{"id":46726,"date":"2026-04-23T10:44:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=46726"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:44:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:44:54","slug":"twitch-is-testing-new-feature-that-lets-players-try-out-a-game-in-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=46726","title":{"rendered":"Twitch Is Testing New Feature That Lets Players Try Out A Game In Browser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/a\/uploads\/screen_medium\/1837\/18375603\/4686521-reanimal.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Twitch has proven to be a very popular destination for gaming fans who want to watch other players take on their favorite games. But a new feature currently in testing may open up Twitch as a gaming platform of its own.<\/p>\n<p>The feature is called Game Lift, and there&#8217;s only a single title currently available for the test. But Twitch&#8217;s Reanimal demo works, and it could lead to something transformative for the platform if it catches on.<\/p>\n<div data-embed-type=\"tweet\" data-src=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zachbussey\/status\/2046955403590640049\" data-has-image=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-mce-disable-toolbar=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Amazon is experimenting with the ability to play games through Twitch. <br \/>&#8220;Game Lift&#8221; is being tested with a 20-minute ReAnimal demo in the USA and Canada on Desktop Web. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rbvuQIcNc2\">pic.twitter.com\/rbvuQIcNc2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \u2014 Zach Bussey \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@zachbussey) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zachbussey\/status\/2046955403590640049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">April 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>As noted by game journalist Zach Bussey, Reanimal&#8217;s demo is 20 minutes long through Twitch, and it&#8217;s currently playable in the United States and Canada. Bussey suggests that the demo is using &#8220;cloud-based access&#8221; in order to function. He went on to note that the feature was &#8220;developed by Amazon&#8221; specifically as an &#8220;ad product.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Continue Reading at GameSpot<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/twitch-is-testing-new-feature-that-lets-players-try-out-a-game-in-browser\/1100-6539561\/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitch has proven to be a very popular destination for gaming fans who want to watch other players take on their favorite games. But a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6061,2114,258,1972,3392,5985,2179],"class_list":["post-46726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-browser","tag-feature","tag-game","tag-lets","tag-players","tag-testing","tag-twitch","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}