Esports represent one of the hottest trends in the world of entertainment right now. The industry had an incredible growth in the past years, being valued today at billions of dollars.
It is an activity both fun and entertaining, being basically video games, which fans play organized in teams. And there are hundreds of millions of fans worldwide.
This kind of video games are very competitive, and the teams are competing against each other even in big tournaments with important money prize. The fun is not only for those who play, but also for the fans who like to watch the games on online game streaming platforms and to bet on the games.
You should know that there are a lot of interesting esports matches to bet on at Unibet, a big name in the betting industry that offers Online Betting opportunities for esports. The fans can place their bets on the games played in this type of online tournaments.
As of today, there are so many popular esport games, and the fans view it as a proper type of sport – or new sports – and there are even professional players.
Some of the most popular esports games so far are Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), League of Legends, or Fortnite. But which are the hottest rising esports games in 2021?
Here are four of them:
Dota 2
The game developer Valve has delayed The International, one of the most important Dota 2 events. Nevertheless, it is still one of the rising esports games at this moment.
Dota 2 is regarded as one of the most popular multiplayer online battle arena games in the industry. So popular that the tournament has a cash prize of more than $30 million, and a terrible competition between players.
2021 may see a return of the tournament, so Dota 2 will gain even more popularity. Developed by Valve in 2013, it is already played by about 7.5 to 8 million fans. The game involves 10 players divided into two teams that compete do destroy the opposite Ancient. And there are over 100 Hero characters for the players to choose from.
Valorant
One of the greatest recent releases in the online first-person shooter games is Valorant. Riot Games launched it in 2020 for Windows. And if you recall that League of Legends is released by the same game developer, then Valorant is very appealing.
The game already had an international championship, held in June 2020 in Hanoi.
In Valorant, there are also two teams of five players battling against each other. The attacking team sets and actives bombs, while the defending team tries to prevent that.
Apex Legends
This first-person shooter online game has been developed by Respawn Entertainment in 2019. It is often organized in important tournaments with big money prizes.
The game is set in Titanfall, the SF world created by the American developer. It consists of up to 60 players controlling mercenaries, divided into 20 teams of three players each. Then, they fight to the last team sanding.
Apex Legends is regarded as a true smash-hit for the developer, after the first overlooked Titanfall games.
Wild Rift
League of Legends: Wild Rift has been long awaited, but its impact and success were delayed – perhaps for the best in this year.
It will without a doubt make for an excellent release in this year, and its main target is the mobile games market. While mobile esports already took its share of the market in Asia, Wild Rift may help mobile esports establish themselves in North America too.
The brand power of League of Legends may bet what it takes to attract new players and esports fans at least in Asia, through mobile gaming. And this has the opportunity to drive esports popularity even more in 2021.
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