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NHL 10
The cover of NHL 10 featuring Patrick Kane
Developer(s)EA Canada
Publisher(s)EA Sports
Platform(s)PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
ReleaseXbox 360, PlayStation 3
Genre(s)Sports (Ice hockey)
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

NHL 10 is the 18th video game in the NHL series released by EA Canada. The game debuted at Hockey Fest '09, a three-day interactive festival celebrating the sport of hockey and the Los Angeles Kings, which took place in downtown Los Angeles from August 28 to 30[1].

Its tagline is "Good Old Hockey", with television ads featuring the Stompin' Tom Connors favourite "The Hockey Song" (also known as "The Good Old Hockey Game"). It is the first game in the NHL series by EA Sports to not get a PC release.

New features

  • Battle on the Boards: A new board-play physics engine lets players shield the puck along the boards, kick-pass it to teammates, or pin an opponent.[2]
  • Intimidation Tactics: Players will be able to fore-check defenders, pressure the puck, and finish checks to force your opposing skaters into making mistakes. Engaging the opposing team's star players will now instigate players and fans. Skaters who frequently harass star players will become antagonized by the opposing crowd and players.[2]
  • Post-Whistle Action: Players will be able to finish checks, retaliate for late shots on goal, draw penalties, and pick fights after the referee blows the whistle.[2]
  • New First-Person Fighting Engine: Players controlling the team's enforcer will be able to engage instigators in a new first-person fighting simulator.[2]
  • Spectacular Goals: Introducing spectacular new ways to score, like players one-timing loose pucks, stick-handling and shooting from their knees, batting pucks out of the air, and lifting a leg to fake a shot on goal.
  • New Precision Passing: A new 360° precision passing mechanic delivers control over the speed and direction of passes so players can bank passes off the boards or play the puck into space for teammates to skate on to it. Players take poor passes off their skates and kick the puck to their sticks.[2]
  • Improved Goalie Intelligence: Goaltenders will be able to position themselves more intelligently, react to shots more quickly, and recover from saves faster. NHL 10 will feature 250 new goalie animations, including swatting pucks out of the air, second and third saves, and desperation lunges.[2]
  • Interactive Atmosphere: Animations of fans within the game have been rendered to appear more life-like and detailed. Playoff games will feature towel-waving fans and greater reactions from the crowds.[2]
  • "Be A GM Mode": Players will now be able to control a team as if they were a general manager in the "Be A GM" mode. This feature enables players to build their own dynasty team through drafting, trading, and signing skaters. A player's success will be measured by the number of positive influences they have on their franchise.[2]
  • Battle for the Cup Mode: This mode will allow players to choose two opposing teams and pit them against each other in the Stanley Cup Final. Players will have the option to play a 1-, 3-, 5-, or 7-game elimination round. The winning team will be presented with the Stanley Cup.

Cover athlete

Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks will be the cover athlete and official spokesman for NHL 10.[3] Other cover athletes include Mikko Koivu for Finland, Mikkel Bødker for Denmark, Mark Streit for Switzerland, and Nicklas Bäckström for Sweden.[4]

File:NHL 10 Fighting screenshot from IGN.jpg
Screenshot of the new fighting system.

Soundtrack

EA Sports officially announced NHL 10's soundtrack in July 2009.[5] It became available for purchase on July 31, 2009, in the form of an iMix on iTunes, containing all tracks that have been given official release. As such, tracks such as "Raccoon Eyes" are not included in the iMix due to not yet being released by their respective artists.[6]

  1. Alexisonfire "Young Cardinals"
  2. Cancer Bats "Deathsmarch"
  3. CKY "Hellions on Parade"
  4. Disco Ensemble "Golden Years"
  5. Dragonforce "Heroes of Our Time"
  6. Eagles of Death Metal "Anything 'Cept the Truth"
  7. Earl Greyhound "Oye Vaya"
  8. Green Day "Know Your Enemy"
  9. Megadeth "Peace Sells"
  10. MeTalkPretty "Wake Up! Wake Up!"
  11. Ministry & Co-Conspirators "Keys to the City"
  12. MxPx "Kids in America"
  13. Nickelback "Burn It to the Ground"
  14. Papa Roach "Into the Light"
  15. Priestess "Raccoon Eyes"
  16. Rancid "The Bravest Kids"
  17. Scorpions "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
  18. Thousand Foot Krutch "Fire It Up"

Commentary

Like NHL 09, Gary Thorne and Bill Clement will once again provide commentary for the PS3 and X360 versions of NHL 10.

Demo

A demo was released on the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Marketplace for gold and silver subscribers on August 20, 2009. [7] Since August 27, it has been available to download for Xbox Live silver members and for the Playstation 3 at the PlayStation Network.[7] Like last year, the demo includes tutorials for shooting, deking, defensive moves, new additions like board play, and fighting, all the while playing as your created player. Once the tutorial is completed (or exited), the user then has access to a single 3rd period game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings, symbolizing the 2009 Stanley Cup Final, where the player may choose which team to play as. Also, the user may play the Be A Pro NHL Entry Draft mode, in which the user plays a single 3rd period in a prospects game. After, they are rated on their performance and selected in the draft by an NHL team.

Jersey code

For the 2009–10 season, six NHL teams unveiled a third "alternate" jersey to wear on special occasions during the course of the season. The code to unlock the six third jerseys (plus a retro Chicago Blackhawks jersey previously worn in the 2009 Winter Classic) in NHL 10 is rwyhafwh6ekyjcmr.

Reception

EA addressed many criticisms concerning the 09 version of the game, including "glitch" goals and unearned player attribute boosts that eventually became a dominant feature of Be A Pro team club play. While NHL 10 seems to have resolved these concerns about "cheating" in online play, a new feature allows players to buy (through Microsoft points/PSN account) equipment that boosts one's skater and/or goalie attributes.

In a new update, released cross platform on October 27th, the game system has been tweaked in response to feedback from players, resulting in a varity of minor changes. Among these is a noticable effort to stop in-game exploits of the CPU.[10]

At the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards, NHL 10 was named the Best Team Sports Game.

References

  1. ^ NHL 10 to Debut at Hockey Fest
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "NHL 10", Game Informer, no. 195, p. 71, July 2009
  3. ^ "In downtime, Chicago Blackhawks play hard -- at video games". Chicago Tribune. 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2009-06-05. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Sarkar, Samit (2009-07-13). "Watch the NHL 10 international cover athletes do their thing". destructoid.com. Retrieved 2009-08-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Winfrey, Lorenzo (2009-07-27). "EA Announces Fall Music Line Up for Sports Franchises". ZoKnowsGaming.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "The Official NHL 10 Soundtrack". EA Sports. Retrieved 2009-07-27. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ a b "NHL 10 Demo". EASportsWorld. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  8. ^ http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox360/959973-nhl-10/index.html
  9. ^ http://www.gamerankings.com/ps3/959972-nhl-10/index.html
  10. ^ NHL 10 Title Update Details, [1]

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