Just yesterday, Valve inadvertently launched the streaming platform Steam TV a bit prematurely, with the video game company then deciding to take it offline for the time being until it chooses to officially roll it out to the public. At the time, though, it was only showing The International, which happens to be Dota 2's annual eSports championship tournament for the wildly popular MMORPG, with the platform not just letting anyone stream just yet.

As detailed by a Valve representative, Steam TV was meant to be an internal test at first, but since it was made publicly accessible by accident, the company has decided to offer up a brief explanation of what had occurred. According to Valve, "We are working on updating Steam Broadcasting for the Main Event of The International, Dota 2's annual tournament. What people saw was a test feed that was inadvertently made public."

As of now, the features that were available for Steam TV before it got taken down by Valve teased a decent place for folks to spend time with their friends while watching live video game streams, but there's no telling exactly what the company has planned for the platform just yet. After all, it's difficult to discern clarity from the Valve representative's statement as to whether or not the video game developer intends on offering Steam TV as an alternative to Twitch, Mixer, or YouTube Gaming.

Whatever the case may be regarding Steam TV, it's safe to say that gaming fans will be interested to learn what Valve has in store for the project in the future, but those very same fans would likely be more excited to discover that the company is working on new titles at the same time. Valve co-founder Gabe Newell recently expressed that the developer wants to start making games again, so perhaps we will see just that happen in the near future.

Source: CNET