{"id":2559,"date":"2025-09-23T10:12:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/declareitspiritwear.com\/?p=2559"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:17:09","slug":"halo-esports-reveals-hcs-meltdown-team-bundles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/halo-esports-reveals-hcs-meltdown-team-bundles\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo Esports reveals HCS Meltdown team bundles"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Halo Infinite HCS Meltdown collection featuring esports-themed gun skins and Promethean Heatwave weapon\" class=\"wp-image-208871 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/declareitspiritwear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Halo-HCS-Meltdown-2025-collection-large.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: Xbox Game Studios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-691ddf6fbae7c\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/hcs-halo-infinite-departure-2026\">The <\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/hcs-halo-infinite-departure-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Halo Championship Series<\/a> <\/strong>(HCS) has unveiled the <strong>Meltdown<\/strong> collection featuring team bundles themed after the 2025 partnered organisations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-691ddf6fbb503\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HCS\/status\/1970232817847279862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seven weapon coatings<\/a> will be available, alongside the Promethean Heatwave model, for Halo Infinite starting September 23rd, 2025. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"keep-reading \" id=\"kr-691ddf6fbc93a\">\n<div class=\"heading section__title \"><span>Keep Reading<\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n<li id=\"post-204435\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/formal-halo-players-switch-call-of-duty\">&#8220;You should try to play CoD&#8221;: FormaL speaks on Halo players switching to Call of Duty<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-203914\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/optic-gaming-halo-players-free-agents-call-of-duty\">OpTic Gaming Halo players announce free agency for Black Ops 7<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-165570\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/02\/halo-championship-series-2025-roadmap\">Halo esports in 2025: HCS roadmap and Major locations revealed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-691ddf6fbdb1e\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>These are all of the teams that are included in the HCS Meltdown collection: <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>FaZe Clan <\/li>\n<li>Spacestation Gaming <\/li>\n<li>TSM <\/li>\n<li>OpTic Gaming <\/li>\n<li>Shopify Rebellion <\/li>\n<li>Complexity <\/li>\n<li>Cloud9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-691ddf6fbe24a\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/M-qfqbKaEkw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official trailer<\/a>, the Promethean cosmetic model for the Heatwave weapon will be awarded to players with the first purchase of an HCS Meltdown skin. The skins themed after the partnered teams can also be applied to any weapon in the game.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-691ddf6fbe891\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>As of writing, prices have yet to be revealed, though it is likely to fall in line with previous HCS bundles, which were worth between 1,300 (~$12.99\/\u00a310.39) and 1,500 (~$14.99\/\u00a311.99) credits. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-691ddf6fbeed1\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>It is not the first time HCS has crossed over into Halo Infinite in 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/support.halowaypoint.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/39737155177492-Halo-Infinite-Fall-Update-2025-Patch-Notes?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The HCS launch bundle<\/a> was introduced earlier this year with the REAP-X model for the Shock Rifle and included seven multi-weapon use coatings themed after competitive teams.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-691ddf6fbf520\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"halo_esports_events_in_2025-2\">Halo Esports Events in 2025<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-691ddf6fbfb99\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The HCS Meltdown collection arrives at a crucial point for the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/04\/is-halo-esports-making-a-comeback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Halo esports scene<\/a>, as the competition ramps up ahead of the Halo World Championship later this year. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-691ddf6fc0251\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/hcs-2025-map-pool-adjustment-charlotte-major\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Charlotte Major<\/a> is scheduled to begin on October 3rd in North Carolina, US. It will see the top 16 teams from the regional qualifiers and open brackets compete for the lion&#8217;s share of a $250,000 (~\u00a3185,000) prize pool.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-691ddf6fc0876\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The top eight teams from the tournament will also qualify for the World Championship in Seattle, Washington. The international event will see 16 teams from both the major and global HCS rankings go head-to-head for a $1m (~\u00a3740,000) prize pool. It will begin on October 24th to 26th, 2025.  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-691ddf6fc0ef5\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">Earlier this year, the HCS announced it would be retiring\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/hcs-halo-infinite-departure-2026\">Halo Infinite<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>from<\/span> official competition at the end of the year. As a result, the Halo World Championship will be the last HCS-sanctioned event featuring the shooter title.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/09\/halo-esports-reveals-hcs-meltdown-team-bundles\">Halo Esports reveals HCS Meltdown team bundles<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\">Esports Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: Xbox Game Studios The Halo Championship Series (HCS) has unveiled the Meltdown collection featuring team bundles themed after the 2025 partnered organisations. Seven weapon coatings will be available, alongside the Promethean Heatwave model, for Halo Infinite starting September 23rd, 2025. Keep Reading &#8220;You should try to play CoD&#8221;: FormaL speaks on Halo players switching to Call of Duty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2559"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2562,"href":"http:\/\/declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559\/revisions\/2562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}