World Cyber Arena (WCA) 2014, a new event for world cyber gamers, will be held in Yinchuan, capital city of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Oct. 2.

The four-day games that attracts over 3,300 gamers from 29 countries and regions features seven events, including DOTA 2 and Warcraft III.

The WCA 2014 will provide a total of 20 million RMB (3.26 million US dollars) as prize money for the seven events, according to the organizing committee on Thursday.

The WCA, jointly held by Yinchuan municipal government and Yinchuan International Game Investment Co.Ltd, will share the same competition system with the World Cyber Games (WCG), the largest global electronic sport tournament.

In February, 2014, The WCG committee announced to cease operating all tournaments and events this year.