New Blood Bowl Trailer

You know a game is hardcore when even the ball is covered in spikes

A new trailer has been released for the upcoming reworking of Blood Bowl,  and it’s looking pretty neat.  For those unfamiliar, Blood Bowl was one of the many table-top games released by Games Workshop back in the day.  It’s basically an ultra-violent take on American football, where the objective is to get your team into the scoring zone with the ball … preferably with all your limbs.  The twist of course is that fouls are actively encouraged in this game, alongside any other devious underhanded tactics you could think of.

Before anyone asks, yes, I once played table-top games. I was young and impressionable and hadn’t found out that D&D is just as much fun and with no expensive minatures to buy!

Blood Bowl has seen a previous incarnation as a video game however, in the beautiful glory of MS-DOS no less.  Unsurprisingly it wasn’t that great a game, but it also didn’t have a lot of the great off-field aspects that the table-top game excelled at.  So I’m pleased to read that not only will the new game feature the “classic” play style, in which teams take turns with their actions, but also a mode called “Blitz!” which sees the player take control of the match in real time.  Overall, I’m kinda intrigued.  The game sees it’s release for DS and PSP in around a weeks time, and an 360 version on the way in September.  If the reviews are favourable enough, I might just grab myself a copy!

You can check the game’s site out here