Cyanide confirms Blood Bowl for Xbox 360, PSP, DS

by Jason Dobson { Nov 14th 2007 at 4:27PM }

Having opened a new studio in Montreal earlier this year and released the Diablo-clone Loki, French developer Cyanide has what we call 'a lot of irons in the fire.' The studio also announced today that it has waded waist-deep into the murky waters of middleware development, creating its own "dynamic 3D animation engine," which Cyanide interestingly describes as a tool that "integrates physical and biomechanical laws under the control of a powerful artificial intelligence system." Skynet, can you hear us?

While the company hopes to license the engine to other "small and medium sized" game developers, Cyanide is not above eating its own dog food, and will utilize the technology in its own projects, the first of which will be a title based on Games Workshop's fantasy tabletop game Blood Bowl. First announced briefly last year, the real news here is that the game, which is an unofficial follow up to the unlicensed PC title Chaos League, has been confirmed as in development for the Xbox 360, PSP, and Nintendo DS, as well as the PC. Few details are known at present beyond that the studio calls the project a "faithful representation" of the tabletop game, and adds that Blood Bowl should be released sometime in late 2008. In the absence of a new Mutant League Football, we will take what we can get.

Tags: blood bowl, BloodBowl, cyanide, football, games workshop, GamesWorkshop, loki

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

WiNG @ Nov 14th 2007 4:42PM

ok this time I figured it out.

No, it's not his fault.

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/11/14/wii-aint-afraid-of-no-ghosts/1#c8692666

rivaldi22 @ Nov 14th 2007 4:52PM

Who remembers Pigskin 621 A.D.?

That game was effin' rad.

Jonah Falcon @ Nov 14th 2007 7:04PM

I did. It had that weird arcade engine.

Bloo @ Nov 14th 2007 5:19PM

I want a new version of the Jaguar's Brutal Sports Football. Good stuff...

mr nimblewick (SegaDF - Jogurt Ring) @ Nov 14th 2007 5:27PM

And it would be so easy for EA to reskin Madden into a Mutant League game.

rv @ Nov 14th 2007 5:31PM

I once tried to drink an entire bowl of blood, but I just threw up and had a hangover the next day. I like to stick to shots of blood now.

idioteraser @ Nov 14th 2007 6:18PM

http://www.jeuxvideo.tv/blood-bowl-video-42428.html footage of the look they aiming at. Revealed months ago btw.

The offical forums indicate a maybe for a wii version also posted months ago.

Blood Bowl is a comic fantasy football where deaths are quite frequent.

Jonah Falcon @ Nov 14th 2007 6:39PM

YES! I still play the old SSG game from 1995.

Jonah Falcon @ Nov 14th 2007 7:04PM

By the way, this is NOT an action sports game. Blood Bowl is a turn-based strategy game.

ThornedVenom @ Nov 15th 2007 2:04AM

Rugby > Blood Bowl.

xD

Rituro @ Nov 15th 2007 10:56AM

This had better NOT be like the glorious Mutant League Football. BB is a _turn-based boardgame_ with heaps of comical carnage; MLF is _video football game_ with heaps of comical carnage. Totally different! See the difference?

No?

Fine, then I'll only be happy if Cyanide wises up and opts NOT to use StarForce again. StarForce ruined Chaos League for me.