![]() ![]() So it’s not surprising that things are a bit hinky this year. The playoffs for the NHL’s 2019-20 season are happening right now, and the league has tentatively scheduled the start of its 2020-21 regular season for Dec. The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the world at large and the sports world in particular, of course. 16 is about one month later than EA typically releases its NHL game. Sony has yet to announce any details on how the PlayStation 5 will handle PS4 games. ![]() That didn’t go so well for NHL 15, the series’ first outing on the current consoles, but we’ll have to see how things play out this time around.) However, the Xbox One box art for NHL 21 notes that the game will be playable on Xbox Series X via backward compatibility. ![]() ( EA handled the previous generational transition, in 2013-14, the same way. ![]() Unlike Madden and FIFA, the two vastly more popular annual EA Sports franchises, it will not be making the jump to next-gen consoles this year. NHL 21 is coming only to PS4 and Xbox One. Other new features in NHL 21 include the arrival of the trade deadline as an event in the franchise mode ranked seasons, which will be available in all four modes of play in the online suite, World of Chel and HUT Rush, a “streamlined version” of the Hockey Ultimate Team mode. As for the defensive side of hockey, NHL 21 players should expect goalies to be even tougher to score on. Image: EA Vancouver/Electronic ArtsĮA Vancouver is also promising gameplay improvements such as the ability to pull off highlight reel-worthy dekes (and more pedestrian ones, like a quick move to slip past a defenseman after you’ve chipped the puck ahead to yourself). Andrei Svechnikov, the rising star from the Carolina Hurricanes, uses “The Michigan” - a lacrosse-inspired move - to score from behind the net on an unsuspecting goalie. Recognize Future with Be A Pro in NHL 21. Impress the front office, go early on draft day, and chase greatness as you earn your spot on the first line, compete for the Stanley Cup, and become the league’s next best. Here is EA’s description of Be a Pro in NHL 21:Ī brand new Be A Pro experience gives you the chance to live the life of an NHL player, on and off the ice. It appears that this year’s iteration will feature cutscenes - one of the screenshots released Monday is a wide shot of the Capitals locker room - and interactions (such as press conferences and conversations with team staffers) that offer dialogue choices that can shape your player’s career. Integrating off-ice action into Be a Pro is a natural evolution of the mode. “Ovechkin’s gameplay legacy, on and off the ice, is helping us to bring the next generation of EA SPORTS NHL gameplay to life with NHL 21.” “Our community has been asking for an invigorating Be A Pro experience that puts them in the same spotlight as their favorite NHL stars, like Alex Ovechkin,” said Sean Ramjagsingh, executive producer of NHL 21. This year, that takes the form of something for which fans of the franchise have been clamoring for ages: an overhaul to the single-player career mode, Be a Pro. The EA Sports NHL developers at EA Vancouver have been “mapping the game’s innovation against the game-changing impact has had on the sport,” EA said in its news release. 1 overall in 2004 he led the Caps to their first Stanley Cup in 2018. Ovechkin, the captain of the Washington Capitals since 2010, has spent his entire career there since the team drafted him at No. NHL 21’s debut trailer, which you can watch above, is all about Ovechkin, chronicling his rise to fame as a scoring machine (including footage of some of his most jaw-dropping goals). “More importantly, I’m glad I’m looking just as good on the cover this year as I did in 2007!!!” “It’s a huge honor to be on the cover of NHL 21 for the second cover in my career,” Ovechkin said in a news release. He has racked up 706 goals over 16 seasons, and - as a tremendously durable player, having never missed more than 10 games in a season - he has a real chance to eclipse Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record of 894 career goals (a mark Gretzky set over the course of 20 seasons). Ovechkin, who will turn 35 next month and sports salt-and-pepper hair these days, is perhaps the greatest pure scorer in NHL history. It is Ovi’s second time gracing the cover of an EA Sports NHL title he previously appeared on the box for 2006’s NHL 07, ahead of his second year in the league. 16 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, publisher Electronic Arts announced Monday.Īlexander Ovechkin, the surefire future Hall-of-Famer from the Washington Capitals, will be the game’s cover athlete. NHL 21, the 30th entry in EA Sports’ annual hockey franchise, will be released Oct. ![]()
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