Hearthstone’s Winter Championship will fly south to the Bahamas — with a $250,000 prize purse

Considering how cold and miserable it is in most of the Northern Hemisphere right now, the Bahamas sound lovely … especially with some high-level Hearthstone play to keep you entertained.

Blizzard announced today that the Winter Championship for its Hearthstone Championship Tour will take place in the Bahamas at the Melia Nassau Beach resort from March 23 to March 26. Some of the best players of the digital card game behemoth will compete there for a $250,000 prize pool. The top four players will also earn a berth to the Hearthstone World Championships — at a shot at the world champ title — at BlizzCon late in 2017. Hearthstone is one of the most popular games in growing esports market, and it’s in a clear lead in the digital card games sector.