Archive for the ‘NHL’ Category
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3 on 3 NHL Arcade Videos
The first two gameplay videos for 3 on 3 NHL Arcade are now out courtesy of Gametrailers. While the release date had previously only been narrowed down to early February they list it as coming Wednesday February 4th. It is uncertain whether it will be out the same day for the 360 and PS3 since PSN generally updates on Thursdays. Hopefully some sort of confirmation on the release date comes soon. The game definitely looks fun in the way expected. The influence from NHL 09 is noticeable and...
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3 on 3 NHL Arcade Q&A
Some more details on the upcoming 3 on 3 NHL Arcade have come out through an interview with producers David Littman and Matt Mahar. Some of the topics discussed include why the game was created and the decision to make it downloadable only, the player types, power-ups, and how it could be a bridge to the yearly sim NHL title. The game is set to release sometime in February for $10 through XBL and PSN. The player types play into the overall feel of the game, and that's super fast. We also wa...
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#2 of 2008: NHL 09
Top to bottom NHL 09 was probably the highest quality sports game released this year. Excellent gameplay, a great secondary mode in Be a Pro, and an amazing online play experience that expanded past anything offered in the past. EA Canada really delivered with both NHL and FIFA this year and it is hard to imagine how they'll top them with the 2010 releases. Much of what I explained with FIFA 09 fits with NHL 09. It is a very realistic and clean representation of the sport that has a level...
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3 on 3 NHL Arcade Fact Sheet
EA Sports has released the full fact sheet for the upcoming 3 on 3 NHL Arcade. The game will be available in February on the Xbox Live Marketplace (800 points) and Playstation Network ($9.99). For that low price this is shaping up to be great value if the game is as entertaining to play as it sounds. Arcade hockey games have proven to be very fun in the past. The same could have been said about arcade boxing games until Facebreaker released though. However as an inexpensive downloadable titl...
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NHL 09 3rd Jersey Code
The code to unlock the alternate jerseys in EA Sports NHL 09 is finally out. After an unexplained wait the code is now known and can be entered into the game. This will open up each team's RBK Edge 3rd jersey option. Thanks goes to Harlan Stone for sending over the code. xe6377uyrwm48frf ...
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3 on 3 NHL Arcade Revealed
After the success of the New Years Day Winter Classic I proposed that it was time for the return of an arcade style hockey game. 63% of the poll respondents stated that they would possibly be interested in such a title. While this isn't exactly what I had in mind it does come close. EA Sports is developing 3 on 3 NHL Arcade for the 360 and PS3. The game will be released in February and will be available to download on the Xbox Live Marketplace and Playstation Network. The price has been s...
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Could NHL 2K Go The Way of College Hoops?
2K Sports has generally supported their more prominent titles with at least a patch and a handful of roster updates throughout the year. NBA 2K9 has already received a significant patch and effort has been made to provide more roster updates than in the past. On the other hand the lesser-regarded 2K titles have gone largely ignored post-release, one recent example being Prizefighter which did not receive a patch. News comes now that there will be no patch for NHL 2K9 and to date there has...
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Next EASHL Night
With the NHL 09 patch (details here) now out I wanted to arrange for another EASHL night. Hopefully Club Pasta Padre can string together a couple more wins. So meet up in the the dressing room beginning at 8et/5pt on Friday night. If you would like to join in and need an invite to the club (360) go ahead and leave your gamertag in the comments and I'll get that out before start time. I'm looking at recording at least one of the games and posting it up on the site over the weekend....
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