{"id":15200,"date":"2011-10-31T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"postal-3-gets-confirmed-steam-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/15200-postal-3-gets-confirmed-steam-release","title":{"rendered":"Postal 3 gets confirmed Steam release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The long awaited sequel to Running with Scissors&#8217; iconic franchise, Postal, has been confirmed for release on Steam in December 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal III Steam release is the first worldwide distribution deal for the game. &ldquo;This is a great day for RWS but, more importantly, for Postal Fans around the world,&#8221; said Running With Scissors CEO Vince Desi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We welcome gamers everywhere to play for themselves and see what they&rsquo;ve been missing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Postal III will see the return of &#8220;The Postal Dude&#8221;, who according to Running With Scissors&#8217; PR monkeys, &#8220;is among the most memorable characters in video game history&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The game will also feature cameo appearances from Randy Jones (The Village People), Playboy Playmate Jennifer Walcott and porn superstar Ron Jeremy. In Desi&#8217;s own words,&#8221;We cover the rainbow of society.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since the 1997 release of the original Postal, Running With Scissors has created a sequel with Postal 2, several add-on games, and a feature film.<\/p>\n<p>The game will initially only be available on PC, but deals are in the works to bring the game to console. &#8220;It&#8217;s been a long, hard journey to get it here,&#8221; acknowledged publisher Akella&#8217;s Andrew Belkin. &#8220;But I couldn&#8217;t have written a happier ending than seeing Postal III on Steam!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Postal 3 now has its own <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/10220\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steam page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/19744-Postal-3-gets-confirmed-for-Steam-release\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Postal 3 gets confirmed Steam release\"><strong>Postal 3 gets confirmed Steam release<\/strong><\/a> &lt;&lt; Comments and views<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running With Scissors&#039; iconic third sequel finds a home on Steam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}