Immortals esports acquires OpTic Gaming owner Infinite Sports & Entertainment

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 12, 2019
Updated June 20, 2025
2 min

Immortals Gaming Club announced the acquisition of Infinite Esports & Entertainment, the parent company of OpTic Gaming. The deal values Infinite at more than $100 million in enterprise value. It also represents the largest ownership change transaction in esports history, the companies claim, and it makes Immortals one of the world’s largest esports organizations.

IGC now has four distinct brands (Immortals, OpTic, MIBR and L.A. Valiant) and a presence in both franchised esports leagues (League of Legends Championship Series and the Overwatch League).

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.