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Postal 3 in 'final stages' of development photo

It's been a long, long, long, long, long, loooooong time coming, but Running With Scissors has declared that the third installment in its controversial shooter series, Postal 3, is nearing the end of its development cycle. 

"It’s in the final stages in Moscow, I don’t think it will come out this Christmas," says a rather curt Vince Desi. 

Despite the game's lengthy development, and Postal's reputation as a not-very-great series, I've been waiting patiently to give Postal 3 a go. By now I fear the game will be rather out-of-touch and attempt to be "controversial" by the standards of the nineties, thus making itself look rather dated and tragic, but the prospect of fighting with a badger in a harness is too damn tempting to pass up. 

I certainly wish Postal 3 all the best. I just hope it's evolved past "Isn't shooting people funny?"

Desi: Postal 3 in 'final stages' [Joystiq]








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Ball Buster's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2010 10:06
Ball Buster
I got confused because I read that as "Portal 3."
Mueti's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2010 10:12
Mueti
Same.
Occams electric toothbrush's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2010 10:19
Occams electric toothbrush
Oh I want this. I still have my copy of the first Postal that I bought the week it came out. I loved that game to bits.
Skribble's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2010 10:19
Skribble
"I certainly wish Postal 3 all the best. I just hope it's evolved past "Isn't shooting people funny?""

It hasn't.
amtalx's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2010 10:29
amtalx
I'm not crazy about the Postal games. It's a common target for anti-gaming legislators and religious zealots, and for what? It's a shit series that paints a giant bull's eye on the gaming industry.
RenegadePanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2010 10:39
RenegadePanda
I'm guessing there's no hope for a console release, eh?

While Postal might not be the greatest game, I at least applaud RWS for not bending over to masses and making a game that isn't afraid to offend the shit out of everyone. It'll be fun to see what California does when this game is released.
Klarden's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2010 12:01
Klarden
Wow, finally. I hope it's less gross and more "relaxation through virtual genocide". The series are stupid but kinda fun. Just, not the full priced release. No one will want it
Cheater2000's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2010 12:21
Cheater2000
Hope this comes out for the PS3 and Wii later. :D
Spunky718's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2010 13:39
Spunky718
I almost don't want this game to come out. I hate how the media always uses "Video games like Postal." It's probably the most well known game that no body plays. All I get from it is it's food for the media.
Pic0o's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2010 13:51
Pic0o
Lord I Love the Cockroaches! Woo to some more Postal coming. I always enjoyed what I got from them.
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2010 14:06
DaedHead8
I've always enjoyed the postal games so I'm looking forward to the third one. I do hope it makes its way to consoles though, that is my preferred platform for FPSs these days.
Fort Cancer's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2010 14:27
Fort Cancer
Was recently on the Wiki article for Postal 3 wondering if this game was still in development because all news still had the game coming out by the end of this year and NOBODY was talking about it.
NoMore's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2010 14:32
NoMore
I liked the 2nd one but the blatant racism and load times everywhere made me get sick of it very fast.
flea friend's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2010 14:32
flea friend
Finally, anti-gaming people will have a more modern reference for their angry ranting. I was getting tired of hearing them hearken all the way back to 2003's Postal 2.
-PL-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2010 16:55
-PL-
There was more to do than just "shoot people" in Postal 2. You could also piss on people. You could piss on yourself. You could hit someone's head off with a shovel, and kick it around like a soccer ball (or football for the more culturally developed gents). You can pour a trail of gasoline, light it on fire, and watch the trail light up. Once you beat the game, you can open a cheat menu that lets you shoot unlimited rapid-fire ricocheting cats from your assault rifle. I spent hours just shooting hundreds of cats up into the sky and watching them rain down and hit innocent bystanders. I did bank shots off the sides of buildings with cats trying to hit people. I went into small, crowded areas (like the convenience store or the arcade) and just shot hundreds of cats in all random directions and watched them chaotically ricochet around the whole room, destroying everything in their path.

Say what you want about Postal 2 being stupid or ugly, but there was fun to be had in that game. You just have to get over yourself to unlock it.
Delusibeta's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/10/2010 19:19
Delusibeta
How did Running With Scissors survive without releasing a game for seven years? Anyway, please also skip a summer release RWS, to avoid disturbing the Supreme Justices.
Gr1mm4's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2010 00:52
Gr1mm4
I hope the media jump on this. If they can link the badger-saw, to any real sort of violence, they deserve a prize of the highest order.

Mountain out of a mole hill? Probably. Will I be pwning with the badger-saw? Most definitely. :)
NateT's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2010 08:33
NateT
So this picture is of the infamous . . . Aardvark gun?

Ditto on the portal comments.
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