Blood Bowl Confirmed for PC, Xbox 360, DS, PSP; Initial Screenshots Released

After little publicly announced news since its 2006 announcement, Cyanide Studios has released full batch of screenshots drawn from its brutal, full-contact strategic take on football, Blood Bowl.

The game is based on the Games Workshop miniatures board game of the same name, originally released in 1987 and currently roughly in its fifth edition. Blood Bowl is set in Games Workshop's wildly successful Warhammer universe, a setting that is no stranger to video games. Cyanide's upcoming effort features two modes of play, one in real time and the other a faithful reproduction of the turn-based source game.

Contrary to statements made by Cyanide to Shacknews in 2006, there is indeed a PC version in the works; that game is expected to ship in 2008 along with an Xbox 360 version. Nintendo DS and PSP editions have also been confirmed without release projections.

Single-player will feature a management-oriented campaign, while online multiplayer will support large-scale tournaments. Races confirmed to be making the jump to virtual form include Orcs, Elves, Humans, and Dwarfs.

Now-defunct developer Strategic Simulations, Inc. previously developed a Blood Bowl adaptation released for PC in 1995.