YouTube tests an online gaming offering

The video streaming platform, YouTube is currently running tests internally on a product for playing online games. This according to the reports by the Wall Street Journal, came through and email that was sent to the employees at parent company Google.

The company has an open visitation for its employees to start testing the new YouTube product called Playables. Games available for testing includes titles such as the arcade game Stack Bounce. It is said that the games can be played on YouTube’s site on web browsers or via devices running Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS mobile systems.

In addition, a spokesman for YouTube revealed that gaming has long been a focus, adding that the company was experimenting with new features and had “nothing to announce right now”.

Hosting online games on YouTube is part of CEO Neal Mohan’s push into new areas of growth amid a slowdown in advertising spending since the platform is already a popular place for users to stream games and watch live-streamed game footage.