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.
by Rainier on May 3, 2004 @ 3:23 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Of all the so-called "heartless" videogame developer/publishers in this cruel world, Running With Scissors has reached deep into their hairy chest and clutched their cold, cold heart to take pity on the bastard stepchildren of the gaming world by teaming up with Linux Game Publishing to offer POSTAL 2: Share The Pain, the MULTIPLAYER Edition, to the Linux community.
by Rainier on March 18, 2004 @ 7:20 a.m. PST | Filed under
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hell-tech, a Greek publishing and distribution company is committed to getting the game on retail shelves throughout Europe. "We're offering European gamers an experience that will have them laughing out loud at the sheer madness of using a cat as a silencer on the end of a gun!" explained hell-tech's Christos T. Like a medieval black plague spreading across Europe (except this one will cause controversy rather than death...), POSTAL 2: Share The Pain will be released on 16th APRIL 2004 to an eager gaming market looking for that something extra in their first person shooter! Were else can a shovel be a weapon of choice...?
by Rainier on March 3, 2004 @ 11:58 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Independent game developer Running With Scissors has taken the wraps off the Postal League, the first organized multiplayer league for fans of POSTAL2: Share The Pain, the newest installment in the POSTAL franchise. Read more for details ...
by Rainier on March 1, 2004 @ 1:16 p.m. PST | Filed under
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"Since it seems like so many European countries are upset with America at the moment because of our foreign policy, we felt it was the ideal time to offer them a harmless means of venting their rage," explained Running With Scissors' honcho and international diplomat Vince Desi. "We sat down at the UN and reached an agreement with our European Allies to share our pain, as in POSTAL 2: Share The Pain."
by Rainier on Jan. 15, 2004 @ 5:04 p.m. PST | 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 v1408 and mainly addresses multiplayer fixes and improvements. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...
by Rainier on Jan. 8, 2004 @ 11:50 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Inimitable mad cow developer Running With Scissors stole a little of the media-sucking luster usually reserved for the likes of Britney Spears and Sadaam Hussein. They did it by transporting company spokesperson Gary Coleman and a clutch of Postal Babes to the Cyber X Game Tournament, held in Las Vegas as part of the massive 2004 Consumer Electronics Show.
by Rainier on Dec. 25, 2003 @ 7:56 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Today the Linux version of the Postal 2 multiplayer addon Postal 2: Share the Pain has become available. Just as the windows version, this demo includes multiplayer gameplay featuring Gary Coleman, Rednecks and, of course, The Postal Dude. The demo features the Ponderous level in Snatch (CTF) mode, as well as Cemetary & Shantytown maps for the Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Grab modes (thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on Dec. 16, 2003 @ 9:16 a.m. PST | Filed under
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With noses red from their victims' blood, Running With Scissors announced the release of POSTAL 2: Share The Pain. The brazen videogame developer's Christmas balls were hanging with joy as they landed their first title as a publisher onto the shelves of retailers across North America.
by Rainier on Dec. 9, 2003 @ 11:02 a.m. PST | Filed under
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As promised Running With Scissors has released "a sneak peek" of their upcoming Postal 2 multiplayer addon Postal 2: Share the Pain. The demo includes multiplayer gameplay featuring Gary Coleman, Rednecks and, of course, The Postal Dude. The demo features the Ponderous level in Snatch (CTF) mode, as well as Cemetary & Shantytown maps for the Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Grab modes. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on Nov. 26, 2003 @ 1:08 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Running With Scissors has taken the concept of multiplayer to disturbing new depths in 'POSTAL 2: Share The Pain'. Playing arenas are richly packed with weapons to maim, burn, gas, shoot and kill your opponents, as well as health bottles that can make you better or can be dropped strategically to callously snare opponents. Read more to check a few screens ...
by Rainier on Oct. 21, 2003 @ 9:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Notorious game publisher Whiptail Interactive is set to give thousands of twisted POSTAL 2 fans a stab at murdering their mates with the latest incarnation of the "Goriest Game of All Time", a multiplayer version of POSTAL 2. Built by world-renowned game developer Running With Scissors, 'POSTAL 2: Share The Pain' will go on sale in mid-November in all serious gaming outlets across the UK, Europe and North America. The multiplayer upgrade will also be available for existing owners of POSTAL 2 to download for free from the www.postal2.com website at the same time as the launch.
by Rainier on Sept. 24, 2003 @ 9:03 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Video Game developer Running With Scissors takes the concept of multiplayer to disturbing depths never before explored outside of politics or the priesthood with POSTAL 2: Share The Pain MULTIPLAYER Edition. Vince Desi, Running With Scissors' manic madman boasted "We're coming off the most successful beta testing since the Romans discovered lions liked the taste of Christians." Read more for details ...
