EA to award $250,000 to the Best of the Battlefield

That's right, in what they're advertising as the biggest prize in online tournament history, Electronic Arts will be awarding $250,000 to the grand prize winner of their upcoming Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Best of the Battlefield Tournament. In total, 256 clans of ten players each will duke it out for that shiny quarter-million bounty. As a consolation prize, the clan placing second will take home a measly fifty grand, with a pittance of $10,000 going to the runners-up of the Xbox and Playstation 2 brackets. Sign-ups start November 1st, and all spots are first come, first served. Not a bad deal, since, after all, how often do you get a chance to get paid to play video games?