[quote name='Krymner']Can anyone name some recent RPGs that have strong, well developed, hate-inducing villians?[/QUOTE]
I don't know about well developed, but right now, Lord Dredmor is definitely strong and hate-inducing for me (yes, he beat me, yet again).
Seriously though, nothing springs to mind, but that's might be because I haven't played many recent RPGs that are particularly plot heavy.