The Winnipeg Blue Bombers took the announcement of the 2026 CFL schedule as an opportunity to ruthlessly roast almost every other eight team in the league.
It has become a tradition in professional sports for teams to release videos as part of schedule announcements, many of which use pop culture references or memes for comedic effect. This time around, Blue Bombers have gone even further by creating an entire retro-themed single-player video game to commemorate the announcement.
The team recorded and published a complete walkthrough of the game, the video of which can be seen below.
Hello everyone, welcome to my gaming channel, today we are opening the schedule for the 2026 Bomber season.
play this” https://t.co/RPx9jl5VBd#ForTheW pic.twitter.com/jjCeC3DlVa
— Winnipeg Blue Bombers (@Wpg_BlueBombers) December 9, 2025
In the first level of the game, the BC Lions attackers, decked out in Nathan Rourke's number, chase the user in blue and gold while shouting, “It's our time!” The reigning league leader shouted the statement in the late stages of last month's Western final in Regina, only for his side to lose to the Roughriders moments later.
Throughout the game there are special attack items. In this level, the user can use a snow plow with the message “The enemy cannot play in the cold.”
To advance from level to level, the user must find offensive lineman Stanley Bryant, which could be a hint at an upcoming contract extension, as The veteran left tackle remains a pending free agent..
In the second level, the user throws soccer balls at the enemy Toronto Argonauts. There's a sign that says “Head Coach Hiring Now” and the players are at a speed disadvantage due to being “desperate for a Head Coach.”
It should be noted that Toronto named Mike Miller as head coach Last week, someone the Blue Bombers interviewed for the apparently vacant offensive coordinator position. However, this is clearly a jab at the Argonauts after they failed to hire Mike O'Shea from Winnipeg.
A box that says “This Still Counts as a Home Game!” appears when members of the Argonauts take damage, which clearly refers to Toronto will be forced to leave the BMO field for three games during the upcoming World Cup.
In the third level, the user fights members of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in what appears to be a steel mill. At one point, the user finds a gold ring and a window appears saying, “This ring looks old…must be from the '90s,” an obvious reference to Hamilton's worst Gray Cup drought in a quarter century.
When a user battles members of the Tiger-Cats, boxes will appear that say, “Who can we sign from Winnipeg next year?” and “These overalls must help us somehow!” It's clear the Blue Bombers are still unhappy with Hamilton signing Kenny Lawler and Liam Dobson as free agents. They also don't seem to respect Bo Levi Mitchell's fashion sense.
In level four, members of the Ottawa Redblacks attack the user at a logging camp when text boxes appear that read: “Playoffs? What is this? The user picks up a large golden goblet, causing another text box to appear that reads “Participation Trophy”.
At level five, the user is attacked in an alley by a huge enemy wearing a white T-shirt. This appears to be a blow to Davis Alexander, who rose to fame with the Montreal Alouettes in 2025, often appearing in the media wearing a white jersey.
At level six, red horses attack the user in a brown pasture. The player can pick up a box of cereal as a special item, which will cause a text box to appear: “This looks like a nutritious meal.” This is a clear criticism of the Stampeders, who received poor grades in the nutrition section of last year's CFLPA report card.
Whatever it takes Calgary revamps food supply in 2025 and the team expects the report card results to be much better this time around.
In the seventh level, members of the Edmonton Elks attack the user in the woods with the text: “We will make a difference!” and “Maybe we need another rebrand.” The user can also activate the “double shot” attack, a reference to twins Tre and Tyrell Ford, the latter of whom spent the 2022 and 2024 seasons with the Blue Bombers before leaving as a free agent.
On the eighth level, the player walks through a golden prairie before the game suddenly stops. Then the text appears: “And just like that…none of it mattered.”
This appears to be a reference to Winnipeg's nihilistic social media post: which went viral after the Saskatchewan Roughriders won the Gray Cup at Princess Auto Stadium.. There appears to be one way to avoid arguably the CFL's toughest social media and content team: winning the Gray Cup in their building.
If you want to play a video game (yes, it's actually a fully playable video game), you can do so by clicking the button Here.
