by Rainier on Oct. 31, 2008 @ 9:40 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In the unending quest to see its Postal games in the hands of gamers the world over, Running With Scissors has signed an agreement with GamersGate, to offer its portfolio (Postal, Postal 2 and Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend, to consumers via a digital download
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 5:39 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Postal III will employ the Valve's Source engine to deliver a new and advanced technical level of social satire and politically incorrect virtual violence, featuring motion-captured performances by a wide array of celebrities as well as a storyline that offers gamers vast latitude in terms of their behavior. Randy Jones of the '70's musical group The Village People is the first in a series of celebrities who will be appearing in POSTAL III.
by Rainier on June 16, 2008 @ 1:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Hoboken International Film Festival, held in New Jersey, was where Postal, Uwe Boll's dark comedy based on the video game franchise from Running With Scissors, walked off with the coveted Best of Festival Award.
by Rainier on May 25, 2008 @ 1:52 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Postal 2: Share The Pain offers 14 multiplayer maps, 25 playable characters,11 crazy weapons and four multiplayer options, including a Capture-the-Flag variant dubbed "Snatch" that employs the booty-full Postal Babes.
by Rainier on May 21, 2008 @ 3:52 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Uwe Boll's video game-to-film conversion of Running With Scissors' Postal franchise opens in theaters across North America on May 23. Originally planned as a major rollout across 1,500 screens, most theaters backed out at the last minute, and only a handful of places will actually show it.
by Rainier on March 13, 2008 @ 4:10 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Running With Scissors' Postal III will employ the Valve's Source engine to deliver a new and advanced technical level of social satire and politically incorrect virtual violence, featuring motion-captured performances by a wide array of celebrities – from film stars to Playboy Playmates – as well as a storyline that offers gamers vast latitude in terms of their behavior.
by Brad Hilderbrand on Feb. 26, 2008 @ 4:55 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Running With Scissors' Postal III will employ the Valve's Source engine to deliver a new and advanced technical level of social satire and politically incorrect virtual violence, featuring motion-captured performances by a wide array of celebrities – from film stars to Playboy Playmates – as well as a storyline that offers gamers vast latitude in terms of their behavior.
by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2008 @ 10:30 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Almost a decade after the release of POSTAL, Running With Scissors has announced development of POSTAL III, coming to PC and X360 and powered by Valve's Source engine.
by Rainier on Oct. 27, 2007 @ 10:44 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The 10th Anniversary Collector’s Edition comes packaged in a Postal KrotchyO's cereal box, featuring the original Postal & Postal Plus; Postal 2: Share the Pain; Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend; 4 classic user mods (including A Very Postal Christmas and Eternal Damnation); a dozen videos; music CD; 10 sets of Postal Babe photos, Postal Comics; Posters and Postal 3 concept art and preview screens.
by Rainier on April 30, 2007 @ 3:53 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Almost a decade after the release of POSTAL, Running With Scissors has announced development of POSTAL III, coming to PC and X360 and powered by Valve's Source engine.
by Rainier on Oct. 19, 2006 @ 8:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Almost a decade after the release of POSTAL, Running With Scissors has announced development of POSTAL III, coming to PC and X360 and powered by Valve's Source engine.
by Rainier on Jan. 17, 2006 @ 4:40 p.m. PST | Filed under
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POSTAL developer Running With Scissors' CEO Vince Desi issued a statement regarding
the recent knife attack in a synagogue in Moscow and the subsequent deluge of disinformation from attorney Jack Thompson along with international news agencies has placed Running With Scissors in a position where they must respond. Read more for the full statement...
by Rainier on Jan. 16, 2006 @ 2:21 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Wednesday January 12th, 20-year-old Muscovite Alexander Koptsev hospitalized eight people, four of them in severe condition, as a result of
an incident in one of Moscow's synagogues. When asked about the goal of his visit to the synagogue, the youngster answered: "I came here to kill." In a statement Alexander's dad said his son played a lot of video games, in particular Runnng Wih Scissors' Postal, in which a postman, who suddenly snaps, starts out with a knife and starts killing people.
by Rainier on Jan. 11, 2006 @ 3:19 p.m. PST | Filed under
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The host of other countries (Australia, Korea, Brazil etc.) whose citizens have been unfairly denied their birthright to play the video and computer games of their choice can finally rejoice! Running With Scissors has cut through the bureaucratic, political and censorial red tape to make the POSTAL computer games universally available through Softwrap.
