YouTube takes on Twitch with HD live streams at 60 fps

Twitch‘s domination of the video game live-streaming space now faces a new challenger as YouTube enters the arena.

Google‘s video-streaming and -sharing service just got a little more robust with the addition of support for 1080p/720p live video streams running at 60 frames per second. The feature launches as an early preview in HTML5-compatible browsers (a list that probably includes your preferred browser).

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YouTube worked with Elgato and XSplit to ensure that their popular streaming options — Elgato Game Capture HD, XSplit Broadcaster and XSplit Gamecaster — all support 60 fps streaming to YouTube. Updates to all three are available now, as the new feature goes live. Read more…

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