2024 · EA Vancouver · Ice hockey · Simulation
NHL 25
From the modernized skating of Next-Gen Vision Control and an overhaul of Chel’s AI player movement to authentic Reactive Action animations — experience true hockey intelligence.
- Released
- 4 October 2024
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5Xbox Series X/S
- Genres
- Ice hockeySimulationSports
- Developers
- EA Vancouver
- Publishers
- Electronic Arts
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Themes
- Non-fiction
- Country
- Canada
- Age ratings
- ACB MCERO AUSK 12CLASS_IND 10PEGI 12GRAC 12+ESRB E10+
- Languages
- Czech, English, Finnish, French, German, Swedish
About
NHL 25 is an ice hockey simulation video game developed by EA Vancouver and published by EA Sports. It is the 34th installment in the NHL video game series and was released for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on October 4, 2024. NHL 25 is the first of the franchise to release exclusively on the Ninth generation of video game consoles.
The NHL 25 soundtrack features songs from Alkaline Trio, HARDY, Green Day, Kings of Leon, JXDN, Bleeker, Cage the Elephant, Dead Poet Society, Imagine Dragons, Idles, Safari Youth, Rival Sons, Twenty One Pilots, BRKN Love, and others. The reveal trailer featured music from Pennywise.
Keywords
- ice hockey
- available on - ea play for xbox
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
In November, 2024 NHL 25 was updated with official coaches for the NHL teams. For the first time in the franchise, the game will include professional women's hockey teams from the Professional Women's Hockey League. NHL Arcade was added in an update, marking the mode's return since 2017.
Reception
NHL 25 received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic, and 13% of critics recommended the game, according to OpenCritic.
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