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Press release:
Lesquin, France, 11 June 2024.
Cyanide Studio and NACON are today very happy and pleased to announce that Blood Bowl 3 Season 5 is now available. for PC and consoles worldwide.

This new season sees the arrival of the Necromantic Horror faction, numerous unlockable rewards, as well as a keenly anticipated feature: cross-play. Blood Bowl 3 is available on PC, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.

The Necromantic Horror, an eagerly awaited faction
The Necromantic Horror faction comprises a wide variety of monsters and undead creatures straight from your worst nightmares: wraiths, ghouls, zombies, werewolves and even flesh golems… a highly varied patchwork of specialist players, who complement each other to a tee. This faction makes for a mobile and tough team, which can also call on peerless regeneration and resurrection skills!

A major new feature: cross-play
Eagerly anticipated by the community, cross-play has now arrived. This feature enables players to face rivals from any platform via the matchmaking function, and take part in cross-platform competitions. The Official Ladder now provides a single ranking system, while private leagues will also be catered for, with players able to participate from any platform.
Blood Bowl 3 is a tactical turn-based fantasy football game adapted from the popular eponymous board game. Set in the Warhammer universe, this game offers a thrilling and brutal experience, where players get the chance to coach a team from one of the many available factions (Elves, Orcs, Dwarfs, etc.), customise them and climb up the rankings by taking on other players online.
Blood Bowl 3 is available on PC, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.

About NACON
NACON is a company of the BIGBEN Group founded in 2019 to optimize its know-how through strong synergies in the video game market. By bringing together its 16 development studios, the publishing of AA video games, the design and distribution of premium gaming devices, NACON focuses 30 years of expertise at the service of players. This new unified business unit strengthens NACON’s position in the market and enables it to innovate by creating new unique competitive advantages. https://www.nacongaming.com/

About Cyanide Studio
Cyanide is a French video game development studio created in 2000 and based in Nanterre. It has two subsidiaries located in Montreal and Bordeaux. The studio is known for its sports games, such as the popular PC series Pro Cycling Manager and its console version, Tour de France. Cyanide is also the author of Blood Bowl (Sport/Fantasy, 2009), the adaptation of the famous Games Workshop board game; Game of Thrones (RPG, 2012); Styx: Master of Shadows and the sequel Styx: Shards of Darkness (Infiltration, 2014/2017); and Call of Cthulhu, a game adapted from the tormented world of HP Lovecraft (investigative RPG, 2018). Since 2018, NACON, one of Europe’s leading video game publishers, holds a 100% stake in the company. More information can be found at www.cyanide-studio.com

About Games Workshop
Games Workshop® Group PLC (LSE:GAW.L), based in Nottingham, UK, produces the best fantasy miniatures in the world. Games Workshop designs, manufactures, retails, and distributes its range of Warhammer®: Age of Sigmar® and Warhammer® 40,000® games, miniatures, novels and model kits through more than 540 of its own stores (branded Games Workshop® or Warhammer®), the www.games-workshop.com web store and independent retail channels in more than 50 countries worldwide. More information about Games Workshop and its other, related, brands and product ranges (including our publishing division ‘Black Library’ and our special resin miniatures studio ‘Forge World’) can be found at www.games-workshop.com.

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