So, is your interest piqued? Is it at least pucqued? We know we haven't been this excited about hockey since the mid-90s when Fox found those magical glowing pucks at the top of a beanstalk.
EA's 3 on 3 NHL Arcade skates on to XBLA, PSN in February
by Justin McElroy 
on Dec 5th 2008 9:00AM
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So, is your interest piqued? Is it at least pucqued? We know we haven't been this excited about hockey since the mid-90s when Fox found those magical glowing pucks at the top of a beanstalk.
Reader Comments (36)
Posted: Dec 5th 2008 9:11AM (Unverified) said
Hell yeah! I had a few of the compilations and read those over and over as kid.
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Posted: Dec 5th 2008 9:23AM (Unverified) said
Those poor hockey players, obviously plagued with elephantitis.
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Posted: Dec 5th 2008 9:44AM ThornedVenom said
I totally read that as "Elephant titties".
*goes to get some morning coffee*
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*goes to get some morning coffee*
Posted: Dec 5th 2008 9:23AM The Albatross said
Excited to play a hockey game again? Not to be a stick in the mud... but the NHL '07 - '09 should have any videogame fan playing hockey games again. I'm not into hockey and neither are any of my friends, nor do we play sports games, but NHL09 was one of the best multiplayer games of the year.
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Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:26PM (Unverified) said
Agree completely. NHL 09 is the best hockey game EA has ever made and by far the best sports game of the year, in my opinion. Say what you will about the rest of EA and EA Sports, but their NHL team has been doing a hell of a job for the past 3 years.
If you enjoy watching hockey or if you enjoyed the glory days of the NHL series in the 16 bit era, give it a try.
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If you enjoy watching hockey or if you enjoyed the glory days of the NHL series in the 16 bit era, give it a try.
Posted: Dec 5th 2008 9:36AM (Unverified) said
Justin, I'm totally impressed that you threw that FUBAR "Fox Trax" glowing puck reference into your post! 10 points to you!
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Posted: Dec 5th 2008 10:33AM (Unverified) said
NHL Hitz 2003 and NHL Hitz Pro are both BC...HE'S ON FIRE! IS IT THE SKATES?
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Posted: Dec 5th 2008 9:59AM AwesomeTown said
Looks interesting, but I'm still more interested in picking up NHL09.
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Posted: Dec 5th 2008 12:53PM (Unverified) said
Are you saying that the evil genius Sean Avery is a playable character! Awesome!
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Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:36PM (Unverified) said
If this is anything like NHL Hitz, where do I pre-order?! :)
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Posted: Dec 5th 2008 10:15AM (Unverified) said
Why? What EA should be doing is give some NHL love and create a god damn NHL STREET. Cmon road hockey in oncoming traffic would be sic. Every other EA sports got done up a la EA BIG.
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Posted: Dec 5th 2008 10:22AM (Unverified) said
Guys, this is an ARCADE TITLE that will be sold online for 10$ (or 800mspt I guess). For that price, if it offers a nice roster and good complay and the madatory great multiplayer experience, I say why not?
It's made by the same guys who made NHL09 which is amazing.
Obviously, this is a more arcady type of hockey game and should not be comapred with the full fledge NHL 09 game.
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It's made by the same guys who made NHL09 which is amazing.
Obviously, this is a more arcady type of hockey game and should not be comapred with the full fledge NHL 09 game.
Posted: Dec 5th 2008 7:30PM Paulmichael said
Come again? If it came out back in the 90's, when all televisions were 480i tubes, I'm guessing it helped a lot. I don't care for hockey so I guess it doesn't really matter to me.
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Posted: Dec 5th 2008 10:56AM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said
CALVINBALL JOYSTIQ CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1.
WiNG creates first Calvinball post, gains 20 points and wins the game!
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WiNG creates first Calvinball post, gains 20 points and wins the game!
Posted: Dec 5th 2008 11:43AM (Unverified) said
"In a move that might -- might -- get us excited to play a hockey game again..."
I guess nobody at Joystiq has heard of NHL 07, 08, and 09; the latter two, IMO, being sports games of the year. Absolutely incredible.
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I guess nobody at Joystiq has heard of NHL 07, 08, and 09; the latter two, IMO, being sports games of the year. Absolutely incredible.
Posted: Dec 5th 2008 12:11PM (Unverified) said
Jesus, no one remembers NHL Open Ice? I'm sure that's still more fun than whatever slops EA barfs out.
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Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:34PM Ricky Bango said
First NASKART and now big-head NHL? So THIS is where Peter Moore's genius has led EA Sports.
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Posted: Dec 5th 2008 1:36PM (Unverified) said
SOLD...hockey's the greatest sport in the world, and so are the games.
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