{"id":165570,"date":"2025-02-03T12:58:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T12:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/?p=165570"},"modified":"2025-02-03T12:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T12:58:50","slug":"halo-championship-series-2025-roadmap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/02\/halo-championship-series-2025-roadmap","title":{"rendered":"Halo esports in 2025: HCS roadmap and Major locations revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//02//hcs-2025-roadmap-major-locations-large.jpg/" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-165602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hcs-2025-roadmap-major-locations-large.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hcs-2025-roadmap-major-locations-medium.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hcs-2025-roadmap-major-locations-medium_large.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hcs-2025-roadmap-major-locations-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hcs-2025-roadmap-major-locations.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: Halo Championship Series<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5b2007c00\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The <strong>Halo Championship Series (HCS)<\/strong> has revealed its esports roadmap for the 2025 season, which includes the locations for its Major tournaments.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5b20083fa\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>In addition to the three Majors, the roadmap confirms that the <strong>Halo World Championship <\/strong>will once again take place in Seattle, Washington.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"keep-reading \"  id=\"kr-67cf5b200926c\">\n  <div class=\"heading\">Keep Reading<\/div>\n  <ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n          <li id=\"post-159457\" style=\"order: 2;\"><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2024//10//quadrant-departs-esports-halo/" target=\"_blank\">Quadrant shifts away from esports, departs Halo scene<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-158913\" style=\"order: 1;\"><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2024//10//halo-world-championship-2024-viewership/" target=\"_blank\">Halo World Championship 2024 breaks 100,000 peak viewers<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-160667\" style=\"order: 3;\"><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2024//12//esports-prize-pools-declining-payment-issues/" target=\"_blank\">Esports prize pools: Are they declining and why are there payment issues?\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5b200a398\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Ahead of the 2025 season, the HCS has partnered with content creator <strong>Kaysan &#8216;FaZe Kaysan&#8217; Ghasseminejad<\/strong> to host the <strong>Kaysan Showdown<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5b200ab36\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>This single-day event, which is separate from HCS&#8217; Majors, will see <strong>FaZe Clan<\/strong>, <strong>OpTic Gaming<\/strong>, <strong> Spacestation Gaming (SSG)<\/strong>, and <strong>Shopify Rebellion<\/strong> compete for its $50,000 (~\u00a340,601) prize pool. The event will be broadcast on Halo&#8217;s Twitch and YouTube channels alongside Kaysan&#8217;s own Twitch channel.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5b200b2b8\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The 2025 HCS season will be divided into two splits, each consisting of two significant events in Hale&#8217;s esports calendar. In the build-up to these events, there will be the HCS Open Series and qualifiers. <\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5b200ba22\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>North American esports organisation <strong>OpTic Gaming<\/strong> will host the opening Major of the year in Arlington, Texas from April 18th to 20th, 2025.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5b200c190\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The second event will see the Hale esports head to <strong>DreamHack Dallas<\/strong>, which is running from May 23rd to 25th, for the HCS Open. Halo won&#8217;t be the only first-person shooter esports tournament taking place at the festival with DreamHack also hosting the <strong>Call of Duty League<\/strong>&#8216;s fourth Major.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5b200c8f5\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Split two consists of two Major events hosted by <strong>Spacestation Gaming (SSG) <\/strong>and <strong><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2024//05//faze-clan-host-hcs-major-atlanta-2024/">FaZe Clan<\/a><\/strong>. The two organisations are no strangers to hosting Halo esports events. In 2024, FaZe Clan hosted Halo&#8217;s Atlanta Major while SSG hosted an event before the 2023 season commenced.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5b200d085\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>It has been announced that Spacestation Gaming&#8217;s Major will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah. However, the location of the final Major has yet to be confirmed. <\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5b200d81c\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>As mentioned previously, the <strong>HCS Open Series <\/strong>returns for the 2025 season to encourage amateur Halo esports teams to compete on the big stage. Teams compete in online weekly tournaments for cash prizes and HCS Points that provide a chance to compete in the LAN tournament&#8217;s open bracket.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5b200df9c\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Following all four Majors is the season-ending Halo World Championship. Taking place in Seattle from October 24th to 26th, teams from across the world will compete to earn a share of the $1m (~\u00a3812,060) prize pool and the chance to become world champion.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-heading-67cf5b200e7a1\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n  \n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-halo-championship-series-event-dates\"><span id=\"halo_championship_series_event_dates\">Halo Championship Series event dates<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5b200ef21\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>Below are all of the confirmed dates for the four Majors and the Halo World Championship: <\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Kaysan Showdown<\/strong> &#8211; March 29th, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>HCS Major Arlington<\/strong> &#8211; April 18th-20th, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>HCS Open at DreamHack Dallas<\/strong> &#8211; May 23rd-25th, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>HCS Major Salt Lake City<\/strong> &#8211; August 1st-3rd, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>HCS Major hosted by FaZe Clan<\/strong> &#8211; Early Autumn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Halo World Championship<\/strong> &#8211; October 24th-26th, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: Halo Championship Series The Halo Championship Series (HCS) has revealed its esports roadmap for the 2025 season, which includes the locations for its Major tournaments. 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