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Controversial Shooter ‘Hatred’ Heading to The Nintendo Switch
In a shocker (in more ways than one), Destructive Creations have announced that their shooter, the AO-rated Hatred, will be coming to the Nintendo Switch. The infamous 2015 twin-stick shooter that was originally released on Steam (and garnered a bit of controversy along with it) doesn’t have a release date or price point at the moment, but its announcement certainly comes out of left field.
To be fair, the Switch has Mature-rated games such as DOOM, Agony and Mortal Kombat 11, but an AO-rated title is expressly reserved for porn games. Furthermore, most stores balk at carrying AO games, and most consoles won’t feature them.
In Hatred, you play as a man known only as “The Antagonist”. Disgusted by human society and general existence, the Antagonist decides to start a “one-way trip” spree of killings in New York City.
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Recently we revealed something regarding Nintendo Switch. This picture may give you a better idea about what is going to happen.
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— Destructive Creations (@DestCreat_Team) April 11, 2020
Overshadowing the announcement of Ninja Theory’s third entry in the Hellblade series earlier this month were reports that the developer was facing possible closure by Microsoft, alongside South of Midnight developer Compulsion Games and Double Fine. Now according to a new story by GamesBeat, another developer under the Xbox Game Studios umbrella is potentially facing closure in Undead Labs, who are currently working on State of Decay 3.
Earlier this month, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma had announced that Microsoft was in the process of ‘resetting’ Xbox. That resulted in a report by Bloomberg during Summer Game Fest that revealed that multiple developers were negotiating with Microsoft to spin off of Xbox to avoid closing down. Now, according to the GamesBeat report, Undead Labs is now part of that group of developers negotiating to be bought to avoid layoffs.
The article states that Undead Labs could lose 110 jobs if it were shut down, while Compulsion could lose 90 jobs, Ninja Theory could lose 135 jobs, and Double Fine Productions could lose 100 jobs.
Other developers and publishers at Microsoft also reportedly face cuts, including Blizzard, id Software and Bethesda.
Undead Labs was acquired by Microsoft back in 2018, with State of Decay 3 being announced in 2020. News on the development of the game was quiet until 2024, when a new trailer was released. Updates on the game again were hard to come by until last January when then-Xbox Game Studios lead Craig Duncan revealed that development was still very much alive. That was followed up this month with an official announcement that State of Decay 3 would be coming next year to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store.