YouTube Gaming: A YouTube For Only Video Games, Replica of Twitch
YouTube Gaming is now live on the web, Android and iOS. The video games-only depository of videos is very similar to the online video games streaming website Twitch.
Heading to the website, users will see a search bar at the top where they can search for any game, channel or video. The middle of the page features a popular live stream of a game. When visiting YouTube gaming Thursday, a live stream of Reaper Federation was being shown to 6,000 viewers.
Other live streaming options can be found by scrolling down to the streaming now portion of the page. Also on display for live viewing Thursday was a live stream of the 2015 Magic The Gathering World Championship Day One, a look at the Call of Duty Black Ops III Beta, a 12-hour stream of Minecraft and much more. While these live streams are being played, videos of the gamers will be shown and a live chat will take place as well.
Twitch is laid out in a cleaner display than YouTube Gaming, but it is still early for YouTube Gaming. For now, the main page of YouTube Gaming seems quite cluttered.
There are tons of games available for viewers to watch. The commentary and content of these videos are not moderated so swears and rude behavior can be expected. This is something YouTube will want to monitor and find a way to police. Viewing a video for Mario Galaxy, a curse word occurred within the first minute. Users on Twitch also are unpoliced and will often use profanity during their lives streams.
Players will be able to learn how to get past difficult levels, see expert gamers or just see what a game looks like by watching these videos. There is a great variety of content, like how to make money for Grand Theft Auto V Online.
Popular games will appear in the trending section and any major game events or competitions will also be displayed. Players will be able to add their favorite games to the "My Games" section so that they will see relevant information for their favorite games whenever they sign into YouTube Gaming.
While YouTube Gaming is just getting started, there are already 25,000 games with dedicated pages and videos. In January, Twitch announced that it had more than 1.5 billion broadcasters and 100 million monthly visitors, according to Wired.
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