Running With Scissors' Sharpens POSTAL III for Xbox 360 and PC!
Posted by: Aaron Lockard on October 19, 2006 7:38:40 PM (78 Reads)
Source Engine to Drive Next Generation of Classic Game
Almost a decade after the release of POSTAL, Running With Scissors
(RWS), the creators behind the dark comedic video game franchise has
announced development of POSTAL III, the first game in the long-running
series aimed at both the computer and videogame console markets.
Currently
in development for the Xbox 360 and PC systems, POSTAL III will employ
the Source engine (the same technology Valve created to drive
Half-Life 2) to deliver a new and advanced technical level of social
satire and politically incorrect virtual violence.
"We started
this series back in 1997," recalled RWS CEO Vince Desi, "and while the
franchise has grown into an international computer game sensation
during that time, it has always been our goal to bring it to the
videogame console marketplace. For many years I've been asked by gamers
around the world when POSTAL will appear on console. I'm so proud to be
able to answer our fans' prayers."
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 in this next addition to the ongoing
storyline," Desi vowed.
Andrew Belkin, Producer for Akella
stated "We here at Akella are big fans of the POSTAL series and so
being involved in production of POSTAL III is both great fun and an
honor for us. In cooperation with RWS talent I believe POSTAL III will
be the sickest and craziest game ever! Definitely, this is the first
project of such scale and a major step forward for our company"
The
player will once again be cast as the nameless "Postal Dude," the star
of all previous versions of the game, including POSTAL 2: Share The
Pain and POSTAL 2: Apocalypse Weekend. POSTAL III is scheduled for
release some time in 2008.