November 23^rd, 2005 (3:18pm) - This holiday weekend, put down that turkey leg, stop bickering with Uncle Dave and take the first step in helping your clan become $250,000 richer - register for the "Best of the Battlefield" tournament! This massive event with one of the largest online tournament prize purses ever will take place on both the PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles. Registration closes November 28, 2005, at 11:59 PM so get the lead out, soldier! Visit http://arena.gamespy.com/bf2mc/bf2mc_portal.aspx to register and to check out the official rules.

Prizing:
· Grand Prize: $250K - One cash purse awarded to the team that wins their platform bracket and the championship.
· First Prize: $50K - One cash purse awarded to the team that wins their platform bracket but loses the championship.
· Second Prize: $10K - One cash purse awarded to each of the two teams that make it to their platform bracket finals but lose.

Response to the tournament has been excellent so far, with clans from all 43 eligible states already registered. Among those registered are clans from PMS, the first, largest, and most competitive all-female Xbox Live and PS2 online clan. PMS was created to unite girl gamers in a male dominated online gaming community. PMS Xbox and PMS PlayStation 2 merged in January 2005 to create the first and largest multi-platform female gaming clan.