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After nothing but screenshots, Cyanide has finally unveiled the first gameplay trailer for Blood Bowl. The first part of the teaser is animated, but towards the end we get to see what the game is looking like in action. There's even cheerleaders! ... I hope there aren't any Orc cheerleaders ...

I've been excited for Blood Bowl ever since first hearing of the game. I'm not much of a sports fan, but how can anyone resist playing something like this? It's a football game where you can play as monsters and beat each other up! That's a total win formula if you ask me. 

Be sure to check out the PR after the jump detailing just how deep Blood Bowl is actually going to be. Among the details is this interesting bit that your football stars will age, retire and even die. Truly awesome indeed.  

A brutal team sport unfolding in a parallel fantasy world based on Warhammer and American football, Blood Bowl invites gamers to form a team of players from such races as: Orcs, Elves, Humans, Dwarfs and many other fantasy creatures, and launch themselves into battle in the bloodiest of arenas. This strategy sports game combines a fine balance of tactics and bone crunching action!

Developed by the French studio Cyanide, the video game adaptation of Blood Bowl has all of the characteristics of a traditional ball game, and so it allows you to develop actual tactics and strategies before and during matches.

Playable in turn-based or real-time modes, 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, the game 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 on the Internet in order to climb the official ranks

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bunnyrabbit2's Avatar
bunnyrabbit2 at 06/25/2008 20:13
I want this game so bad. I can't wait to crush people with my Lizardman team
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bunnyrabbit2 at 06/25/2008 20:14
Also, SPIKED BALLS!
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GuitarAtomik at 06/25/2008 20:18
I'm fucking intrigued and I'm surprised it took someone so long to do this since EA bought the exclusive NFL license.

It also makes me want Mutant League really bad.
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iwontusemyname at 06/25/2008 20:33
guitaratomik said everything i was going to say.
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dredwynd at 06/25/2008 20:37
I remember playing the original, this looks much better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Bowl_(video_game)
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mistic at 06/25/2008 20:37
awesome video!

I've played the table-top version once and that was great allready, GW rocks!
Def JM's Avatar
Def JM at 06/25/2008 20:42
Yeah this is going to bought.
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moot button at 06/25/2008 20:43
HOORAY for Pigskin '08, er I mean, Blood Bowl!!
Volomon's Avatar
Volomon at 06/25/2008 20:46
I'm just kind of worried it didn't have the PS3 logo at all, yet had the PSP logo.
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ConsFEARacy at 06/25/2008 21:15
A sports game I would play...yes! I don't know what football is, but this trailer makes it look fun!

Seriously, I do want!
Druid 01's Avatar
Druid 01 at 06/25/2008 21:23
id buy it
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Jim Sterling at 06/25/2008 21:31
Trailer is awesome. Always loved the Games Workshop mythos, so I'm looking forward to a good one.
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kharnov at 06/25/2008 21:50
The table-top game of Bloodbowl was so awesome. Too bad no sight of undead and halfling in the teaser. I know halflings were really bad but how fun to TD with them and to see your opponent's face.
Chaos all-stars ftw!
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Milkman519 at 06/25/2008 22:21
DO WANT!
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elemental150 at 06/25/2008 22:26
this game looks like it sucks
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The Unforgivable at 06/25/2008 22:27
Dude it is all about the orc cheerleaders!
Big Z's Avatar
Big Z at 06/25/2008 22:33
Goddamn, the second coming of Mutant League sports is upon us!
nebones's Avatar
nebones at 06/25/2008 22:54
Holy shit, DO WANT!
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GoggolrAscendant at 06/26/2008 00:30
I got to play tabletop Blood Bowl twice as a kid. F***in' loved it! I loved how Halflings got bonuses for number of snakcs consumed per game.

Seriously do want.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 06/26/2008 01:57
Dear Cyanide: Do not fuck this up. Seriously. I want this hard.
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elemental150 at 06/26/2008 02:11
this game must be biased off of a tabletop game that rocks really hard because the footage isn't that impressive and it looks like it is going to suck for air hard
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Aziel13 at 06/26/2008 03:12
its like war hammer meet madden XD
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Mangomasher at 06/26/2008 06:03
it looks more like warhammer meets NFL Blitz
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Ratcliff at 06/26/2008 06:06
You know what...
I'm buying it.
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Moltar at 06/26/2008 06:38
That video actually made me excited. i used to play tabletop Blood Bowl. Had an Orc team. This should be a very fun game.
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MonkeysDad at 06/26/2008 07:31
I'm goind to have to keep an eye on this one. Never even knew it was in development. Any word on a release date?
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Scientist tz at 06/26/2008 08:56
It looks like they have the core components and artwork of the game engine working. I could venture a hopeful guess that this could be out by Xmas...
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Demtor at 06/26/2008 09:23
Haha, YES! I hope this game is huge successful surprise that spawns a new movement in fun sports games again. Fun fun and more fun in a sports game, yessir! Now bring back NBA Jam and some new form of Baseball Stars.
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