YouTube Gaming

• YouTube invites creators to use Gemini tool to make video games
• VTubers are taking the U.S. by storm, and women are tuning in

  Big Games Machine's survey of U.S. YouTube users' preferences for gaming content revealed an interesting VTuber trend.

  
• Xbox taps YouTube, Facebook vet Leo Olebe to lead gaming partnerships

  Leo Olebe, who previously headed gaming units at Facebook and YouTube, has been named as the VP of Global Partnerships at Xbox.

  
• DrDisRespect tops iShowSpeed to become the most-watched North American streamer on YouTube

  In terms of total watch time per three months, DrDisrespect has passed iShowSpeed to become the most-watched streamer on YouTube.

  
• Pixel party: YouTube breaks down 1.5 million retro gaming videos
• YouTube leads Twitch in survey of teenage gaming habits
• Moist Cr1TiKaL terminates Twitch contract to “try different things on different platforms”
• Twitch relaxed its livestreaming exclusivity clause for creators. Will YouTube do the same?
• YouTube has chosen its next Head of Gaming
• Ninja said he was taking a break from the internet. Instead, he streamed on six platforms at once.
• Ludwig found an interesting pattern in YouTube’s latest batch of streamer signings
• A prominent FaZe Clan member is bringing his Swagg to YouTube Gaming