Hatred Controversy
Hatred Controversy
Hatred is an 'Isometric shoot'em up' developed and published by Destructive Creations and was released world wide on June 1, 2015. The game is about the main protagonist sets off on what he calls his 'Genocide Crusade', where he goes outside to murder as many people as he can before he dies. In the game the player gets health for executing knocked out civilians and you also have to kill police officers who are trying to stop you from killing people. The game was given an 'Adults Only' by the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) which prevents any mainstream retailers from selling the game in the United States or on video game consoles since all three major console makers forbid AO-rated games on their platforms. despite this the game was put back up on Steam. The game was received very poorly by critics and video game player and was hated by almost all of the giving the game anywhere from a 5 out of 10 to a 3 out of 10.
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Hatred Trailer.
Hatred Gameplay Trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV3PhvCf_Jg
The game Hatred is owned by Destructive Creations, the name comes from how the main character hates all of humanity and wants them all dead, the look and feel of the game are very dark, bleak and hopeless which was intentional because your controlling a mass murdering psychopath. The developers were intending to have the game on both Steam and on GOG.com, it was put on Steam Greenlight before getting taken down but soon after this it was put back up on Steam and Gabe Newell personally apologized to the team behind the game. The game did not get delayed and came out when it said it would, June 1st, 2015.
Hatred been pulled off of Steam.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/16/hatred-shooter-removed-from-steam-gaming-site
Hatred being put back on Steam.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/17/hatred-game-back-on-steam-greenlight
Apology letter to Hatred developers Destructive Creations
All of the rights to Hatred are owned by Destructive Creations since they developed and published the game. The game Hatred was given an Adults-Only in America and Canada but in the UK it was given an 18+ rating. The game doesn't have any health and safety warnings. They did not use the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) because the developers are based in Gliwice, Poland.
Hatred rating in US and Canada
http://www.polygon.com/2015/1/16/7557639/hatred-esrb-ao-rating
The game from every ethical angle is morally wrong, the reason it got an Adults-Only in America is because of how it reminds people of school shootings or other events similar to this, the police unit in the game is called the 'Human Shields' which is used in the context of the game to show how they failed to save the civilians, the main character at one point in the game kidnaps someone and tortures them, the main character at one point in the game goes to a rally for local politician and kills everyone there and the ending of the game involves the main character blowing a nuclear power plant which kills himself and blows up half of New York.
The game Hatred is owned by Destructive Creations, the name comes from how the main character hates all of humanity and wants them all dead, the look and feel of the game are very dark, bleak and hopeless which was intentional because your controlling a mass murdering psychopath. The developers were intending to have the game on both Steam and on GOG.com, it was put on Steam Greenlight before getting taken down but soon after this it was put back up on Steam and Gabe Newell personally apologized to the team behind the game. The game did not get delayed and came out when it said it would, June 1st, 2015.
Hatred been pulled off of Steam.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/16/hatred-shooter-removed-from-steam-gaming-site
Hatred being put back on Steam.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/17/hatred-game-back-on-steam-greenlight
Apology letter to Hatred developers Destructive Creations
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
All of the rights to Hatred are owned by Destructive Creations since they developed and published the game. The game Hatred was given an Adults-Only in America and Canada but in the UK it was given an 18+ rating. The game doesn't have any health and safety warnings. They did not use the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) because the developers are based in Gliwice, Poland.
Hatred rating in US and Canada
http://www.polygon.com/2015/1/16/7557639/hatred-esrb-ao-rating
Hatred 
Destructive Creations J. Zieli?ski i Wspólnicy Sp.J.
Destructive Creations J. Zieli?ski i Wspólnicy Sp.J.
The content of this game is suitable for persons aged 18 years and over only.
It contains: Extreme violence - Multiple, motiveless killing - Violence towards defenseless people - Strong language
It contains: Extreme violence - Multiple, motiveless killing - Violence towards defenseless people - Strong language
System: PC
Genre: Action
Release date: 2015-05-15
Genre: Action
Release date: 2015-05-15
The game from every ethical angle is morally wrong, the reason it got an Adults-Only in America is because of how it reminds people of school shootings or other events similar to this, the police unit in the game is called the 'Human Shields' which is used in the context of the game to show how they failed to save the civilians, the main character at one point in the game kidnaps someone and tortures them, the main character at one point in the game goes to a rally for local politician and kills everyone there and the ending of the game involves the main character blowing a nuclear power plant which kills himself and blows up half of New York.
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