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YouTube Joining Gaming and Esports Scene

By FallenXE - 8th April 2015 - 13:57 PM

It seems that Twitch.tv will have a competitor gunning for its own share of the Gaming and Esports scene. At least that is the plan that Google-owned YouTube has currently if The Daily Dot is to be believed.

The latter, speaking to "sources within the streaming industry", claims that YouTube is planning to reboot its Live service so as to better position itself in the streaming scene and to directly challenge Twitch's current monopoly.

If you can recall, back in mid-2014 Google had planned to purchase Twitch for a cool US$1 Billion (close to the final $970 million that Amazon eventually acquired the streaming service for) but the deal broke down as a result of anti-trust concerns.

Until Google comes out with an official statement it is anything but a hide and seek game. However, the prospect of YouTube, currently the largest video website on the Internet, competing against Twitch, the number one US live-streaming site does seem an enticing bout indeed.

Whether or not YouTube and Google can back up such a challenge by providing a sufficiently efficient platform that can draw exclusive deals with the major international gaming leagues however remain to be seen. Do give us your thoughts below!