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YouTube has officially announced its rival to game streaming service Twitch.

In an official blog post, YouTube Product Manager Alan Joyce details the intentions behind YouTube Gaming:

"This summer, we'll launch YouTube Gaming, a brand new app and website to keep you connected to the games, players, and culture that matter to you, with videos, live streams, and the biggest community of gamers on the web—all in one place.

YouTube Gaming is built to be all about your favorite games and gamers, with more videos than anywhere else. 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."

And, more specifically, in the realm of livestreaming YouTube clearly intends to attempt to rival Twitch:

"Live streams bring the gaming community closer together, so we’ve put them front-and-center on the YouTube Gaming homepage. And in the coming weeks, we’ll launch an improved live experience that makes it simpler to broadcast your gameplay to YouTube. On top of existing features like high frame rate streaming at 60fps, DVR, and automatically converting your stream into a YouTube video, we’re redesigning our system so that you no longer need to schedule a live event ahead of time. We’re also creating single link you can share for all your streams."

YouTube Gaming will launch this summer in North America and the UK. The team behind the service will also have a booth on the E3 show floor.

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SuperNova (on 12 June 2015)

How is this going to work in regards to their content Id system though?

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Slarvax SuperNova (on 12 June 2015)

I hope this was made to solve those problems. Not only to rival Twitch.

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Zkuq SuperNova (on 12 June 2015)

Probably not very well. Google doesn't seem to be too interested in fixing the system.

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DrBuckaroo (on 13 June 2015)

I love to play games, but for the life of me, I can't understand why people would want to sit around and watch other people play games. This makes no sense to me. I know Twitch is big, but I just don't get it.

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Mr Puggsly DrBuckaroo (on 13 June 2015)

I enjoy watching GiantBomb videos where they play games but that's just a "quick look." Those videos are about 20 - 40 minutes. I enjoy their commentary and seeing them play games I haven't played.

But I certainly have no interest in watching people play a game in its entirety.

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slab_of_bacon DrBuckaroo (on 14 June 2015)

I'm that way but for sports.

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ThatDanishGamer (on 13 June 2015)

They have to work more closely with the consoles if they want to be #1 provider of gaming content.

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DaveTheMinion13 (on 12 June 2015)

Interesting, can't wait to see how this does.

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The_BlackHeart__ (on 13 June 2015)

"From Asteroids to Zelda".

Go ahead feel free to post a Zelda video and you'll see it taken down by Nintendo in less than 24 hours.

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