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Kickstarter Campaign Now Live for ‘POSTAL 2 Redux’ [Trailer]
Running With Scissors, Team Beef, and Flat2VR Studios have kicked off the Kickstarter campaign for their upcoming ground-up overhaul of POSTAL 2 in POSTAL 2 Redux. As of this morning, the campaign has already garnered 70% of its $250,000 goal, with Kickstarter-exclusive in-game rewards available for those who back the Kickstarter Exclusive tier or higher.
The Kickstarter campaign allows the trio of publisher Impact Inked, Team Beef, and Running With Scissors to “create an uncompromising vision” of the beloved cult 2003 shooter. Among the enhancements for POSTAL 2 Redux are bringing the game to the Unity engine to allow it to run perfectly on current generation hardware, no loading screens, updated graphics with dynamic lighting, combat enhancements, enhanced NPC logic and more.
As for stretch goals, the team plans on adding time of day effects, a Sandbox mode and modding support for consoles. More stretch goals will be announced as the campaign hits them. However, the team has teased the top stretch goal will be an official sequel to POSTAL 2 and its expansions.
“We are absolutely thrilled to launch the POSTAL 2 Redux Kickstarter campaign,” said Eric Masher, COO, Impact Inked. “The original game is one of the most exciting and important games of the 21st century, and we’re honored to work with Team Beef and Running With Scissors to bring the POSTAL Dude, Paradise, and everything that makes POSTAL 2 special to today’s gamers!”
POSTAL 2 Redux will come to PC, macOS, and Linux via Steam, and PlayStation 5, with future plans for Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch consoles, depending on stretch goals and platform support.
Moon Studios dropped a new trailer during the Sony State of Play for their dark action-RPG No Rest for the Wicked, while also hinting at the long-awaited launch window for the full 1.0 release. The game, which has been in Early Access on Steam since April 2024, will be launching this October in full for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam, while versions for the Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2 will arrive at a later date.
As a token of appreciation for supporters new and old, Moon Studios is offering an exclusive Early Access Founder’s Pack, a free limited edition bundle available for anyone who purchases the game on Steam prior to July 10, with rewards unlocking when 1.0 officially launches. PlayStation 5 users can receive the Early Access Founder’s Pack by pre-ordering the game once available, any time before launch day.
The Founder’s Pack includes:
- A New Secret Hideout: Spirit Cavern – The legacy of Moon Studios now lives inside No Rest for the Wicked, exclusively for Founders. A hand-crafted home that bridges both worlds.
- Sayer’s Vow: An all new Sword in the stone reserved just for the founders that only early adopters can extract in the game world.
- A Custom Founders Tag ensures players are clearly identified as early adopters.
- As a Founder member, players will get access to an exclusive Public Beta Test Realm reserved just for them, even after the 1.0 game launch.
As for the full 1.0 release, it will be a massive expansion of the core experience, introducing a staggering 60+ hours of new content, a new horde mode, powerful new weapons, bosses and enemies, new areas and a completely reimagined class system.
In No Rest for the Wicked, players take on the role of a “Cerim,” a member of a holy order imbued with mysterious powers, tasked with destroying the Pestilence, an ancient plague that has begun to consume the island Isola Sacra, itself already the site of great political upheaval and death.