YouTube reportedly tests adding playable games to its video platform
by Jon Porter from The Verge - All Posts on (#6CFYW)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Playables" is a new feature in development for YouTube that could add interactive games to the video platform, The Wall Street Journal reports. The feature was apparently detailed in an email Google sent to its employees asking them to test it. Games could either be playable via the YouTube app on iOS and Android or through the browser on desktop.
The WSJ's report only contains details on one game the service could include, Stack Bounce, which it describes as an arcade game in which players attempt to smash layers of bricks with a bouncing ball." It sounds a little bit like Atari classic Breakout to me, but it's hard to tell without seeing screenshots.
In a statement, a YouTube spokesperson declined to confirm the existence of the...