Ludography
80/100
Players17 ratings
78/100
Critics6 reviews

Where to get it

NHL 14 cover

2013 · EA Vancouver · Ice hockey · Simulation

NHL 14

Summary: Unlock the highest level of hockey aggression, speed and skill. Deliver hits with the NHL Collision Physics, built from FIFA’s Player Impact Engine. Drop your gloves with the new Enforcer Engine, powered by EA SPORTS Fight Night technology. Dangle defenders with new One-Touch Dekes and expd experience enhanced speed and control with the second season of True Performance Skating.

Released
10 September 2013
Platforms
PlayStation 3Xbox 360
Genres
Ice hockeySimulationSports
Developers
EA Vancouver
Publishers
EA Sports
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Third personBird view / Isometric
Themes
Non-fiction
Country
Canada
Age ratings
PEGI 12ESRB E10+

About

NHL 14 is an ice hockey video game developed by EA Canada and published by EA Sports. It is the 23rd installment of the NHL series and was released in September 2013. However, the game was released on September 7, 2013 for subscribers of the EA Sports Season Ticket service.

Like the NHL 13 cover, anybody could vote on the player(s) they wished to see on the cover of NHL 14. The vote started on April 22, 2013 with 60 NHL players (2 players per team) in a single-elimination voting with two players in each match-up, and was closed on June 2, 2013. Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur and Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky qualified for the final, and Martin Brodeur was announced as the winner on June 28, 2013. NHL 14 marked the first time since NHL 97 that a goaltender was featured on the official cover (John Vanbiesbrouck was on the cover that year), as well as the first goaltender on any official ice hockey video game cover since Marty Turco on 2K Sports' NHL 2K6. Jonas Hiller was featured on the cover of NHL 12, but only in PAL regions.

Keywords

  • ice hockey
  • national hockey league
  • playstation network
  • digital distribution
  • game critics awards
  • playstation trophies
  • year in the title
  • games on demand
  • ultimate team
  • montreal canadiens
  • new york rangers

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

NHL 14 received "favorable" reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Overall it was regarded as an improvement in the NHL game franchise. The game was awarded "Best Sports Game" in the Game Critics Awards Best of E3 2013.

During the 17th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated NHL 14 for "Sports Game of the Year".

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
PlayStation 310 September 2013North America · Australia 12 September 2013 · Europe 13 September 2013
Xbox 36010 September 2013North America · Australia 12 September 2013 · Europe 13 September 2013

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