This week in esports: OpTic Gaming, LEC, Ticketmaster, Hall of Fame
This week in esports has seen the most prominent organisational acquisition to date, a mainstream company getting further involved in the industry, Riot Games announcing more sponsors for LEC, and three legends being inducted into Esports Insider’s Hall of Fame.
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Immortals officially acquires Infinite Esports & Entertainment
Immortals Gaming Club officially acquired Infinite Esports & Entertainment, the parent company of OpTic Gaming and Houston Outlaws.
Neil Leibman and Ray Davis of Texas Esports will become shareholders in the company, which has added OpTic Gaming to its list of properties that also includes Immortals, MIBR, Los Angeles Valiant, and Gamers Club.
Read the full article here.
Riot Games adds Warner Music and Tchibo as LEC sponsors
Riot Games brought in even more sponsors for the League of Legends European Championship (LEC).
Warner Music will act as the official music partner of the LEC for the 2019 Summer Split, with coffee brand Tchibo becoming the first national partner of the competition in the DACH region.
Read the full article here.
Golden Guardians and Warriors Gaming Squad partner with Ticketmaster
NBA franchise Golden State Warriors has expanded its partnership with Ticketmaster to cover its esports properties: LCS franchise Golden Guardians and NBA 2K team Warriors Gaming Squad.
Ticketmaster will also be the official ticketing partner and founding partner of the Chase Center, the sports and entertainment complex owned by the Warriors.
Read the full article here.
Meet the Esports Insider Hall of Fame Class of 2019
Esports Insider inducted three more industry legends into its Hall of Fame, adding to the Class of 2018 that included Jason ‘1’ Lake, Michal ‘Carmac’ Blicharz, and Chris Puckett.
The Class of 2019, which was announced at Nixon Peabody LLP’s office in Los Angeles, comprises of Hector “H3CZ” Rodriguez, Heather “SapphiRe” Garrozo, and Marcus “djWHEAT” Graham.
Read the full article here.
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