Computers N Stuff » Blood Bowl http://www.computersnstuff.co.uk Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:21:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 THQ publishes Blood Bowl – in other news, bear shits in wood! http://www.computersnstuff.co.uk/2009/08/thq-publishes-blood-bowl/ http://www.computersnstuff.co.uk/2009/08/thq-publishes-blood-bowl/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:54:12 +0000 Andrew Bryant http://www.computersnstuff.co.uk/?p=2003 CAUTION: DO NOT CATCH WITH BARE HANDSSeriously, [THQ] have published everything else Games Workshop for the past five years so it’s hardly unsurprising that they are bringing the English version of everyone’s favourite game of fantasy football with added violence to UK retail and online stores in the form of a tangible release.

The game has been on retail shelves in France, Spain, Germany and a few other retail shelves since mid-june (likely due to licensing) but British gamers have been restricted to a digital download direct from Cyanide for a frankly absurd amount of money.

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]]> http://www.computersnstuff.co.uk/2009/08/thq-publishes-blood-bowl/feed/ 1 Big Meaty Blood Bowl Trailer http://www.computersnstuff.co.uk/2009/01/big-meaty-blood-bowl-trailer/ http://www.computersnstuff.co.uk/2009/01/big-meaty-blood-bowl-trailer/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:07:18 +0000 Andrew Bryant http://www.computersnstuff.co.uk/?p=1116 Some might call him a Rat Catcher!Everyone loves a bit of violence and it’s even better when that violence is provided as part and parcel of a Games Workshop license.

The official Blood Bowl game, built from the ground up by Cyanide (of Chaos League & the resulting lawsuit that allowed them to develop Blood Bowl fame) acts as a fairly accurate homage to the board game it is based on, as evidenced by the new trailer, just released.

Some of the footage (i.e. the CGI) isn’t particularly fresh, but I can’t remember seeing neither the player-creator nor much footage of the turn-based mode before.

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