Controversial mass-murdering game Hatred has been put back on Steam Greenlight by Valve, after the controversy surrounding its removal from the community-driven system earlier this week.
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According to developer Destructive Creations, Valve founder Gabe Newell even sent the team an email apologizing to them after it was removed, writing:
“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”
This email apology hasn’t been verified, but considering that the game is now back up on the digital platform it seems that Valve – at least for the time being – has changed their stance on whether the game is suitable to be sold using its digital distribution service.
Valve’s initial decision to pull Hatred from Steam was met with both criticism and praise, with some feeling that the company shouldn’t employ that degree of creative control over the community-driven Greenlight service, while others felt that Hatred didn’t deserve a place on the store due to its abhorrent concept. Given the amount of tripe that has been known to make its way on the Greenlight service, it was rather curious that Hatred was the straw that broke the camel’s back, but now it seems that Valve is back to its old ways once again.
