However those specific stadium/ballpark details are worked out, the ability to re-play Winter Classic games (and perhaps create your own?) should be a nice thrill for hockey fans. Other details of the frame, per the hawkeyes from Operation Sports: The net can be jarred from its moorings realistic goalie contact, and goalie helmets flying off. Kotaku also points out some other interesting details revealed from that screenshot, via the Operation Sports comments. The 2011 game featured the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins took place at Heinz Field, but reports indicate that the 2012 edition will take place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, so it’ll be interesting to see how that might be handled. That could prohibit NHL ’12 from using Wrigley Park and Fenway Park, the locales for the 20 Winter Classic games. Video game Web site Kotaku tackled that subject a bit, explaining that EA probably wouldn’t be able to use baseball ballparks in the game since 2K Sports owns the licensing rights thanks to their MLB series. They didn’t reveal many specific details about how the Winter Classic will be utilized in the game itself, though.įor one thing, it’s natural to ask if the game will strive to use authentic Winter Classic locations.
While EA Sports didn’t come right out and say it, the screenshot you see above says it all: NHL ’12 will include the annual outdoor event in some form. One of those “How did they leave that out?” features was a mode that allows players to simulate the Winter Classic experience.
Simply put, the game gave hockey fans just about everything they could ask for … but there were a few things it did lack. While EA Sports’ NHL ’11 was the only big hockey video game on the market – at least on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360* – its quality didn’t suffer from that lack of competition.
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