3 on 3 NHL Arcade Revealed
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After the success of the New Years Day Winter Classic I proposed that it was time for the return of an arcade style hockey game. 63% of the poll respondents stated that they would possibly be interested in such a title. While this isn’t exactly what I had in mind it does come close.
EA Sports is developing 3 on 3 NHL Arcade for the 360 and PS3. The game will be released in February and will be available to download on the Xbox Live Marketplace and Playstation Network. The price has been set at $10/800 MS points. IGN has the first details.
With no rules to hinder the action, 3 on 3 NHL Arcade will allow gamers to enjoy the sport without the having to worry about adhering to icing, checking and other cumbersome regulations. And, the all-new physics engine that was introduced in NHL 09 is back, but with one small adjustment – now each hit is specifically designed to be absolutely huge. Now gamers will be able to hit the opposition with such bone-crushing checks that his victim will literally be blasted clear over the boards and off the rink.
To me this sounds like it could be a lot of fun and for the relatively low price it could provide solid value. It will probably end up being the first sports game I’ll download out of the Marketplace. I only wish the online play was a full 3 on 3 OTP style.
How many of you out there will consider purchasing 3 on 3 NHL Arcade? Leave your thoughts in the comments.
December 4, 2008 at 9:53 am
It sounds like it could be fun. It's good that it'll be a PSN download versus a $40-60 game.
On a side note, all games released after January must support Trophies for PS3 users. This would be the first EA Sports title to have them included.
December 4, 2008 at 10:00 am
Looks Stupid
December 4, 2008 at 10:04 am
for that price im definitely going to at least give the trial a run and if it is good ill buy it.
December 4, 2008 at 10:22 am
i would buy it for 10 bucks.
December 4, 2008 at 11:04 am
Being a hockey fan, and being a sports gaming fan, and being a hockey gaming fan, and being a fan of $10 games like this….HELL YEAH, can't wait!
December 4, 2008 at 11:35 am
I should have said something before this but in september in calgary on the radio Dave Littman said he was coming out with a new game before NHL 2010.
December 4, 2008 at 11:40 am
Sounds cool. I always loved the Nhl Hits series or whatever it was called on the ps2. I think they should bring that back and bring back Nfl Street.
December 5, 2008 at 2:34 am
Pasta,
How do you feel about some of these publishers possibly pushing out a downloadable option for their games at a discounted price. The download would be tied to their xbox live/psn account therefore it couldn't be transfered to someone else. For example, Madden could go for $39.99 at a download only price. Granted the game would take up around 4+ GB per game and might take a few hours to download, this could be an exploratory move be EA, or maybe I'm looking to deep into it.
December 5, 2008 at 2:53 am
i think i'll pass,i love nhl 09 and play it more than any other game,so i can only see me playing it like a few times before i would be back to nhl 09 but i can see how it would be fun for some people and thats cool.
December 5, 2008 at 4:04 am
Made by the team behind NHL 09? Count me in!
December 5, 2008 at 4:45 am
So EA scrapped NBA Sreet for this?
December 5, 2008 at 4:55 am
I don't think one really has to do with the other. It could be a sign that a NBA Street type offering may move to downloadable such as this one though.
December 5, 2008 at 4:56 am
I think we're a ways off from that but that'll probably happen down the line.
December 5, 2008 at 5:10 am
I thought so as well, but it could save on costs. Since movies and other media are going to streaming/downloads I'd definitely love to see a company push out full releases on there. Microsoft is already doing it with some of their last gen games.
December 5, 2008 at 6:00 am
Bring Back NHL ROCK THE RINK that game was dope
December 5, 2008 at 6:17 am
Bring back NHL hitz! I want 5 on 5 balls to the wall action.
December 5, 2008 at 6:58 am
This should be an added mode in the current NHL franchise. Also, any news on the alternate jersey codes for NHL 09?
December 5, 2008 at 7:31 am
Should be out sometime this month. Apparently the NHL is keeping the date under wraps.
December 5, 2008 at 8:10 am
Count me in, NHL Hitz is still the best multiplayer hockey experience. If this game as a Playoff Mode in the main menu, it'll easily find a place on my shelf (or cart, whatever)!
December 5, 2008 at 12:47 pm
this could be great…games like hitz have proven to be damn fun before.
December 8, 2008 at 2:31 am
For $10 bucks, I probably will give it try.