| Postal III | |
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| Developer(s) |
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| Publisher(s) | Akella |
| Writer(s) | Steve Wik |
| Series | Postal |
| Engine | Source |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | December 21, 2011 |
| Genre(s) | Third-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Postal III is a third-person shooter video game developed by Trashmasters and Running with Scissors, and published by Akella. It was released for Microsoft Windows in December 2011. Postal III is the third game in the Postal series, being the sequel to Postal 2, and follows series protagonist, The Postal Dude, who, after leaving Paradise in the previous entry's Apocalypse Weekend expansion pack, finds himself in the town of Catharsis, Arizona after running out of gas, and must find a way to escape. Ports for OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 were announced, but were ultimately canceled.[1][2][3][4] Originally, the game was intended as a sequel to Postal 2, but after significant backlash from critics and fans, Running With Scissors now considers the game a spin-off, and has retconned it as non-canonical.
Despite the critical failure, the game was financially successful and brought considerable income to Akella.
The fourth installment in the series, Postal 4: No Regerts, was announced in 2019 and released into early access the same year, with an official release on April 20, 2022. The game also received negative reviews.[5][6]
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