Blood Bowl First Images
I’ve seen many things in the gaming world that I thought would be interesting to play on a console but this one takes the cake. I can’t wait to do sports with Orcs and Elves! It’s the video game adaptation of Games Workshops’ strategy sports game filled with all kinds of fantasy creatures.
Screenshots: Blood Bowl 2008
Blood Bowl Info
The game offers two game modes. The first, which is fully real time, offers spectacular gameplay with intense battles between blocking linemen and daring displays of agility of players leaping and dodging through opponents tackle zones, while powerful spells and dirty trick special plays are unleashed across the field. All of this creates a highly charged atmosphere. Of course, since it is sometimes difficult to keep an eye on the entire field at once, the game’s interface offers different tactical and strategic setups, while the AI is responsible for managing the players on the field.
The second game mode, an actual turn-based game, is a treat for players of the original board game because it is an exact replica of Games Workshop’s tabletop masterpiece. The original rules have been faithfully reproduced, and it contains all of the devices, strategies, play and rhythm of the original game.
The single-player experience allows the player to manage a team throughout an entire season of Blood Bowl, through the Old World of Warhammer. The team will evolve over the course of victories, experience gained and awards won. With its immense depth, this mode can almost be considered as a management game, from managing the popularity and sponsorship of players to the purchase and sale of players, as well as their aging, retirement and even death.
In multiplayer, the player will be able to throw down a challenge to other Blood Bowl players and participate in large tournaments over the Internet in order to climb the official ranks.
Don’t pretend to not wish you had a time machine to fast forward to the end of next year for this! Blood Bowl is set to release for PC and Xbox 360 at the end of 2008. Next year is already taking shape. After seeing the screenshots, I’m ready to unleash my LOTR sports frenzy on people. Find out more at the teaser site for Blood Bowl.
December 19th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
haha that looks wicked fun!
December 19th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
i was just about to say the same lol…i hope it makes it next year though. look fun & different…Orcs ftw!
December 19th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
not my game:) never liked sports games.
i dont know why really.
December 19th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Excellent! I may be one of the only peeps around here that played the board game in the mid 90’s! The game was a lot of fun! I can’t wait to see how this one shapes up. I’ll be keeping my eye on this one.
December 19th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
This looks like fun…
December 19th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
LMAO This does look pretty cool.
December 19th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Huh, it’s something that I never would have thought of but to be honest, looks fun. I would try to be a Mage quaterback, “Romo the Grey”
December 19th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
you had me at Orc
December 19th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
I need to get Mysterious, lucky, on the show and play on Unscripted nights…it would appear that I am suffering from Medal envy.
December 19th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
lol @ caleb. you are quite bare.
December 19th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
wait is this a retail full price game? …my first impression of it was XBLA
December 19th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
it’ll be full retail when it ships next year.
December 19th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
i thought it was an arcade game too…don’t know if i’ll be getting this one
December 19th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Orcs and Elves playing football? No thanks. I want to see Mutant League Football on the 360!
December 19th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Pimp_Method beat me to it… I’ve been meaning to post all day, just been busy.
This game looks, to me, like a Mutant League Football kind of game!!
I’m so there!
Nu
December 20th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Mutant League Football on the 360 FTW!!!