12-06-2015 20:09 via feeds.theguardian.com

YouTube launches live gaming site to take on Amazon's Twitch

Due to launch in the US and UK this summer, the new site will showcase live streams and let’s play videos, joining music and kids spin-offsYouTube is launching YouTube Gaming, a new spin-off app and website for gamers that will make its debut in the summer, initially in the US and UK.It will seek to capitalise on the popularity of gaming videos on YouTube, with profile pages for more than 25,000 games “from Asteroids to Zelda” collecting videos related to each title. Games publishers and Y
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