by Thomas on Sept. 12, 2003 @ 7:39 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The official
Postal 2 site is updated (thanks
VE3D) with following Multiplayer Beta information:
We've been working on multiplayer, and we are going beta on Friday, Sept 12th at about 6pm PST. It won't be an open beta but we will be accepting a lot of people! For more information join irc.gamesnet.net and join #postal2beta or email
mikej@gopostal.com.
by Rainier on Aug. 21, 2003 @ 9:29 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Whiptail Interactive will premier its Q4 product releases for 2003 at ECTS, August 27-29, 2003 at Earls Court, London in stand #1970. A highlight of the stand will be the first look at Whiptail Interactive’s new PC game - Gangland. Developed by Danish gaming experts MediaMobsters and anticipated to be released this fall, Gangland combines the best elements of real-time strategy, role-play and simulation games. Read more for details ...
by Rainier on July 2, 2003 @ 3:27 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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“Shock and awe” videogame developer Running With Scissors is proud to announce that game footage from their medley of malice POSTAL 2, is in the new Black Eyed Peas hip-hop video, “Where’s the Love.” The socially wrenching, thought-provoking video from the Canadian group also features Justin Timberlake (who co-wrote the track) of ’NSYNC fame. The video, from the Peas’ latest album, Elephunk, was released on June 24 to rave reviews.
by Rainier on June 25, 2003 @ 11:10 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Six years after the United States Postal Service (USPS) sued the makers of the notorious videogame POSTAL and its ultra-controversial sequel, POSTAL 2, game developer Running With Scissors has been informed by the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board of the U.S. Department of Commerce that the USPS's opposition case had been dismissed with prejudice.
by Rainier on June 17, 2003 @ 4:01 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Running With Scissors has released a new patch for their recently released FPS Postal 2. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1337 and adds two new levels, two new difficulty levels and an number of other improvements, additions and bug fixes. Read more for download links ...
by The Cookie Snatcher on April 27, 2003 @ 12:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Forget what you know about first person shooters. Walk a week in the Postal Dude’s shoes. Freely explore full 3-D open ended environments. Interact with over 100 unique NPC's including Gary Coleman, marching bands, dogs, cats and elephants, protesters, policemen and civilians, with or without weapons. 'Postal 2' is all about choice; experiment with everyone and everything. And remember ...it's only as violent as you are! So does Postal 2 live up to all the hype? Read more and find out!
by Rainier on April 11, 2003 @ 2:38 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sequel to the notorious original, this iteration of the envelope-pushing franchise puts players once again in the well-worn shoes of the hair-trigger Postal Dude. POSTAL 2 operates on Epic's Unreal Warfare Engine and benefits from a host of new features including: fully-explorable open-ended 3D environments, innovative first person shooter action and interaction with well over a hundred unique non-playable characters (NPC's) including Gary Coleman (Arnold from 80's TV show 'Different Strokes'). Running With Scissors/WhipTail have now released a 1 level demo, read more for download links.
by Thomas on April 9, 2003 @ 11:54 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Publisher Whiptail Interactive today confirmed that the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has given the toe curling POSTAL 2 an 18 certificate. The highly anticipated first person PC adventure game will now be available in serious gaming outlets across Europe and the UK from Easter.
by Rainier on April 4, 2003 @ 1:32 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Whiptail Interactive & Running With Scissors announced today that "Postal 2" has gone gold. Sequel to the notorious original, this iteration of the envelope-pushing franchise puts players once again in the well-worn shoes of the hair-trigger Postal Dude. POSTAL 2 operates on Epic's Unreal Warfare Engine and benefits from a host of new features including: fully-explorable open-ended 3D environments, innovative first person shooter action and interaction with well over a hundred unique non-playable characters (NPC's) including Gary Coleman (Arnold from 80's TV show 'Different Strokes'). Expect it in stores April 14th.
by Rainier on April 2, 2003 @ 2:06 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Sequel to the notorious original, this iteration of the envelope-pushing franchise puts players once again in the well-worn shoes of the hair-trigger Postal Dude. POSTAL 2 operates on Epic's Unreal Warfare Engine and benefits from a host of new features including: fully-explorable open-ended 3D environments, innovative first person shooter action and interaction with well over a hundred unique non-playable characters (NPC's) including Gary Coleman (Arnold from 80's TV show 'Different Strokes').