YouTube is trying out games as its next experimental offering. The company is adding a new “Playables” section on the site that will include games that can be played on both the desktop website and mobile devices. Playables will only appear for “a limited number of users to start,” and there was no list of game titles published at this time.
9to5Google reports that one of the games to grace the new YouTube Playables experiment includes Stack Bounce, which involves a 3D ball bouncing on top of rings you must smash through with well-timed clicks. If you’ve heard of the game before, it’s because Google already offers it on its minigames service, GameSnacks.
To check if you’re included in the games experiment, look for a new “Playables” section on YouTube alongside content on the home feed. Bringing games to YouTube means the website has yet another form of entertainment entering the brand, joining shortform videos, movies, video game streams, music, TV service, podcasts, and more.
