Forge expands its video-capturing tech to include Twitch and YouTube broadcasting

Gaming is one of the biggest categories for video on the Internet, and a new startup is stepping up to make it easier than ever for people to share their own content.

Forge, a video-sharing social platform, has added a new easy-to-use tool to its client that enables gamers to quickly begin broadcasting live PC gameplay to Twitch and YouTube. This puts the company in a crowded field that already has a number of powerful apps like Raptr, XSpilt, OBS (Open Broadcasting Software), Nvidia’s ShadowPlay, and Microsoft’s Xbox app, but Forge is positioning itself as a simple alternative that will get people online and streaming in moments. Video related to gaming is a massive business on the web. Live broadcasts featuring entertaining gamers is the core of what made Twitch worth $970 million to Amazon in 2014, and it is also YouTube’s second largest category behind only music.