$25,000 for Hearthstone tournament at DreamHack Summer

DreamHack is more than doubling the prize pool for Hearthstone compared to their debut event and is putting up $25,000 for the Summer tournament June 14-16.

It is confirmed - DreamHack will continue to invest in Hearthstone as a second event will come mid June. With $25,000 on the line - more than double compared to Bucharest's $10,000 - DreamHack Summer is not the biggest event in Hearthstone history.

Hearthstone professionals will be happy to see that the format has been changed for the new event. A 128-man double elimination live qualifier will be held to determine the top four players who will join the twelve seeds in the main event. Said main tournament will be a 16-man dual tournament group stage with half of that player pool advancing to the single elimination playoffs.

Without a doubt, this will bring new layers of excitement and make the competition less volatile, something which is almost a must for a card game like Hearthstone. The Bucharest debut saw the entirety of the players being thrown in a single elimination bracket, which meant a bad draw or two would lead to getting ousted from the tournament, a fate which befell many popular streamers and high ranked players.

Several notable players have already tweeted about their participation at the premier event.

Here's what we've all been waiting for, the announcement for Dreamhack! It's time to spread the glory for Sweden!http://t.co/a0v1iL86p2
— Johan Hansson (@Darkwonyx) May 19, 2014