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Google’s YouTube Gaming challenges Amazon’s Twitch

Google’s YouTube announced plans Friday to debut a new app and website devoted to video games called YouTube Gaming. YouTube Gaming will compete with Twitch, which was purchased last September by Amazon.com in a deal worth $970 million. Amazon reportedly outbid Google for Twitch. At the time of the acquisition, Twitch had more than 55 million monthly active users. Launching this summer, starting in the U.S. and U.K., YouTube Gaming will be a home for all of its gaming video both live-streamed and on demand. Twitch is the leader in live-streamed and broadcast game play. YouTube is best known for on-demand gaming videos in categories such as let’s play, walk-throughs and speed-runs. Google (GOOGL) will be showing off its YouTube Gaming service next week at the E3 video game conference in Los Angeles. YouTube’s booth is in the same hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center as Amazon’s (AMZN) Twitch.

E3 2015: A Video Guide Of What To Expect

The Electronic Entertainment Expo starts on Tuesday, and everyone who is anyone in the gaming industry will be there, including Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Electronic Arts (EA), Take-Two Interactive (TTWO), Disney (DIS), Sony (SNE), Microsoft (MSFT), Facebook’s (FB) Oculus VR and more. Virtual reality is expected to be a huge attention-getter this year as several big names are getting in the VR game. Facebook’s Oculus Rift will ship out in early

Agios/Celgene Leukemia Drug Scores, But Stocks Fall

Biotech Agios Pharmaceuticals (AGIO) on Friday reported positive early-stage data on a blood-cancer drug it’s developing with Celgene (CELG), but its stock tumbled more than 10% as the response rate seemed to miss investor expectations. Agios said that out of 158 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other advanced blood cancers taking AG-221, the response rate (tumor shrinkage) was 40%, while 16% went into complete remission. Agios also