The New Blood Championships, an amateur Defence of the Ancients 2 (Dota 2) tournament has been announced to launch this year, with a total prize pool of US$40,000, while the grand prize will be slots to the Season 2 of Galaxy Battles. This tournament is in line with the successful partnership between Purpose Win Entertainment Limited (PWEL) and Fallout Gaming (FG).

“The Southeast Asian eSports market has been growing rapidly and is the second largest market in the world. A lot of the players in this region are qualified to compete with the rest of the world, and we’re looking forward to finding a star in the Southeast Asia team to do exactly that,” states Sky Lim, PWEL’s Project Director.

The New Blood Championship will be the first in a series of amateur gaming tournaments across the region, specifically targeted at providing more exposure for aspiring competitive gamers. The open country qualifiers will be held across five countries, namely Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Philippines and one “Rest of S.E.A” online qualifiers, which consists of all other Southeast Asian countries.