Warhammer's fantasy races are taking a break from their relentless warfare and instead are once again preparing to beat each other up for sport. Blood Bowl 3 was announced in 2019 and expected to appear this year, but we haven't heard from it since. It finally resurfaced this week and is still on its way, but has been delayed until 2021.

IGN got a new trailer from gamescom, but unfortunately it's cinematic, so how it actually looks remains a mystery. At least we can look at a bunch of screenshots.

Blood Bowl 3 will launch with 12 races, a campaign, and multiplayer modes, but Cyanide doesn't reveal much else; on Steam, the description is no more informative and can be used for any Blood Bowl game.

It's a turn-based entertainment game inspired by American football, but with the fantasy violence you'd expect from Warhammer. Players are permanent, so they gain experience, learn new skills, get injured, and die. Many promising careers are cut short by the foot of an onrushing ogre.

In James' review of Blood Bowl 2, he called it "the flashiest iteration of the game to date," but he found the RNG less appealing, "its die rolls are frustrating and its adequate rule set is not well introduced to beginners." He added.

A new edition of this tabletop game is expected to be released this year, with new and enhanced rules and a more polished look. Perhaps some of this will be reflected in the digital version. Or perhaps we would like to see Cyanide play a digital Blood Bowl that really leans toward a different medium, with a little slack in the rules, rather than trying to recreate the tabletop game.

"Blood Bowl 3" is slated for release in early 2021