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SK Gaming, one of the most successful Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams in 2017, could have a roster shake-up in their near future. Ricardo ‘Boltz’ Prass, who was a stand-in for SK for their winning run at EPICENTER, is due to replace João ‘felps’ Vasconcellos until January’s Boston Major, and will …

SK Gaming triumphed over Virtus.Pro to be crowned victors of EPICENTER 2017 at the grand finals in St. Petersburg, Russia. SK has been a dominant force this year, with the EPICENTER win being the team’s sixth championship win of 2017. They played with a stand-in, Ricardo ‘boltz’ Prass, but were …

SK Gaming has lifted the trophy on the CS:GO Dreamhack Summer tournament, beating out home team Fnatic in a tense 2-1 victory. It’s a good start to a summer campaign that’s going to see SK competing at the ECS Season 3 finals next week and the Krakow Major a month …

Brazilian esports outfit SK Gaming has won the inaugural Counter-Strike: Global Offensive IEM Sydney title. This win is their second win in three weeks after the team also snagged the win at cs_summit, with the double providing the first titles for the team since they rounded off a Major double …

SK Gaming has signed another big non endemic sponsor in the form of smartphone manufacturer Honor.  The deal sees Honor become the exclusive smartphone partner of SK, marking the company’s first venture into the world of eSports. There will also be all the usual perks of such a deal such …

The World eSports Association has announced that both SK Gaming and Renegades have joined the organisation.  This is the first time that the organisation has expanded since it was formed around 12 months ago. Both teams join as full members, meaning they get all the benefits of the original founding …

Visa has announced a major sponsorship deal with SK Gaming.  The new sponsorship, which lasts for 12 months, will see the Visa logo appear on the SK Gaming jerseys, SK players heading to Visa events and Visa’s tech being integrated into the SK online store. In return Visa will give …

UPDATE: SK have confirmed the switch, and have confirmed that Ricardo “fox” Pacheco will act as a stand in for both the ECS finals and the upcoming ELEAGUE Major. Original story: Lincoln “fnx” Lau has left SK Gaming, and according to a report from Jarek “DeKay” Lewis on Slingshot eSports …

CS:GO world champions SK Gaming will be without Fernando “fer” Alvarenga until mid September at the earliest due to the player requiring two surgeries. Alvarenga requires surgery on both his nose, to enable him to breath through both nostrils, and on his ear to prevent further hearing loss. Unfortunately both …

One of Europe’s oldest multi-discipline eSports organisations is moving into mobile by picking up a top Vainglory organisation. R3D Gaming has won almost every single tournament they have competed in since the launch of the tablet-based MOBA last November. The franchise consists of three teams of three players, all of …