{"id":117272,"date":"2020-08-28T00:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T00:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/08\/blood_bowl_3_brings_violent_fantasy_football_to_the_nintendo_switch_in_2021"},"modified":"2020-08-28T00:35:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T00:35:00","slug":"blood-bowl-3-brings-violent-fantasy-football-to-the-nintendo-switch-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/08\/28\/blood-bowl-3-brings-violent-fantasy-football-to-the-nintendo-switch-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Bowl 3 Brings Violent Fantasy Football To The Nintendo Switch In 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/89bcc7103bd89\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/89bcc7103bd89\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>At Gamescom 2020, Cyanide Studios announced it would be releasing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/blood_bowl_3\">Blood Bowl 3<\/a><\/strong> on the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms early on in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The third entry in the violent turn-based strategy series set in the Warhammer Fantasy universe (and based on the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodbowl.com\/\">board game<\/a> of the same name) brings together 12 races &#8211; each with their own arena and cheerleaders. It&#8217;ll also include a campaign, multiplayer modes and there&#8217;s post-launch content planned.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t played one of these games before, it&#8217;s loosely based on American football. You take on the role of the coach who instructs each player on the field and must lead the team to victory. Here are some screenshots, courtesy of the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1016950\/Blood_Bowl_3\/\">Steam page<\/a>:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Blood Bowl 3\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2ebfd5cd26326\/blood-bowl-3.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2ebfd5cd26326\/blood-bowl-3.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Blood Bowl 3\"><\/a><a title=\"Blood Bowl 3\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/822f7fd9b7732\/blood-bowl-3.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/822f7fd9b7732\/blood-bowl-3.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Blood Bowl 3\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Blood Bowl 3\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/23149e3b97cb3\/blood-bowl-3.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/23149e3b97cb3\/blood-bowl-3.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Blood Bowl 3\"><\/a><a title=\"Blood Bowl 3\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5623dae327163\/blood-bowl-3.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 445 245'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5623dae327163\/blood-bowl-3.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Blood Bowl 3\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"insert-label centered insert lazyload for-mobile lazyload\">\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Blood Bowl 3\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/89bcc7103bd89\/blood-bowl-3.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/89bcc7103bd89\/blood-bowl-3.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Blood Bowl 3\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Take a look at the trailer above and tell us in the comments if this is the turn-based sports fix you&#8217;ve been seeking on Switch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube At Gamescom 2020, Cyanide Studios announced it would be releasing Blood Bowl 3 on the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms early on in 2021. 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