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74/100
Players12 ratings
75/100
Critics6 reviews

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NHL 22 cover

2021 · EA Vancouver · Ice hockey · Sports

NHL 22

Powered by Frostbite, EA SPORTS NHL 22 gets the superstar treatment. For the first time ever, experience EA SPORTS NHL on one of the industry’s most powerful game engines bringing unrivaled visual detail to every hit, deke and shot. Superstar X-Factors lets you feel the personality and power of NHL superstars with an all-new ability system that unlocks the unique skills of the league’s most elite players. Authentic to real player skill and style, the stars of the NHL truly come to life in EA SPORTS NHL 22 making their time on ice more influential than ever .

Released
15 October 2021
Platforms
PlayStation 4PlayStation 5Xbox OneXbox Series X/S
Genres
Ice hockeySports
Developers
EA Vancouver
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Non-fiction
Country
Canada
Age ratings
CERO AACB PGGRAC 12+ESRB E10+PEGI 12
Languages
Czech, English, Finnish, French, German, Russian, Swedish

About

NHL 22 is an ice hockey simulation video game developed by EA Vancouver and published by EA Sports. It is the 31st installment in the NHL video game series and was released for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on October 15, 2021. It is the first entry in the series to use the Frostbite engine, and utilizes the new game engine on all four platforms. The game features Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews as the cover athlete for the second time in the series, after being the North American cover athlete for NHL 20.

The online servers for the game were shut down on August 31, 2026.

Keywords

  • ice hockey
  • national hockey league
  • previously on - ea play for xbox

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Reception

NHL 22 received "mixed or average" reviews on PlayStation 5 and "generally favorable" reviews on Xbox Series X according to review aggregator Metacritic. Kimberley Wallace of Game Informer awarded the game a 7.25, and summed up her review by saying "NHL 22 relies on its superstar talent, and it's not impressive enough to give the gameplay the new life it so desperately needs."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Xbox One11 October 2021Worldwide
Xbox Series X/S11 October 2021Worldwide · North America 15 October 2021
PlayStation 411 October 2021Worldwide
PlayStation 515 October 2021Worldwide

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