YouTube launches new gaming site, app

Ahead of the video game industry’s big E3 convention next week, YouTube is launching a new gaming app and website to provide a better experience to an online community that has flocked to alternatives.

The new app, announced Friday, highlights the company’s attempt to compete with Twitch, an Amazon.com-owned online streaming service that focuses on video gaming. Twitch says its site hosts more than a million broadcasters and 100 million visitors per month.

YouTube’s new app will combine videos, games and live streaming. YouTube Gaming will be available to the public in the U.S. and U.K. this summer.

Besides some of the features that already exist on the video sharing website, like high-resolution streaming, the company is redesigning its system to make it simpler to broadcast game-play and create live events.