{"id":4127,"date":"2018-02-18T23:01:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T23:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=4127"},"modified":"2018-02-18T23:02:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T23:02:47","slug":"will-the-popularity-of-dota-2-rise-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/will-the-popularity-of-dota-2-rise-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the popularity of Dota 2 rise again?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dota 2 was the game, the pioneer of esports as a mainstream competition, the one that first proved esports could gain a foothold and provide people with careers and become its own industry. <\/p>\n
Since then, other games have followed Dota 2’s path and many new games have emerged, with games like CS:GO, StarCraft and many others now firmly in the headlines. <\/p>\n