YouTube heats up rivalry with Twitch with smoother live streams of games

YouTube promises gaming broadcasters their viewers will have ‘silky smooth playback’ and inks new partnerships with game-capture firmsGaming has become one of the most popular categories on YouTube thanks to the Let’s Play videos published by creators like PewDiePie, The Diamond Minecart and Stampy.Now YouTube wants to get more gamers broadcasting live, as it takes on Amazon’s live-streaming service, Twitch. YouTube is adding the ability to stream live video at 60 frames-per-second (fps)