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Google’s YouTube announced plans Friday to debut a new app and website devoted to video games called YouTube Gaming. YouTube Gaming will compete with Twitch, which was purchased last September by Amazon.com in a deal worth $970 million. Amazon reportedly outbid Google for Twitch. At the time of the acquisition, Twitch had more than 55 million monthly active users. Launching this summer, starting in the U.S. and U.K., YouTube Gaming will be a home for all of its gaming video both live-streamed and on demand. Twitch is the leader in live-streamed and broadcast game play. YouTube is best known for on-demand gaming videos in categories such as let’s play, walk-throughs and speed-runs. Google (GOOGL) will be showing off its YouTube Gaming service next week at the E3 video game conference in Los Angeles. YouTube’s booth is in the same hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center as Amazon’s (AMZN) Twitch. Scalper1 News
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