YouTube Red gives Game Theorists star MatPat a science-meets-video games show

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SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube just announced a load of new, exclusive, content for its subscription service YouTube Red — and this, of course, includes some gaming-related shows.

Following the Scare PewDiePie reality show announcement, YouTube also mentioned the 360 Project, a new show starring MatPat from the popular web series, Game Theorists. In 360 Project, MatPat will take a look at the science behind scenarios found in video games, and test these elements in real-life.

The move shows how YouTube plans to deliver exclusive content to its new $9.99-a-month subscription service as well take a bigger slice of the $3.8 billion gaming-video market away from Twitch, which livestreams gaming content.

The show is in development and there is no release date announced.