YouTube Gaming announced as Google’s answer to Twitch

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Google announced today YouTube Gaming, an app and website dedicated to the company’s gaming content.

Thousands of games will be featured through dedicated pages, each with videos and livestreams which feature the game in question.

“YouTube Gaming is built to be all about your favorite games and gamers, with more videos than anywhere else,” said YouTube Gaming product manager Alan Joyce. “From Asteroids to Zelda, more than 25,000 games will each have their own page, a single place for all the best videos and live streams about that title.

“You’ll also find channels from a wide array of game publishers and YouTube creators.”

Users will be able to go online or use the app to subscribe to channels, and sign up to be notified when a livestreams starts or when content has been uploaded.

New features will be made available for those who livestream, forgoing the need to schedule events prior to the stream.

YouTube Gaming will launch this summer in the UK and US.


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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2015/06/12/youtube-gaming-streaming-google/

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AbhorrentPosted:

Swift
YouricHunt
Miwen
YouricHunt This is good so i don't have to see shitty Optic on recommended videos.


optic aren't that bad lol


That's why they come 3rd lol.


ummm. did you not see that they places 1st at the x-games tournament last weekend?
They've won over half of the tournaments in advanced warfare http://i.gyazo.com/4f0350bf73d7f5ed0297cca2439d9a01.png

But yeah they suck /s


Fair enough on finding this, but it still doesn't change my mind on what i think about them.

LiaPosted:

This will not be as good as twitch!

XboxPosted:

I mean I guess this is kinda cool.

VeraPosted:

they probably made this to try be a better twitch but twitch really isn't that bad so i don't think this will go extremely far and over take it

SwiftPosted:

YouricHunt
Miwen
YouricHunt This is good so i don't have to see shitty Optic on recommended videos.


optic aren't that bad lol


That's why they come 3rd lol.


ummm. did you not see that they places 1st at the x-games tournament last weekend?
They've won over half of the tournaments in advanced warfare http://i.gyazo.com/4f0350bf73d7f5ed0297cca2439d9a01.png

But yeah they suck /s

OwenPosted:

Snag I feel like this will end up being very successful. It seems like it'll make it easier for people to discover new channels for their favorite games. This also seems like it will give new YouTube gamers to become popular with it being easier to get their name out. I really hope they can make this beneficial rather than just a way for them to take Twitch off their list of marketing competition


Thank you someone who doesn't think this is going to be a total failure

SnagPosted:

I feel like this will end up being very successful. It seems like it'll make it easier for people to discover new channels for their favorite games. This also seems like it will give new YouTube gamers to become popular with it being easier to get their name out. I really hope they can make this beneficial rather than just a way for them to take Twitch off their list of marketing competition

OwenPosted:

Alphabets I plan on seeing YouTube and Google take off with this idea. Twitch may be losing some numbers soon..


People think it's going to be a failure I think differently

AlphabetsPosted:

I plan on seeing YouTube and Google take off with this idea. Twitch may be losing some numbers soon..

ZombrPosted:

If this becomes a flop, guarantee they migrate ALL gaming content to this. A little like Google+ really; no one ever uses that, do they?