Blood Bowl screenshots: Skaven vs. Goblins
Blood Bowl : Goblins vs. Skaven - New Screens!
Focus Home Interactive and Cyanide Studio are happy to unveil several exciting new screenshots taken from Blood Bowl, the videogame adaptation of the renowned board game from Games Workshop. In these new screens, we are introducing two new teams - the Goblins and the Skaven.
An ultra-violent mix of American football and other team sports, Blood Bowl takes place in the popular Warhammer universe, and allows players to build the ultimate "fantasy" teams. Would-be team managers can build bone-crushing teams composed of Orcs, Elves, Humans, Dwarfs and many more fantastic creatures - then throw them into the arena for the ultimate blood sport! Blood Bowl is strategic, action-packed and violent, requiring players to use their best tactics, team design - and a dose of pure ruthless bloodlust always helps too!We have previously unveiled the first four races of the game (Orcs, Humans, Dwarfs and Lizardmen.) Now it's time for Goblins and Skaven to enter the arena!
The Goblins are small and cowardly creatures, renowned for their low intelligence yet sneaky attitude. One can often find them accompanied by gigantic Trolls (who are even dumber), in formations that seem more humorous than dangerous. Goblins, due to their small height and agility, make good receivers, but their chance of blocking a human-sized adversary is nearly nonexistent. Make no mistake about Goblins, though, they often use the most perverse weapons and techniques to counter their low strength - including the unique "Goblin throw!" In this play, a troll will grab a Goblin and throw him into position deep into enemy territory bypassing the opponents defensive line altogether. - a must for Goblins teams, as long as the Troll doesn't decide to eat his small teammate before executing this move!
On the other side, Skaven, born of the foul magic of Chaos, are half-man and half-rat creatures, and though far from being the strongest or toughest players in Blood Bowl, wow are they fast! Many teams have been surprised by a Skaven slipping though their defensive lines to score a dazzling touchdown. Skaven can also call upon the phenomenal power of a Rat Ogre to counter their opponents and block the toughest players.
Blood Bowl is set for release on Q1 2009.
Blood Bowl is being developed for the PC and the Xbox 360™ as well as for the Nintendo DS™ and Sony PSP™ handheld systems.
Published by Focus Home Interactive.
Developed by Cyanide Studio
More info about Blood Bowl
http://www.bloodbowl-game.com
About Focus Home Interactive
Founded in 1996, Focus Home Interactive is a French publishing and distribution company based near Paris, France. Known for the diversity, quality and originality of its catalogue, Focus now publishes and distributes many of its titles throughout Europe and also world-wide in both boxed retail and digital distribution formats. The last five years have been very successful for Focus in France, with many of its PC licenses becoming top-sellers. Focus has also published several original titles, including the adventure game Runaway, the renowned Cycling Manager and the much-loved TrackMania. The coming months will be exciting and full of surprises with the release of high-quality games such as Blood Bowl, TrackMania DS, Runaway: A Twist of Fate, Sherlock Holmes and sport games dedicated to major events such as the America's Cup or the Tour de France.
http://www.focus-home.com
About Cyanide Studio
Founded in 2000, Cyanide is a privately-held video game development studio. It employs a total of 70 staff, divided between its headquarters in Paris, France, and its subsidiary studio in Montreal, Canada. Best known for its sport management sims such as the popular Cycling Manager series and Pro Rugby Manager, Cyanide broke the mold in the heroic-fantasy universe with the famous Chaos League and the Hack'n'Slash Loki. 2008 will see the release of Blood Bowl, the video game adaptation of Games Workshop's well-known board game, as well as the new edition of Pro Cycling Manager - Tour de France 2008 and the studio's first MMOG, Dungeon Party!
http://www.cyanide-studio.com
