Blood Bowl: Death Zone sprints out of early access and into the end zone

It’s odd to think that Blood Bowl is such a regular fixture on PC now that we’ve got side-games quietly coming out, but that’s exactly what Blood Bowl: Death Zone is. Exiting early access today, it’s a budget-priced real time spinoff of Cyanide Studio’s tabletop adaptation series. Two players, RTS-style controls and fast, five-minute four-a-side matches. You set the plays, then micro-manage one player at a time. It reminds me of Chaos League, the Blood Bowl-alike that got the studio assigned to the series in the first place. Still, the fantasy (American) football scene is a busy place now.

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