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NHL 12 trailer introduces new forms of ice-tackling
There is nothing we don't love about the latest trailer for NHL 12. See, while other trailers for annually iterated sports titles focus on how their new mechanics allow you greater control over the ball/racket/club, NHL 12 is more single-minded: you can now hurt dudes in new, more visceral ways. ...
ESRB enlists hockey players to attempt punny PSA
Listen here, Entertainment Software Ratings Board, if you're going to create a public service announcement for parents of young gamers starring Chicago Blackhawks players Patrick Sharp and Brian Campbell, you really can't use puns so halfheartedly. This commercial might be a noble attempt, but ...
NHL GameCenter Live brings streaming hockey games to PS3 starting today
NHL fans will want to check the PlayStation Store right now. Sony and the NHL have just announced an exclusive partnership that enables PS3 owners to watch live hockey games through the NHL GameCenter Live app on the PlayStation Network. The app, which will exist under the Video section of the XMB, ...
Go from Peewee to Pro with the NHL Slapshot producer
In the video overview after the break, NHL Slapshot producer Joe Nickolls introduces features of EA's Wii-exclusive hockey game, including the new "Peewee to Pro" mode that allows you to play as Wayne Gretzky from childhood through the NHL. There's also plenty of in-game footage. ...
NHL Slapshot trailer takes The Great One from peewee to pro
We haven't seen Gretzky hit the virtual ice since Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey on the N64, so suffice it to say we're happy he's back in NHL Slapshot. If you have no idea who Gretzky is, then you've got impeccable timing. This latest trailer (available past the break) gives us a quick rundown of ...
EA's 'NHL Slapshot' for Wii includes hockey stick peripheral, grinning Gretzky
Canoe.ca, the web home of Canadian newspaper publisher QMI Agency, has revealed a new Wii hockey game on the way from EA, called NHL Slapshot. This new game has two distinguishing features: first, it is controlled with a scaled-down hockey stick peripheral, into which the Wiimote and Nunchuk are ...
EA and Canadian Hockey League ink 4-year partnership
A recent EA Sports press release has announced that the developer's upcoming hockey title, NHL 11, will be the first game to feature the teams and players of all three divisions in the Canadian Hockey League. The CHL is a "development" league, featuring players between the ages of 16 and 20, many ...
Ryan Kesler is the NHL 2K11 cover athlete
First he won a silver medal at the Winter Olympics, and now he'll be on the cover of the Wii-exclusive NHL 2K11. Vancouver Canucks forward Ryan Kesler sounds genuinely excited about the opportunity, telling The Canadian Press that the only way he thought he'd ever end up on a game cover was "if I ...
NHL 2K11 skips Xbox 360 and PS3, only coming to Wii [update]
During the recent Take-Two fiscal earnings report, we noticed something a bit off. See, back in December when we got our last update from the company, NHL 2K11 was missing entirely from the report. This suggested that there wouldn't be another game in the series. Well, today Take-Two chairman ...
Absence from Take-Two report suggests NHL 2K series cancellation
EA may have just gotten the exclusive on another sports league without paying a dime. On the most recent Take-Two earnings report, the next iteration of the NHL 2K series was conspicuously absent from a list of games slated for the rest of the company's fiscal year. The exclusion, noticed by ...
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