive ANABALA maze Kécia Farias vene Nayla Youssef in the grand final.
• The teams for the playoffs of the Predator Kings of PH 2022 have been finalized. NAOS NAOS Asia-Pacific Rank #4 xavi8k Xavier Juan JA John Timothy Arone Mojer Jerome Literal Emman Emmanuel Morales Nexi Nathaniel Cabero , Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #17 Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kush Bryan Carlos Setiawan Estrella Park Gun (박건) , Stream Raiders Nacague Stream Raiders Nacague Asia-Pacific Rank #72 Shintaro Mark Daryl Timbang Corpuz Worship Ian Ga ABATMAN Franc Lenard Meija , and Action PH Action PH Inactive SyKo Daddie Shunmar Bellita eugeneS Eugene Serrano Narpim Clark Karoll Landrito SecondLove Sovano Alvin Daniel L. Oronce Worship Ian Ga will fight it out this weekend for the biggest piece of the 120,000 PHP prize pool.
• 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) won the Spring Gauntlet Invitational in dominant fashion, only dropping a single map the entire tournament in their upper final match against 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) .

Other News & Rumors

• A report from Dot Esports has detailed the next iteration of NYFU NYFU Inactive oderus Chad Miller YaBoiDre Diondre Bond ShoT_UP Andrew Orlowski neptune Jason Tran JSUNG Jason Sung . In addition to Chad "oderus" Miller, the organization are targeting Diondre "YaBoiDre" Bond, Andrew "ShoT_UP" Orlowski, Jason "neptune" Tran, and Jason "JSUNG" Sung as the members to round out their roster.
• According to George Geddes of Dot Esports, FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le are in discussions with Rise Rise Inactive to sign Kevin "POISED" Ngo, Phat "supamen" Le, and Ryan "Shanks" Ngo.
• According to 1pv reporter neLdirekt, French Esports organization Karmine Corp Karmine Corp Europe Rank #31 saadhak Matias Delipetro Avez Hazem Khaled Elite Efe Teber SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin marteen Martin Pátek looked to acquire Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #9 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso members Bayram "bramz" Ben Redjeb, Thomas "K4DAVRA" Johner, and Arthur "pm" Guillermet as part of KCORP's expansion to Valorant, but the deal was rejected by Vitality. bramz and kAdavra are expected to join Team BDS Team BDS Inactive bramz Bayram Ben Redjeb .
• According to Run It Back writer Ominous, Rio Company Rio Company Inactive SungJin Ko Sung-jin (고성진) Sunday Kim Min-soo (김민수) SeliG Um Hyun-sung (엄현성) LuZ Lim Ui-jun (임의준) Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) are set to sign Yoon "hyeoni" Hyun-seok (윤현석) as part of their re-entrance to Valorant.
• Another report from Ominous states that former SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #9 Yoshiii John Yoshiharu Kawakami player Lee "INPA" Sung-tan (이성탄) will be the coach for the upcoming F4Q F4Q Inactive Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) Estrella Park Gun (박건) fiveK Yoo Sung-min (유성민) GOLD Geum Chang-wan (금창완) roster.
• According to an ESPORTED article by Bo Hoogland, Japanese organization RIDDLE are looking to enter Valorant, with one of their interests being former Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive star Byeon "Munchkin" Sang-beom (변상범)
• Following the disbandment of Bonkers Bonkers Inactive Minimise Jackson White tixx Nick Quinn Maple Elvin Sun Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky LEW Luis Hibbert , LPL has awarded ORDER ORDER Inactive WRONSKI Michael Wronski rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Texta Matthew O’Rourke disk0 Cameron Mac Maple Elvin Sun the first seed in the competition. Additionally, The points that BONKERS accumulated will be voided, and an additional team will be able to qualify for Stage 2 in the Open Qualifiers.

redlight contributed to this recap.