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***UPDATE***
Apparently Valve has changed their mind regarding Destructive Creations mass murder game “Hatred”. Because the game is now back on Steam Greenlight. But it seems like Hatred are back on square one again.

I don´t know if that´s a temporary thing though. Because Hatred had a 93% thumbs up rating on Steam Greenlight, before Valve removed the game from Steam.

But now that Hatred is back on Steam again, will it stay there? Or will Valve get cold feet again?

***UPDATE #2***

Gabe Newell has just apologized to Destructive Creations for Valves decision to remove “Hatred” from Steam Greenlight.

“Hi, Jaroslaw,

Yesterday I heard that we were taking Hatred down from Greenlight. Since I wasn’t up to speed, I asked around internally to find out why we had done that. It turns out that it wasn’t a good decision, and we’ll be putting Hatred back up. My apologies to you and your team. Steam is about creating tools for content creators and customers.

Good luck with your game

Gabe” – Gabe Newell , CEO Valve

Props to SiPlus ‏@int_SiPlus_void for the tip.

Source:
https://www.facebook.com/destructivecreationsteam?ref=br_tf
http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/356532461/619574421200704933/

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If there was such a thing as a “the most contraversial game of the year” award. Then i´m quite sure that Destructive Creations would have won it for their ultra violent isometric mass murder shooter “Hatred” (which is set for a Q2 2015 release to PC btw). And let me tell you this.

Even though i played a lot of Postal 1 when i was a kid (it was one of the most contraversial games back in the 90s). Hatred makes Postal seem like a Rainbow simulator (or something like that) in comparison.

Mainly because of two reasons. 1. “Hatred” runs on the Unreal Engine 4 motor. And 2. Hatred is even more violent and brutal than the Postal series.

So i wasn’t all that surprised to hear that Valve decided to remove Hatred from Steam Greenlight. But that is an action that´s very controversial in itself, and for a number of reasons.

Like the fact that 93% voted thumbs up for Hatred on Steam (the game was removed from Steam yesterday).

Or that freedom of speech means pretty much nothing anymore. At least not in the world of video games.

Hatred is like a uber brutal next-gen version of Postal 1.

Yes, Hatred is a pretty disgusting game. But even so, game developers should be able to create whatever they want (within reasonable limits. No child porn, hate speeches and so on).

Then we got the reality factor. We live in a very dark and evil world. Just the last two days terror attacks proves (Australia and Pakistan) that.

What i´m trying to say is this, we can´t pretend that the world is full of love, rainbows and unicorns.

Because it´s not. And Hatred is just a video game. Reality on the other hand, will literally punch you in the face (if you´re unlucky enough).

So i can somewhat understand why people are screaming out “censorship” over Valves decision to ban Hatred from Steam.

Hell, Hatred was even the 7th most supported game in Steam Greenlight some days ago. But even so, i can still understand why Valve made the choise to pull the plug on Hatred though.

Because if Valve would have released Hatred on Steam, it would cost them dearly in the terms of political correctness points. There would probably also have been a boycott against Valve and Steam as a result, IF Valve haven’t removed Hatred from Steam..

I should point this out though. Both GTA 5 and Postal 1 (and 2) are available on Steam. So imo, there´s a lot of double standards in the case with Hatred imo.

So now you might ask yourself the following questions. Would you buy and play a game such as Hatred?

And what would you have done in Valves shoes? One could also ask him/herself if Hatred could turn players into mass murders?

If you wonder what i think about all of this. Then i´m just going to say this. I´m going to try Hatred myself before i say anything more about it.

boogie2988 has been pretty clear what he thinks about Hatred and the deal with Steam Greenlight though (checkout his video “Ultraviolent Game Hatred REMOVED from Steam Greenlight “).

“Here’s me going off on another free speech rant. it’s so frustrating to see this happen. Steam/Valve decided the controversial game “hatred” needed to be removed from the greenlight process even though it had a 93% approval rating.

Remember that this is steam who has also said “We do not police the games that are put into greenlight” and allow bloatware, vaporware, and other terrible bullshit through the system without curating it.Absurd.” – boogie2988

I would also like to add “jayops” Youtube comment on the subject. Because it´s pretty spot on if you ask me.

“Fu**, I hate political correctness. We live in a world in which feelings and sensitivity are placed on a much higher pedestal than fun and truth. Does Valve, as a business, have the right to do this? Yes, most certainly, but it still doesn’t mean their reasoning behind it is bullshit. Can we stop bending over backwards to overly sensitive assholes who think they have the right not to be offended? #PoliticalCorrectnessRuinsEverything” – jayops

About hatred:
Hatred is an isometric shooter with disturbing atmosphere of mass killing, where player takes the role of a cold blood antagonist, who is full of hatred for humanity. It’s a horror, but here YOU are the villain. Wander the outskirts of New York State, seek for victims on seven free-roam levels.

Fight against law enforcement and take a journey into the antagonist’s hateful mind. Gather equipment of the dead ‘human shields’ to spread Armageddon upon society.

Destroy everything on your way of hunt and fight back when it’s disturbed……just don’t try this at home and don’t take it too seriously, it’s just a game. :)The question you may ask is: why do they do this? These days, when a lot of games are heading to be polite, colorful, politically correct and trying to be some kind of higher art, rather than just an entertainment – we wanted to create something against trends.

Something different, something that could give the player a pure, gaming pleasure. Herecomes our game, which takes no prisoners and makes no excuses. We say ‘yes, it is a game about killing people’ and the only reason of the antagonist doing that sick stuff is his deep-rooted hatred. Player has to ask himself what can push any human being to mass-murder.

We provoke this question using new Unreal Engine 4, pushing its physics (or rather PhysX) systems to the limits and trying to make the visuals as good as possible.

It’s not a simple task, because of the game’s non-linear structure and a lot of characters on the screen. But here at Destructive Creations, we are an experienced team and we know how to handle the challenge!