Press release
EA SPORTS™ NHL® 24 Unleashes the Intensity of Hockey With All-New Exhaust Engine and Physics-Based Contact; Arrives October 6
Expansion of Cross-Play‡ Allows Players to Play With and Against Players Across Same-Generation Sony and Microsoft Consoles NHL 24 Cover Athlete Cale Makar
About this update from Electronic Arts Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\nExpansion of Cross-Play‡ Allows Players to Play With and Against Players Across Same-Generation Sony and Microsoft Consoles\n\n\nNHL 24 Cover Athlete Cale Makar Helps Showcase a New Era of Elite Gameplay\n\n\nView the NHL 24 Official Reveal Trailer HERE\n\n\n REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nElectronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) is creating the most intense NHL game yet with EA SPORTS™ NHL® 24, coming to PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®4, and Xbox One on Oct. 6, 2023. Colorado Avalanche superstar defenseman Cale Makar, whose world class on-ice skills exemplify the type of hard-checking and game-changing features that will be a part of EA SPORTS NHL 24, has been named the cover athlete for this year’s game.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230816598980/en/EA SPORTS™ NHL® 24 UNLEASHES THE INTENSITY OF HOCKEY WITH ALL-NEW EXHAUST ENGINE AND PHYSICS-BASED CONTACT; ARRIVES OCTOBER 6 (Graphic: Business Wire)\nNHL 24 feels like hockey and brings the rush and fatigue of high-pressure games to life. The brand-new Exhaust Engine - powered by Frostbite - includes the Sustained Pressure and Goalie Fatigue systems to let players experience concentrated moments of intensity that hockey is known for. Through the Sustained Pressure System, offensive players who keep pressure on in the attack zone are rewarded and will trigger the Sustained Pressure perk, lowering their opponent’s attributes for a limited time and creating more space for movement and setting up plays. With the Goalie Fatigue System, the more pucks you put on net, the more fatigue the opponent’s goalie will experience. This will affect the netminder’s ability to react to shots as they wear down over time and upwards of 75 new goalie animations will help bring this in-game storyline to life.\n\n\nWith overhauled physics and animations, Physics-Based Contact will revolutionize physical contact and deliver realistic body checks like never before. New animation-based reactions create big moments at any point in the game, and allow players to open up more turnover opportunities with bigger checks. For those that like to get physical, players can now break the glass and send their opponent to the bench.\n\n\n“This is a game made by hockey fans, for hockey fans, and bringing the full intensi...