Postal III

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Running With Scissors and Trashmasters Studios is making it is easier to shop for gamers with distinguished taste this holiday season with the release of Postal III for PC. Russian publisher Akella will be bringing the long-in-development third-person shooter to Steam this December, with plans port the “star-studded” (read: Uwe Boll and Ron Jeremy) to consoles at a later date...

By now, you’ve probably heard what’s been going on in D.C. The great state of California has taken an argument to the highest level of judicial authority. Its position: violent video games cause harm to minors. This supposed ‘harm’ has ranged from vague to fantastic in their legal briefs, but a new study from Yale is set to poke a huge hole in its boat.

Rani Desai, associate professor of psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine sums up the study’s findings very neatly: “Gaming does not appear to be dangerous to kids. We found virtually no association between gaming and negative health behaviors, particularly in boys"...

Admit it, you were convinced this was vapourware by now, weren't you? We were beginning to wonder too. But apparently Postal III is still a living, breathing entity, and currently aiming for a Q1 2011 release. And yes, you can still kill people with a rabid badger. And yes, Uwe Boll is still in it.

Pretend you're not intrigued.

This was a rare moment. Even for well-versed editors. Running with Scissors presented Postal 3 at Gamescom - and they were drunk. This made it funny but hard to gather informations. One is that RwS hired a real porn star for Postal 3 - Ron Jeremy. More through the link.

dailygamesnews.com - Postal creators Running With Scissors (RWS) represented the video game industry as more than 1,500 fans of all forms of popular culture descended on the first annual Tucson Comic Con on Saturday, November 8th at Tucson's Four Points Sheraton.

While the PC and Xbox 360 iterations of Postal III were tentatively slated for release in Q2 2009, Jaret noted that those two editions are now more likely to arrive in mid-to-late 2009. However, he was unable to provide an estimated release date for the PS3 version, attributing the uncertainty to technical concerns in utilizing the game's licensed Source engine on the platform. Only one game utilizing Valve's Source engine technology, its mega-compilation The Orange Box, has been released on PS3. While the PC and Xbox 360 versions of the title were developed internally at Valve, the PS3 port was outsourced to EA UK, and was widely chastised for its performance issues compared to the other editions.

Postal III developer Running With Scissors (RWS) has announced Randy Jones of the original '70's musical group sensation The Village People as the first in a series of celebrities who will be appearing in the third game.

Scrawl: Welcome to a new segment we have here on SCRAWL, Games We Want on the PLAYSTATION 3. In these short articles we will tell you what games we want on the PLAYSTATION 3 from other consoles, why, and developer's comments on them. You might just hear something unexpected and we might just have an exclusive. This week is POSTAL III. Hit the jump to see why, the possibility, and what CEO Vince Desi has to say about it. Developer's Comment: When we contacted Running With Scissor's CEO Vince Desi, he replied stating something very good for PLAYSTATION 3 owners. We are now in the early stage of designing POSTAL III for the PS3. Every developer has their own approach, so while we started first on the Xbox 360, we are now committing to the PS3 as well, and hopefully who knows maybe even the Wii. So there you have it, POSTAL III is coming to the PLAYSTATION 3 and you heard it from us.

Vince Desi, President of Running With Scissors, confirms that gamers can take out Uwe Boll in Postal 3.