EA Sports has revealed that NHL 21 is coming to Xbox One slightly later than usual this year in October, and a separate version won't be coming to the Xbox Series X as well.
In an article on the official EA site, it was revealed that the late release date was due to the transition to working from home, with the development team having to make major adjustments as a result:
"This transition has been very successful and we’re happy to say that the game is on track and feature-complete against our original vision, we just need a few extra weeks to do the polish, fine tuning and bug fixing. We know some of you will be disappointed by this news, but our goal with NHL 21 is to deliver an experience that will be worth the wait."
As for the next-gen versions, EA explained that it wanted to focus on adding innovation and new features rather than porting the game over, but the game will nevertheless still be backwards compatible on the new systems.
"We’re excited to let you know that you’ll be able to get your first look at NHL 21 in late August. The team is eager to showcase everything new this year and we’ll provide more details as we inch closer to reveal."
How do you feel about this? Looking forward to NHL 21? Let us know in the comments below.
[source ea.com]
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Still bc. I’m cool with it.
If this means that they'll take their time with the next gen version to make sure that its right then I'm ok with this. I would like there to be a significant difference between X1X version and the XSX version. I don't play PES but I like what they're doing with PES21 in order to get PES22 right for next gen.
@Medic_Alert exactly! I'm very much looking forward to what true next gen sports titles will look like.
If anyone remembers NHL 15 on Xbox One (the first XB1 entry in the series), it was a mess in terms of features. They had to strip it back so much.
I'm much happier with the current-gen version this year if it means they can avoid those issues again on Xbox Series X.
Fair enough, better than releasing as next gen version which is a mess... Hopefully this ensures the Xbox One version is a solid title...
I'm ok with this as long as it's backward compatible i see no problem with it.. Lets just try to avoid the travesty that was NHL 15..
@Royalblues has to be. No way it's only playable on XB1.
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