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NHL® 14
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First Look: The Vision of Hockey
With today’s official announcement of NHL®14 and the release of the first trailer, we’re excited to present the feature set included in NHL 14. This year's game will utilize the best technology that EA SPORTS has to offer to capture what hockey...

Be a Pro and EASHL

Community-requested improvements headline the changes to Be a Pro and EA SPORTS Hockey League in NHL 13. From the ability to request a trade and retire in Be a Pro to the addition of regional matchmaking, six-player leaderboards and club captains to the EASHL,we’re always listening to the community for feedback on how to improve the EA SPORTS NHL Series. Read our...

GM Connected

The franchise’s most popular mode goes connected allowing gamers to manage, play, or coach with and against friends in their own 30 team human controlled league with up to 750 members. GM’s can also take their experience with them with a mobile companion app, ensuring that they’ll never miss a single moment.

Goalies

NHL®13 now features the most athletic goalies ever seen in a video game. In the first period or with the game on the line, your favorite netminders scramble with more versatility and anticipate like never before.

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EA SPORTS Hockey IQ

A completely overhauled A.I. system, players are now fully aware of every other player on the ice, resulting in quicker, smarter and more true-to-life decision-making. EA SPORTS Hockey IQ also delivers the deepest and most customizable set of real-world hockey systems and strategies ever for the franchise.

TRUE PERFORMANCE SKATING

Driven by real-world physics and more than 1,000 new gameplay animations, NHL®13 authentically replicates the explosiveness, momentum, and top-end speed of NHL players. Adding a whole new layer of creativity for players to discover on the ice combined with control offered by the Skill Stick finally gives gamers access to the entire toolset of an NHL player.

NHL 12 Producer Blog – Online Innovations
Posted by EA SPORTS at 06:55PM on Thursday, August, 04, 2011




For the full blog please go to Operation Sports

Hey everyone, we have a lot cooking in the NHL 12 Online Innovations Blog and we’re really excited about it, so let’s get to it! Producers Andy Agostini and Nate Ng will be breaking down what’s new and improved in the HUT and EASHL modes. Enjoy!

HOCKEY...

NHL 12 – Presentation Blog
Posted by EA SPORTS at 07:16PM on Wednesday, August, 03, 2011



My name is Ben Ross and I am the Presentation Producer for NHL 12. If you’ve been following the NHL 12 campaign so far, you would’ve seen quick clips and videos featuring some of the new intros and presentation elements that the team has worked hard on this year. Those are definitely some of the most visually exciting elements, but I wanted to take a few moments...

NHl 12 Producer Blog: Revamped Be a Pro Mode
Posted by EA SPORTS at 05:42PM on Thursday, July, 21, 2011



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Hey I’m Gurn Sumal, the NHL 12 game modes producer and I’ll be giving you the goods on our completely revamped Be a Pro mode where we want to see if you can “BE THE NEXT GREAT LEGEND”. If you’re familiar with Be a Pro mode you’ll know that the mode was introduced in NHL 09. NHL 12 features the...

New Faces, New Places
Posted by EA SPORTS at 04:02PM on Tuesday, July, 05, 2011

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There is a myth that exists within hockey that once the NHL trade deadline hits, since GMs have finished assembling their team, their work is done; they turn control over to the coaching staff and tell them to run with it. No different...

Be a GM Improvements
Posted by Gurndeep Sumal at 15:09PM on Friday, July, 01, 2011

Hey Guys, I’m Gurn Sumal, the Game Modes Producer on NHL 12. So as many of you guys may know we made an exciting announcement this week pertaining to the brand new sim Engine for NHL 12. Now that you know about the sim engine, I want to walk you through some of the other improvements that we’ve made to Be A GM.

When we discussed how we...

NHL 12: Sim Engine Blog
Posted by EA SPORTS at 15:35PM on Thursday, June, 30, 2011


Welcome back for another Game Team development blog for NHL 12. I’m Brian Krause, a ‘game modes’ software engineer on NHL 12. I’ve worked at EA for over 20 years now, starting back in the day at a little Burnaby Software studio called ‘Distinctive Software’. EA came along and bought ‘Distinctive’ 20 years ago and the rest is history. Last year I wrote...

You’re Covered in NHL 12
Posted by EA SPORTS at 16:42PM on Monday, June, 27, 2011

Now that Steven Stamkos has grabbed the cover of NHL 12, we know you won’t want to waste any time getting in on the act. With our You’re Covered App on Facebook you can put yourself, wearing your favorite NHL team’s jersey on an all new NHL 12 cover and print it up. It’s surely the best way to make the cover of an NHL game without scoring a goal or stopping...

NHL Entry Draft
Posted by EA SPORTS at 17:14PM on Friday, June, 24, 2011

Hi everybody, Andy Agostini here to talk a little bit about the draft coming up. I have seen everybody’s comments on Facebook regarding who they think will go #1 and who their favorite team should take in the draft tonight.

Before I get into who I think will be chosen by each team in the first round of the draft, here are the top 5 picks in our...

New Faces, New Places
Posted by EA SPORTS at 16:02PM on Tuesday, July, 05, 2011


There is a myth that exists within hockey that once the NHL trade deadline hits, since GMs have finished assembling their team, their work is done; they turn control over to the coaching staff and tell them to run with it. No different than a grizzly bear, they retire to their den to hibernate until spring. There, they lie until the NHL draft and Free...

STEVEN STAMKOS THE NEW FACE OF EA SPORTS NHL 12
Posted by EA SPORTS at 18:57PM on Wednesday, June, 22, 2011

Coming off a 91 point performance in the 2010/11 season, Steven Stamkos, #91 for the Tampa Bay Lightning, tonight received the coveted honor of becoming the Cover Athlete for EA SPORTS NHL 12 set to release in September. As the second Lightning player to grace to cover of an EA SPORTS NHL game (Vincent Lecavalier - NHL 06), Stamkos...

Community Impressions – Full Contact Physics Engine
Posted by EA SPORTS at 16:37PM on Friday, June, 17, 2011


Following up on Producer Sean Ramjagsingh’s blog on Gameplay Enhancements earlier this week, our Community Invites that were at EA Canada in May have also published their hands-on impressions with the improved Full Contact Physics Engine this week. Though the version of the game was in an early Alpha stage, there was an immediate...

NHL 12 cover athlete to be announced at Awards
Posted by EA SPORTS at 13:45PM on Friday, June, 17, 2011


Last spring, Chicago's Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane pulled off quite the feat. Sure, there was that Stanley Cup title in which they both figured prominently -- Toews winning the Conn Smythe and Kane potting the Cup-winner -- but in addition to that championship, the duo also made some history when Toews was named the cover...

EA Producer Blog: NHL 12 Gameplay
Submitted on: 06/15/2011 by

Producer Sean Ramjagsingh here to give you a look at the improvements we’ve made to gameplay and AI in NHL 12. We’ve made a ton of improvements over last year’s game that we know our fans will appreciate and that will make NHL 12 the most authentic hockey videogame yet. Before we dive in, don’t forget to check out our first producer blog for NHL 12 which focused...

With the Stanley Cup Playoffs heating up, we're getting in on the action with new features for EA SPORTS NHL 12, shipping on September 9in Europe and September 13in North America. Play your way to superstardom in the revamped Be a Pro mode and experience the authentic action and energy of real life hockey with the Full Contact Physics Engine.

Follow all feature announcements at the Hockey Whiteboard!

In the revamped...