Shopify Rebellion crowned HCS Salt Lake City 2025 champions

Jonno Nicholson
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Shopify Rebellion has won the Halo Championship Series: Salt Lake City 2025, the penultimate Halo Championship Series (HCS) Major of the season.

The North American esports organisation defeated OpTic Gaming in the Grand Final.

Shopify Rebellion’s Journey

Shopify Rebellion commenced its Salt Lake City campaign with a flawless 3-0 win-to-loss record to secure a place in the double-elimination bracket.

The team swept aside Complexity in its first upper bracket match, before defeating FaZe Clan 3-1 to book its place in the upper bracket final.

The first encounter with OpTic Gaming was a convincing performance for Shopify Rebellion, taking the series 3-0 to send the Green Wall into the elimination bracket. OpTic managed to stay alive in the elimination bracket, beating long-time rivals FaZe Clan 3-1 to set up a second clash with Shopify Rebellion in the Grand Final.

The Green Wall did its best to get revenge for its upper bracket loss, forcing the best-of-seven series to the final map to determine the champion. However, Shopify Rebellion held strong with a 50-45 win on Live Fire Slayer to secure its first HCS title of the year.

Shopify Rebellion In 2025

Since its launch in 2021, Shopify Rebellion has continued to cement its position as one of North America’s prominent esports organisations.

Prior to winning HCS Salt Lake City, it had finished second at the HCS Arlington Major and fourth at the Dallas Open, becoming one of the strongest Halo teams in the world.

While the Halo team was in action, the organisation’s Rocket League roster competed in the last-chance qualifiers for the RLCS World Championship taking place in Lyon, France in September.

The LCQs saw over 300 teams competing for one spot at the World Championship, with Shopify Rebellion emerging victorious after battling through the playoffs to become North America’s fifth representative at the tournament.

However, while the organisation has expanded into multiple esports ecosystems in recent years, such as League of Legends, it has unfortunately left its first title. Earlier this month, the organisation announced its departure from Dota 2 esports.

Jonno Nicholson

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Jonno is a writer for Esports Insider and has been part of the team since 2019. Over the past ten years, he's written for several outlets including Gfinity, GGRecon, and Radio Times. As an avid sim racer, he aims to provide insight on one of the fastest growing sectors in esports.
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