Sonny Corinthos

EA’s latest hockey game, NHL 21, won’t be out until October this year, and it’s not going to have a special version for the PS5 or Xbox Series X consoles, the publisher announced in an update its website today.

“For NHL 21, we made the decision to focus on adding innovation and new features rather than the resource-heavy task of porting the game to new console technology,” the developers wrote. “You’ll still be able to play NHL 21 on the next-gen consoles through forward compatibility but we are fully focused on launching NHL 21 on the Xbox One and PS4 and look forward to the opportunities the next-gen systems will bring in the future.”

NHL 21 has also traditionally always come out in September, a few weeks after Madden and a couple weeks before FIFA, EA’s other major annualized sports series. But this year the game isn’t arriving until October, due to the ongoing work from home requirements companies across the video game industry are dealing with during the covid-19 pandemic. “We just need a few extra weeks to do the polish, fine tuning and bug fixing,” the development team wrote.

While Madden NFL 21 was revealed back at Microsoft’s Xbox Series X showcase in May, EA hasn’t shared much about FIFA 21, and even less about NHL 21, which was missing from EA’s June Play Live event entirely. It’s also apparently the only one of the three that won’t have a next-gen version. Maybe it’s time NHL, and EA’s other sports series, just took a year off altogether and followed the Pro Evolution Soccer annual update path.

https://kotaku.com/nhl-21-isnt-getti...ion-1844447355

I wasn't too impressed with NHL 20, so I will most likely pass on this one.

nickdawgy

I waited on NHL 20 and finally bought the digital version cheap when it was on a Black Friday sale or something. I played for 10 mins and the game literally wouldn’t let me select my team to start the game. It wasn’t frozen either. Music still going. Could back out of the menu. A restart didn’t fix anything. I just got a refund.

That being said, I’ll probably skip this one as well.

musick

will they have empty arenas?

you know, "if it's in the game" ......

Sonny Corinthos

The official trailer was released about an hour ago.

Rob V

Is anybody playing this? I picked it up because you're supposed to get NHL 94 as a throw-in... I can't seem to find it lol. I am really digging it. I've not played NHL in a loooooong time and this is a lot of fun.

In Franchise mode, does anybody know how to find the league leaders (ie points, assists, penalty minutes, etc)?

nickdawgy

I didn’t even realize it was out.

Music

I know you can set up the game to be like NHL 94, including NHL 94 control scheme.

Rob V

I discovered that NHL 94 is available on 10/30