OpTic celebrates Huntsmen joining OpTic Texas at CDL Major III Atlanta

OpTic’s Atlanta run just got bigger than OpTic Texas. With Huntsmen qualifying for CDL Major III, the organization is set to place two pro-level teams on the same Major stage for the first time since the MLG World Finals in 2015, a milestone that says as much about OpTic’s pipeline as it does about its title chase.

That comparison matters. The last time this happened, the scene was at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans from October 16 to 18, 2015, when MLG’s World Finals packed five game titles into one weekend, including Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Nearly 11 years later, Atlanta is about to get its own version of that overlap, with one organization bringing both its franchise side and its Challengers side into the same marquee environment.

Huntsmen is not some random tag riding alongside OpTic Texas. It is OpTic Gaming’s official Call of Duty Challengers team, and the name itself has already carried weight in the scene. The Huntsmen brand returned to Call of Duty esports in 2025 after previously being used by the Chicago Huntsmen franchise in 2020, giving this qualification a layer of familiarity for fans who remember the name from the CDL era’s early churn.

The bigger signal is organizational depth. OpTic Gaming already owns OpTic Texas in the Call of Duty League, and OpTic Texas enters Atlanta as the reigning world champion in the 2026 conversation. Having Huntsmen break through at the same time suggests OpTic is not just stacking names at the top. It is building a system that can push talent upward and keep both sides of the operation relevant when the pressure spikes.

That is what makes Major III in Atlanta, scheduled for May 2026, feel different from a standard stop on the CDL calendar. The Stage 3 Major Qualifiers run from April 17 to May 10, 2026, and the field is already dense, but OpTic’s story now reaches beyond the bracket itself. If Huntsmen keep converting Challenger momentum into Major-level results, Atlanta will not just be another event for OpTic fans. It will be the clearest proof yet that the organization’s depth can match its legacy.