Steam game Postal: Bullet Paradise has been canceled within a day of its reveal following a barrage of fan accusations that it uses AI art. While the developer initially denied the allegations, the decision to shut down the Steam-only title came from the publisher.
The Postal franchise is owned by Running with Scissors (RWS), a company based in Tucson, Arizona. Since the series began in 1997, RWS has developed all but two entries: Postal 3 (2011), co-developed with Trashmasters, and Postal: Brain Damaged (2022), created by Hyperstrange and CreativeForge Games. On December 3, RWS announced a third externally developed project, Postal: Bullet Paradise, described as a time-traveling shooter made by indie studio Goonswarm Games.
A day later, RWS announced it was canceling Postal: Bullet Paradise. The publisher cited the overwhelmingly negative reaction from the online community as the reason for its decision, acknowledging the widespread social media accusations that the project uses AI-generated art. "Our trust in the development team is broken, therefore we've killed the project," RWS said in a prepared statement, albeit without outright confirming fan suspicions over the origins of some of Postal: Bullet Paradise's assets.
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