Currently in development for the Xbox 360 and PC systems, POSTAL III will employ the Valve's Source engine to deliver a new and advanced technical level of social satire and politically incorrect virtual violence.
POSTAL III will include motion-captured performances by a wide array of celebrities – from film stars to Playboy Playmates – as well as a storyline that offers gamers vast latitude in terms of their behavior. "We've always maintained since publishing the original POSTAL that the game is only as violent as the player wants it to be and we're committed to expanding this unique form of gameplay
by Rainier on Dec. 22, 2005 @ 1:39 p.m. PST | Filed under
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EA today announced that the French postal service, La Poste, has honored The Sims franchise with an official postage stamp. Published in limited edition of 3 million units, Les Sims is one of 10 stamps in the "Heroes of Videogames" collection featuring the industry's most beloved icons. The set will retail for 2.65 euros (approximately $3.09 USD) and is available now in French post offices and through La Poste's website at http://timbres.laposte.fr/eng/
by Rainier on Dec. 12, 2005 @ 8:55 p.m. PST | Filed under
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The Running With Scissors newsletter reveals that a third Postal installment is in the works. "It has been formally announced that the next milestone in the POSTAL saga is already in development. The game, under the working title, POSTAL 3: Catharsis and is headed directly down the throat of the XBox 360 and the PC. More details on what happens to a complex, multi-dimensional individual like The Dude after he has razed Paradise and left it a (radioactive) parking lot. Let the questions and suggestions pour forth."
by Rainier on Nov. 24, 2005 @ 5:43 a.m. PST | Filed under
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After dealing with censorship at virtually every level of the game industry for nearly a decade, the world's most blacklisted and banned software company Running With Scissors has discovered the means by which to cure the entire world's need to go POSTAL.
by Rainier on Oct. 24, 2005 @ 8:48 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Already rumored, but then denied, a few months ago, Running With Scissors announced today that Postal has just become the latest game to make the transition to the big screen. RWS has signed an appropriately apocalyptic deal with renegade filmmaker Uwe Boll to bring the most controversial franchise in gaming history to the screen in all its blood-drenched, ironic glory.
by Rainier on June 7, 2005 @ 8:57 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend single-player expansion pack offers over 20 new areas of Paradise to decimate, 10 new missions to execute with extreme prejudice and an array of "cutting edge" weaponry that would make Lorena Bobbitt salivate. Freshly available for online purchase, Running With Scissors has released a small patch containing corrections and improvements for the U.S. and European releases of Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend.
by Rainier on May 14, 2005 @ 3:33 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Running With Scissors finally cuts loose the next chapter in his bitter, disaffected saga: Apocalypse Weekend, which details the Dude's thermonuclear activities during the 48 hours following his original week-long rampage. A single-player expansion pack, Apocalypse Weekend offers over 20 new areas of Paradise to decimate, 10 original missions to execute with extreme prejudice and an array of "cutting edge" weaponry that would make Kill Bill’s Bride salivate. Apocalypse Weekend is shipping in June, and is now available for pre-order!
by Rainier on March 23, 2005 @ 11:12 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend is a single-player expansion pack offering over 20 new areas of Paradise to decimate, 10 new missions to execute with extreme prejudice and an array of "cutting edge" weaponry that would make Lorena Bobbitt salivate. Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend is scheduled to ship on April 15.
by Judy on Nov. 29, 2004 @ 2:41 p.m. PST | Filed under
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The New Zealand Office of Film and Literature Classification has classified the PC game Postal 2 as "objectionable," meaning that it is banned because its availability was "likely to be injurious to the public good."
by Rainier on May 27, 2004 @ 2:27 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Running With Scisscors has released the first patch for their recently released multiplayer addon Postal 2: Share The Pain. This upgrade brings your retail version to v1409 and adds a new multiplayer map (Red Light), various other game balacing/improvement and the usual fixes. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...
by Rainier on May 13, 2004 @ 12:46 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Running With Scissors' POSTAL 2: Apocalypse Weekend, gamers controlling the enigmatic Postal Dude will be sorely tempted to carry on his wicked ways in the weekend that follows on the bloody heels of the five insane, carnage-filled days experienced in POSTAL 2.
