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
The feature is called Game Lift, and there’s only a single title currently available for the test. But Twitch’s Reanimal<\/a> demo works, and it could lead to something transformative for the platform if it catches on.<\/p>\n Amazon is experimenting with the ability to play games through Twitch. \u2014 Zach Bussey \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@zachbussey) April 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n As noted by game journalist Zach Bussey, Reanimal’s demo is 20 minutes long through Twitch, and it’s currently playable in the United States and Canada. Bussey suggests that the demo is using “cloud-based access” in order to function. He went on to note that the feature was “developed by Amazon<\/a>” specifically as an “ad product.”<\/p>\n Once the demo concludes or the player exits it, Twitch can redirect to the game’s Steam page for any fans who want to purchase it. It’s an intriguing idea that seems designed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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. The feature is called Game Lift, and there’s only a single title currently available…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":76322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-gamespot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76320"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76320"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76323,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76320\/revisions\/76323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
“Game Lift” is being tested with a 20-minute ReAnimal demo in the USA and Canada on Desktop Web. pic.twitter.com\/rbvuQIcNc2<\/a><\/p>\n