Google launches YouTube Gaming to challenge Amazon-owned Twitch
by Stuart Dredge from Technology | The Guardian on (#JG0V)
Service aims to help Google-owned video streaming company compete for live gaming audience after it failed to buy market leader
YouTube has launched a dedicated service for gamers, YouTube Gaming, in an attempt to compete with Twitch, the live streaming company it tried to buy last year.
The move sees Google, which owns YouTube, going head to head with rival tech giant Amazon, which bought Twitch for almost $1bn, as the companies fight for dominance of the fast-growing games streaming market.
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