{"id":2333,"date":"2025-08-27T09:38:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T09:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/?p=2333"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:12:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:12:29","slug":"optic-gaming-halo-players-announce-free-agency-for-black-ops-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/optic-gaming-halo-players-announce-free-agency-for-black-ops-7\/","title":{"rendered":"OpTic Gaming Halo players announce free agency for Black Ops 7"},"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=\"Image of OpTic Gaming Halo team celebrating victory on stage. One of the players is holding a small golden trophy\" class=\"wp-image-203915 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/optic-gaming-halo-black-ops-7-free-agents-large.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: HCS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-690b695718a04\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Two members of the <strong>OpTic Gaming<\/strong> Halo roster have announced their free agency ahead of the <strong>Call of Duty: Black Ops 7<\/strong> season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-690b6957191a1\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The news follows the <strong>Halo Championship Series<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/hcs-halo-infinite-departure-2026\">retiring Halo Infinite<\/a><\/strong> from official competition at the end of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"keep-reading \" id=\"kr-690b69571a13c\">\n<div class=\"heading section__title \"><span>Keep Reading<\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n<li id=\"post-178152\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/04\/optic-gaming-win-hcs-arlington-major-2025\">OpTic Gaming claims victory at HCS Arlington 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-198179\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/hcs-halo-infinite-departure-2026\">HCS announces departure from Halo Infinite<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-198674\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/call-of-duty-rostermania-2025-cdl-roster-moves\">Call of Duty Rostermania 2025: All CDL roster moves<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-690b69571b4d8\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>On August 27th, 2025, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bound2k\/status\/1960499622461223320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adam &#8216;Bound&#8217; Gray<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/renegade_jw\/status\/1960507891321831595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jonathan &#8216;Renegade&#8217; Willette<\/a><\/strong> both revealed their intentions to compete in Call of Duty next season after finishing second at the Salt Lake City Major.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-690b69571bbe0\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>This year is the final season of the HCS using Halo Infinite for esports competition as <strong>343 Industries<\/strong> turns its attention &#8216;towards the next era of Halo.&#8217; Notably, Halo&#8217;s official esports circuit will not be returning for 2026, resulting in some of the arena shooter title&#8217;s biggest names switching to Call of Duty.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-690b69571c297\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Both Bound and Renegade are no strangers to success within Halo esports. In 2024, Bound was part of the dominant <strong>Spacestation Gaming <\/strong>roster that won every single Major, along with the 2024 World Championship.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-690b69571c99e\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Renegade is a two-time Halo world champion with victories in 2018 and 2023, representing <strong>Splyce<\/strong> and <strong>FaZe Clan<\/strong> respectively. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-690b69571cffa\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>This year, OpTic Gaming has cemented itself as one of the strongest Halo rosters in the world, winning the Arlington and Dallas Majors in April and May. Thanks to its second-place finish at Salt Lake City, the Green Wall has qualified for <strong>HCS Charlotte,<\/strong> taking place in early October.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-690b69571d6a8\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"what_next_for_bound_and_renegade-2\">What Next for Bound and Renegade?<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-690b69571dd7c\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>With the <strong>Call of Duty League (CDL)<\/strong> off-season in full swing, several franchises are overhauling their rosters ahead of the new season. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-690b69571e3cd\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Halo players are no strangers to moving into Call of Duty esports and finding success. In recent years, Anthony &#8216;<strong>Shotzzy<\/strong>&#8216; Cuevas-Castro and Matt &#8216;<strong>FormaL<\/strong>&#8216; Piper have moved titles and become some of Call of Duty&#8217;s most successful players, with several world championship titles to their names. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-690b69571ea40\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Having already won several tournaments in Halo, Bound and Renegade have the ability and potential to become the next wave of talent to make the jump and leave an impact.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <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> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\">Esports Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: HCS Two members of the OpTic Gaming Halo roster have announced their free agency ahead of the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 season. The news follows the Halo Championship Series retiring Halo Infinite from official competition at the end of the 2025 season. Keep Reading OpTic Gaming claims victory at HCS Arlington 2025 HCS announces departure from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2336,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333\/revisions\/2336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}