Codemasters search for Britain's worst boss

Games publisher Codemasters has launched a competition to find Britain's most terrible boss and is asking employees to submit stories of their own experiences.

The UK firm, which has launched the contest to celebrate the upcoming release of Overlord: Raising Hell on the PlayStation 3, is asking workers to anonymously submit stories of their most bizarre boss encounters.

A Codemasters spokesman said: "All anecdotes will remain anonymous, so participants can be as frank as they like about their laughable leader."

A selection of the best stories will appear on the Codemasters website and the overall winner will collect a copy of Overlord: Raising Hell and a PlayStation 3 console.

Overlord: Raising Hell, which will be released on June 20, sees the player take control of a "big bad boss" who commands a group of Gremlin-like creatures to do just about anything from throwing themselves at enemies to taking their own life.