YouTube appointed a new head of games after the position had been vacant for nearly eight months

On the morning of October 20, Beijing time, it was reported that the YouTube games department had appointed a new head, and the position had been vacant for about 8 months.

Leo Olebe, who previously worked for Facebook in charge of gaming collaboration, jumped to Google Play as an executive in gaming, and now replaces Ryan Wyatt as the new head of YouTube's gaming division. Wyatt's next stop is Polygon Studios, a cryptocurrency startup.

Orebe will report to Tara Walpert Levy, vice president of the Americas at YouTube. Before joining Facebook, Orebe worked at EA and Zynga.

The game video on YouTube is very popular, and it is also an important live game platform. In the first half of 2021, gamers broadcast live through YouTube for more than 90 million hours, uploaded 250 million videos and viewed 8000 billion games.