Details on this summer’s NHL 17 online beta
Along with the news on the cover and the first trailer EA Sports this evening announced an online beta for NHL 17 that'll run for a full week beginning at the end of July on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Last year there was the EASHL beta for NHL 16 and this time around with NHL 17 the beta will be offering up more to do. In addition to EASHL there will be online head-to-head with all 30 NHL teams available to choose from and Hockey Ultimate Team. Also included is the ability to ...
Vladimir Tarasenko gets the NHL 17 cover and first gameplay trailer
This evening Vladimir Tarasenko was announced as the cover athlete for NHL 17 during the NHL Awards broadcast. The St. Louis Blues forward won the cover competition by beating out Joe Pavelski in the finals of the eight man fan-voted tournament.
While the full list of features was revealed earlier this month, NHL 17 has been somewhat out of the public eye as of late given that it didn't appear during EA's E3 press briefing. The trailer for the game was instead held back until now...
Full features list for NHL 17
Back in April EA Sports revealed a few of the major features for NHL 17 such as franchise relocation, the World Cup of Hockey tournament, and uniform/arena creation. Now the publisher has unveiled the entire list of features for the upcoming game including the introduction of Draft Champions and various improvements to gameplay. (more…)...
New features in NHL 17 to include relocation and World Cup of Hockey
EA Sports today announced a cover vote for NHL 17 but more importantly released a trailer that revealed a few big features for the upcoming game. NHL 17 will include franchise relocation in Be a GM mode and along with it appears to be the ability to create an arena, plus the eight team World Cup of Hockey tournament taking place in September will have its own mode.
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NHL 16 added to the EA Access Vault
The second EA Sports game released in 2015 has reached the Vault in EA Access. Madden NFL 16 was added last month and now NHL 16 joins it and all other games from the publisher to have come out earlier this generation.
EA Access is currently exclusive to Xbox One with Sony declining to offer the service on PS4. For $30 a year or $5 month-to-month, members get unlimited access to the back library of EA games on the console which in addition to Madden 16 now includes 2014â€â„...
NHL 16 going into the EA Access Vault on Xbox One next week
The value of the EA Access subscription service will continuously build as the "Vault" gains more games from the publisher. However for sports fans there's an ebb and flow to the worth of EA Access. From February through August the sports games are available during a stretch that they are still very relevant, providing the opportunity to "own" them without having to buy them or even sell off any retail copies that had been purchased prior to then.
Madden NFL 16 was added to the Vaul...
Winter Classic and Stadium Series jerseys added to NHL 16
An update released today for NHL 16 has added in a number of new team jerseys. Most notably are those that were used in the Winter Classic game on January 1, and the Stadium Series games which are coming up later this month in Minneapolis and Denver.
Winter Classic: Bruins, Canadiens
Stadium Series: Avalanche, Blackhawks, Red Wings, Wild
Additionally third jerseys have been added for the San Antonio Rampage, Charlottetown Islanders, Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, and Hamilton Bulldogs. The pa...
Deal on NHL 16 today
While several other recently released games have been available at a discount the first significant deal for NHL 16 has been offered up today by Amazon. The game is available for $40 on both Xbox One and PlayStation 4 as well as "Legacy Edition" on 360 and PS3.
The deal is only valid through the end of the day and could expire even earlier should supply be exhausted. NHL 16 will likely be offered for $25-30 in late November for Black Friday, but this very well may be ...