Luminosity to sign with SK
Luminosity's Brazilian roster has announced this week that they will be signing with SK Gaming at the end of the month following the scandal involving contracts with the organization as well as LG. SK Gaming Managing Director Alexander T. Müller had the following to say about the move, the full statement of which can be found in the full article:
FlipSid3 adds wayLander
The Ukrainian team has been eyeing Gambit talent Jan "wayLander" Rahkonen as a potential candidate to round out their incomplete roster for while; now that acquisition has been finally made official this week as both Gambit and FlipSid3 have agreed to the player's buyout, just in time for ELEAGUE as well as ESL One Cologne 2016.
Cologne 2016 update adds stickers, autographs
Fans can now get their hands on team and player stickers for ESL One Cologne 2016 this week following the latest CS:GO update, which also enabled the Pick'em Challenge brackets as well as introducing a new API so third party sites can access those brackets for their own services. For a full list of changes, head over to our update recap, here.
EnVyUs loses Maniac
Team EnVyUs announced that they had dropped Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez from his role as coach this week, as the Frenchman has decided to return to the game as a player. EnVyUs is now actively seeking a replacement coach to head up their team.
FugLy, tabseN to NRG
NRG eSports made two major signings this week, bringing in Justin “just9n” Ortiz and Samuel “SileNt3m” Portillo to round out their now-complete CS:GO roster. The two players have been available for signing for a significant period, with FugLy having been cut from CLG earlier in the year and tabseN electing to remove himself from PENTA just this month.