If you follow PC game development news odds are you have heard about a game called Hatred and the furor around it. For those of you that aren’t aware, (i.e. my console brethren) Hatred is an isometric action game that runs on Unreal Engine 4. Where the controversy stems from is in the games graphic depiction of violence.
Personally, it’s nothing I haven’t seen before in games like Manhunt and the Postal series, but where Hatred differs is in its story. Unlike those other games where you have the options to be good, or have no choice in your actions, Hatred is tells the story of a deranged killer who wholly expects to die, but plans on taking as many innocents out before that happens. Essentially, it’s being said that the game is nothing more than a glorified murder simulator.
Being de-listed from Steam isn’t the first setback that Hatred has faced in its storied development. Back in October when the developers showed off their first trailer, Epic Games quickly made the request that the developers remove all mention of the Unreal Engine 4 and its logo from the trailer.
Valve made the following comment regarding Hatred:
We wanted you guys to know that based on what we see on Greenlight we would not publish Hatred on Steam… As such we’ll be taking it down.
It must also be noted that while Hatred was up for Steam Greenlight it amassed 13,148 “yes” votes in the short amount of time before it was pulled. This sent the game up to the number seven on the Greenlight listing which happens to contains some 2200 games.
The team behind Hatred are looking at other publishing options and are hoping to have the game launch second quarter of 2015. You can check out the official below, but be warned as it is quite graphic.
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