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YouTube is already a big player in live video. YouTube is already a big player in gaming. As of today , Google is promoting the intersection of the two with YouTube Gaming , a dedicated site and separate app that’s supposed to directly compete with Twitch’s popular streaming platform. YouTube Gaming is a more obviously gaming-focused version of the standard interface; the announcement post billed it as a place where you can search with confidence, knowing that typing ’call’ will show you Call of Duty and not ’Call Me Maybe.’