YouTube to launch app, site for gaming videos

New Delhi, June 13: YouTube has announced that it will launch a separate site, app for gaming videos. To be called YouTube Gaming, the site will look to compete with video service giants like Twitch and Steam Broadcasting. While Twitch is an Amazon-owned streaming service that allows gaming fans to watch, interact with live broadcasts of other gamers playing games, Steam Broadcasting, which is less popular, caters to PC gamers. As a service, YouTube Gaming, which will be available this summer in the US and UK, will be a one-stop shop for users to find gaming videos, live streams and Internet personalities. "We'll launch an improved live experience that makes it simpler to broadcast your gameplay to YouTube," said Alan Joyce, product manager for YouTube Gaming.