Meltdown (bar chain)

Meltdown has a menu of cocktails inspired by the video game universe.^[3]

A schedule, varying depending on the city, highlights one specific game each day of the week, with the organisation of a free access tournament. Outside of tournament hours, computers and consoles are available for customers to play games.^[4]

Meltdown bars broadcast major eSports^[5] competitions on their screens. Meltdown has had a presence at gaming conventions such as Paris Games Week and Dreamhack.^{[citation needed]}

A team of professional players was created by Meltdown in 2014. The first player to wear its colors was Olivier "Louffy" Hay,^[6] followed by Ilyes "Stephano" Satouri.^[7] The player Florent "Neo" Lecoanet, a world champion of Super Mario Kart, has since joined the team.^{[citation needed]}

The creation of the Meltdown franchise was announced in March 2013.^[8] The bars currently open are:

• France:
  • Paris (opened on May 1, 2012 - new location as of December 21, 2013 - relocated September 19, 2020)
  • Montpellier (opened on July 12, 2014)
  • Strasbourg (opened on January 10, 2015)
  • Tours (opened on April 16, 2016)
  • Lyon (opened on April 30, 2016)
  • Troyes (opened on October 15, 2016)
  • Dijon (opened on April 29, 2017)
  • Marseille (opened on September 22, 2018)
  • Pau (opened on September 29, 2018)
  • Chambéry (opened on December 1, 2018)
  • Nantes (opened on January 19, 2019)
  • Avignon (opened on May 18, 2019)
  • Nancy (opened on October 26, 2019)
• Other countries:
  • London (United Kingdom, opened on June 1, 2013)
  • Cologne (Germany, opened on January 30, 2016)
  • Brussels (Belgium, opened on May 7, 2016)
  • Montreal (Canada, opened on July 30, 2016)
  • Madrid (Spain, opened on February 18, 2017)
  • Barcelona (Spain, opened on November 3, 2018)
  • Panama City (Panama, opened on December 14, 2018)
  • Málaga (Spain, opened on March 30, 2019)
  • Sheffield (United Kingdom, opened on May 11, 2019)