Youtube: Game On Interactive Live Stream Revealed for August 27th

Written by Brandon Hofer on August 08, 2022

News: Youtube’s biggest gaming special ever arrives later this month and wants you to help decide the outcome.

YouTube has just announced the first-ever “YouTube: Game On,” a two hour interactive livestream event celebrating all things gaming, premiering live globally on Saturday, August 27th at 1:00 PM PT / 4:00 PM ET. YouTube is hosting its biggest gaming special ever that celebrates the notable games, top creators, and popular trends that define gaming culture. This interactive experience brings together more than 60 top creators, who represent over 400 million subscribers and more than 150 billion combined lifetime views on the platform. Gaming fans can view “YouTube: Game On” and play along by voting in real time on unique gaming challenges and influence how the stream will play out.

“YouTube: Game On” brings together fan-favorite creators including Ali A, AyChristine, Bazerk, Caylus, Chica, CouRage, Dream, EddieVR, EyStream, Felipe Kwebbelkop, Neto, GeorgeNotFound, Jake Fellman, Lachlan, Larray, LaurenzSide, LDShadowLady, Markiplier, MatPat, Muselk, Myth, Preston & Brianna, Sapnap, Sidemen, Slogo, SunlessKhan, Sykkuno, The Grumps, TommyInnit, Typical Gamer, Wirtual, with even more to be announced; and the most talked about game titles including Among Us, Fall Guys, Fortnite, Free Fire, Friday Night Funkin’, Grand Theft Auto V, Minecraft, Mortal Kombat 11, Poppy Playtime, Rocket League, Street Fighter 6, Trackmania and more.

This fully interactive livestream celebrates the diversity of gaming content that makes up YouTube gaming culture - from entertaining gaming challenges and surprise gameplay moments to honoring classic game anniversaries - all of which are inspired by the most popular trends on the platform. Viewers can look forward to segments like: a frightening batch of analog horror challenges that’s sure to give viewers a good jump scare; the Hot Ones Challenge: Video Gamer Faceoff hosted by Sean Evans, where viewer-selected players will go head-to-head playing an early demo of Street Fighter 6 (this one-on-one faceoff has the added twist where defeated players must eat increasingly hot wings); Grandma & Gran-Poppy Playtime where unsuspecting seniors will try to be the last person standing in survival horror game Poppy Playtime, and more fun and creative gaming challenges featuring top creators and popular games titles.

“YouTube: Game On” will simultaneously stream across the globe with local creators hosting in five different languages including English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish. Live chat and interactive polling features for viewers will be enabled and aggregated across all five streams, making livestream outcomes a global decision.

YouTube saw over 800 billion gaming-related views, over 90 million hours live streamed, and over 250 million uploads in the first half of 2021. The global livestream event also comes on the heels of a jammed pack summer of gaming on YouTube with an incredible slate of gaming content from fan-favorite creators around the world. YouTube Gaming’s July Lineup had all the biggest live moments fans couldn’t miss from YouTube Gaming exclusive streamer Ludwig presenting his gameshow finale — Mogul Money Live — from the YouTube Theater at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles to TimTheTatman’s Tailgate, a two-day mega-festival that brought together everything gaming, sports, music, and pop culture at the Ford Center at The Star, in Frisco, Texas.

Will you check out Youtube: Game On later this month? Tell us what you think in the comments section below.