Warhammer Blood Bowl has been delayed into early 2027

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Though it didn't have a specific release date, Slitherine's refresh of the Warhammer-themed fantasy football game was scheduled for a full release in 2026. As of the announcement made at the Dominion Days showcase in Berlin, that's no longer the case.

"The game's history and the feedback received during the latest playtest have reinforced the team's belief that the game needs to be as polished as possible," Slitherine said, "as disappointing the fans is not an option."

That playtest is ongoing, and has just added an Arena mode where you try to make it through 10 matches in a row without losing a game or being forced to a draw more than twice. It's played in resurrection format, which means your team returns to its starting lineup at the end of each match, with no improvements or losses to carry over, so you better make sure your roster's a strong one from the off.

Slitherine also confirmed that Warhammer Blood Bowl's two new factions, the Tomb Kings and Bretonnians, will be added to the base game for free. Everyone who owns Blood Bowl 3 will be upgraded to Warhammer Blood Bowl without cost, and will get to keep access to any teams and cosmetics they've already paid for.

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Jody's first computer was a Commodore 64, so he remembers having to use a code wheel to play Pool of Radiance. A former music journalist who interviewed everyone from Giorgio Moroder to Trent Reznor, Jody also co-hosted Australia's first radio show about videogames, Zed Games. He's written for Rock Paper Shotgun, The Big Issue, GamesRadar, Zam, Glixel, Five Out of Ten Magazine, and Playboy.com, whose cheques with the bunny logo made for fun conversations at the bank. Jody's first article for PC Gamer was about the audio of Alien Isolation, published in 2015. Jody edited PC Gamer Indie from 2017 to 2018, and he eventually lived up to his promise to play every Warhammer videogame.

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