MANILA, Philippines – League of Legends and World of Warcraft have won me over. I’ve been enjoying let’s plays, walkthroughs, and speedruns on YouTube to dig deeper and learn from others. On YouTube, I have found an incredible community around League of Legends, and World of Warcraft that are creating amazing content, including new collaborative and interactive formats that have reshaped the video game landscape, and pushed YouTube forward.
Today, we’re making the YouTube Gaming mobile app available on iOS and Android in the Philippines. YouTube Gaming is an app that keeps you connected to the games, players, and culture that matter to you, with videos, live streams, and the biggest community of gamers on the web—all in one place. We launched YouTube Gaming in the U.S. and U.K. last August, and we’re excited to invite new players to join us. You can continue to access YouTube Gaming on your desktop from anywhere in the world on gaming.youtube.com.
YouTube Gaming is built to be all about your favorite games and gamers, with more videos than anywhere else. We automatically pull in all gaming-related videos and live streams from YouTube to YouTube Gaming. From “Asteroids” to “Zelda,” more than 25,000 games will each have their own page, a single place for all the best videos and live streams about that title. You’ll also find channels from a wide array of game publishers and YouTube creators.
Keeping up with these games and channels is super easy, too. Add a game to your collection for quick access whenever you want to check up on the latest videos, or subscribe to a channel to get a notification as soon as they start a live stream. Uncover new favorites with recommendations based on the games and channels you love. And when you want something specific, you can search with confidence, knowing that typing “call” will show you “Call of Duty” and not “Call Me Maybe.”
Posted by Ines Cha, Head of YouTube Gaming Content & Partnerships, Asia Pacific, who recently watched 10 Crazy Hidden Details in Gaming:
We know live streams bring the gaming community closer together, so we’ve created a dedicated destination for them within YouTube Gaming. On Android, we’ve also made it simpler to broadcast your gameplay to YouTube. You can now record and live stream mobile gameplay on-the-go directly from Android devices using Mobile Capture in YouTube Gaming. You don’t need any additional hardware or software—just tap Go Live in the YouTube Gaming app, turn on your selfie cam and record your commentary with your phone’s microphone.
We’re so excited to bring YouTube Gaming to Philippines and look forward to watching more together.
