Google just announced YouTube Gaming, a new website and app that will host all of their video game content (both on-demand and live streaming). As if that wasn’t enough of a shot across the bow of Twitch, check out this aggressive as f*ck Tweet they sent out.
Then read the response.
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#Kappa is an emoticon on Twitch used to denote sarcasm. Similar to /s on reddit.
Of course, YouTube Gaming is way behind the 8-ball in terms of being “first to market” (a term I may or may not have learned from Silicon Valley) but we doubt that they’ll have any issue encroaching on some of Twitch’s 100 million views per month.
Here are some screenshots that have been released along with the information.
