Wagga City Council has teamed up with leading esports provider Australian Esports League to deliver an online competition dedicated to gamers living in the region for four weeks, starting on September 28.

Councillor Dan Hayes said the tournament had the potential to grow into a popular annual activity which could leverage off the global popularity of esports.

Over the course of the pandemic, he said event-after-event have been cancelled, but this will be an event for the region while being Covid-safe.

"There's an audience out there who want to give it a go ... now we have a formal competition with prizes to see who is the best-of-the-best," he said.

Australian Esports League executive producer Darren Kwan said esports continues to grow in popularity around the world and organising a local tournament opened up global opportunities for regional centres in southern New South Wales.

The tournament will be geo-locked to only include players in specific postcodes across the Riverina, including Albury and Griffith.

The two games selected for the first Riverina Esports Cup cater for all levels of players.

People could register for the tournament at the AEL's website.