Courtesy: Winnipeg Blue Bombers

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers took the 2026 CFL schedule announcement as an opportunity to mercilessly roast almost all of the league’s other eight teams.

It’s become a tradition in professional sports for teams to release videos as part schedule announcements, many of which tap into pop culture references or memes for comedic effect. The Blue Bombers took things a step further this time around, making an entire retro-style single-player video game to commemorate the announcement.

The team recorded and published an entire play-through of the game, the video of which can be seen below.

hey all welcome to my gaming channel today we’re unlocking the bombers 2026 season schedule

play it » https://t.co/RPx9jl5VBd#ForTheW pic.twitter.com/jjCeC3DlVa

— Winnipeg Blue Bombers (@Wpg_BlueBombers) December 9, 2025

In the game’s first level, B.C. Lions attackers adorned with Nathan Rourke’s number pursue the blue-and-gold-clad user with a cry of, “This is our time!” The league’s reigning M.O.P. yelled this statement in the late stages of last month’s West Final in Regina, only for his team to lose to the Roughriders moments later.

There are special attack items present throughout the game. In this level, the user can use a snowblower with a text box reading, “The opponent can’t play in the cold.”

In order to advance from level to level, the user must locate offensive lineman Stanley Bryant, which could be a hint regarding an upcoming contract extension as the veteran left tackle remains a pending free agent.

In the second level, the user throws footballs against enemy Toronto Argonauts. There’s a sign that reads, “Now hiring head coach,” and players are at a speed disadvantage due to being “desperate for a head coach.”

It should be noted that Toronto promoted Mike Miller to the role of head coach last week, someone the Blue Bombers interviewed for their apparently vacant offensive coordinator position. This, however, is clearly a dig at the Argonauts after they failed to hire Mike O’Shea away from Winnipeg.

A box reading, “This still count as a home game!” pops up as members of the Argonauts take damage, which is clearly in reference to Toronto being forced out of BMO Field for three games during the upcoming World Cup.

In the third level, the user fights off members of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in what appears to be an industrial steel factory. At one point, the user finds a gold ring and a box pops up reading, “This ring looks old… must be from the ’90s,” an obvious reference to Hamilton’s league-worst Grey Cup drought of a quarter-century.

As the user fights members of the Tiger-Cats, boxes pop reading, “Who can we sign from Winnipeg next year?” and “These overalls have to help us somehow!” Clearly, the Blue Bombers are still salty about Hamilton signing Kenny Lawler and Liam Dobson in free agency. They also don’t appear to respect Bo Levi Mitchell’s fashion sense.

In the fourth level, members of the Ottawa Redblacks attack the user in a logging camp as text boxes appear reading, “Playoffs? What are those?” The user collects a large gold cup, triggering another text box that reads, “Participation trophy.”

In the fifth level, the user is attacked in an alleyway by a massive enemy wearing a white tank top. This appears to be a shot at Davis Alexander, who rose to stardom with the Montreal Alouettes in 2025 while often doing media appearances wearing a white tank top.

In the sixth level, red horses attack the user on a brown pasture. The player can pick up a box of cereal as a special item, which triggers the text box, “This seems like a nutritional meal.” This is a clear dig at the Stampeders, who scored badly in the nutrition section of last year’s CFLPA report card.

For what it’s worth, Calgary upgraded their food in 2025 and the team is expecting to fare much better on the report card this time around.

In the seventh level, members of the Edmonton Elks attack the user in a forest with text reading, “We’re turning this things around!” and “Maybe we need another rebrand.” The user is also able to activate the attack “double shot,” a reference to twins Tre and Tyrell Ford, the latter of whom spent the 2022 and 2024 seasons with the Blue Bombers before departing as a free agent.

In the eighth level, the player walks along a golden prairie before the game suddenly stops. Text then appears reading, “And just like that… none of this mattered.”

This appears to be a reference to Winnipeg’s nihilistic social media post, which went viral after the Saskatchewan Roughriders won the Grey Cup at Princess Auto Stadium. It appears there’s one way to be spared by arguably the CFL’s harshest social media and content team: win the Grey Cup in their building.

If you’d like to play the video game — yes, it’s actually a fully playable video game — you can do so by clicking here.