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Controversial shooter Hatred will be released for PC via Steam this June, which developer Destructive Creations claims makes it the first game with the Adults Only rating to appear on the digital distribution service. Speaking to Eurogamer, the developer said that the game’s release date of June 1 was chosen so that it would “not interfere with the launch of the biggest game coming out from its native Poland at that time.”

Creative director Jaroslaw Zielinski explained, “Initially we were planning to announce the release date for Hatred on May 19th, but… well honestly speaking we will be playing The Witcher 3 then.”

Hatred was rated Adults Only in North America by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, meaning that it won’t be coming to consoles without the developer making some changes. All three major console manufacturers—Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo—have a policy that forbids the publishing of Adults Only-rated games on their platforms.

The game was pulled from Steam Greenlight in December last year and then reinstated a day later, following an intervention from Valve CEO Gabe Newell. However, Adults Only-rated games have never been made available for sale on Steam before.

For more on the game, check out GameSpot’s previous coverage of Hatred.

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The PC version of Call of Duty: Black Ops III will get dedicated servers, developer Treyarch has confirmed. Posting on Twitter, Treyarch director of development Cesar ‘pcdev’ Stastny said that the PC version of the game will “use 100% dedicated servers for all ranked matches.”

This should come as little surprise, given that that Treyarch brought dedicated servers in for 2010’s Call of Duty: Black Ops, as well as for the sequel Black Ops 2. Dedicated servers were also brought in for Call of Duty: Ghosts on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and the last-generation consoles. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 also had dedicated servers, but they were unranked, which meant that the server administrator controlled all unlocks.

Stastny also confirmed that the game will ship with an adjustable field of view slider, as has been the case with previous Black Ops titles.

If the news of dedicated ranked servers has piqued your interest in picking up a PC version of the game, you may want to check out the minimum system requirements listed by Treyarch. The multiplayer mode in Black Ops 3 will have wall running similar to that of Titanfall and “Specialist” characters which possess unique weapons and abilities.

Black Ops 3 will feature a playable female lead character, a first for the core series. The campaign will support up to four players co-operatively. For lots more on the game, check out GameSpot’s in-depth hands-on preview from our recent visit to Treyarch’s office in Santa Monica. You can also see some images in the gallery below.

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A major new sale to celebrate Golden Week in Japan has kicked off on the North American PlayStation Store, discounting dozens of games for PS4, PS3, Vita, and PSP.

More than 100 games in all are on sale, including those from major franchises like Resident Evil ($3 for Resident Evil: Revelations 2 Episode One) and Metal Gear Solid ($8 for Ground Zeroes or Peace Walker, $4 Portable Ops, $16 HD Collection), as well as smaller games like Catherine ($5) and Suikoden II ($4).

Other deals of note include a Mega Man 9 and 10 bundle for $7.49, Skullgirls Encore for $4.50, Yakuza: Dead Souls for $8, and Zone of the Enders HD Collection for $14. All

Sale prices are available for everyone, but steeper discounts are offered to PlayStation Plus members. With some games that’s a difference of just a dollar, while in other cases being a Plus subscriber will save you as much as $6.

Read on for the full list of deals, as divided by platform, or check them out on the PlayStation Store.

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The first downloadable content for Wii U RPG Xenoblade Chronicles X has been detailed, and there’s quite a bit of it to be had.

Seven DLC packs in all have been revealed on the official website for the game, which released today in Japan (where it’s already April 29). This includes four bundles that each consist of a character, three quests, two combat abilities (Arts, in the game’s parlance), and either a weapon or mech blueprint. You can see photos of each of these–which will cost 500 yen (about $4 USD)–in the gallery below.

The other three packs are referred to as “support DLC” and provide you with additional quests where you can earn more money, resources, or experience (depending on which of the three you’re playing) than you otherwise would in the main game. Each of these three packs is priced at 300 yen (about $2.50).

Players interested in all of this can save 900 yen by picking up a bundle that includes all seven packs for 2,000 yen (about $17).

This first wave of DLC will be available in Japan on May 8. There’s no word yet on whether it will also be available in North America and Europe, though that’s hardly a surprise considered we don’t know when the game is coming outside the vague release window of “2015.”

Xenoblade is being published by Nintendo, which also owns developer Monolith Soft. The company is still feeling its way out in the DLC market, which it’s still fairly new to (and which some of its employees–like Masahiro Sakurai–have strong opinions about). This represents one of its first attempts at DLC alongside games like Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart 8.

Nintendo recently showcased the game during a livestream event. You can catch a replay of that here, and check out our latest preview in the video above.

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