NHL 08 (2007) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

NHL 08

NHL 08 is a video game released on September 11, 2007 in North America; the Xbox 360 version was supposed to be released on the same date as the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 versions,[1]…

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What NHL 08 is

NHL 08 is a sport game developed by EA Canada and released in 2007. It was published by EA Sports. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

NHL 08 is a video game released on September 11, 2007 in North America; the Xbox 360 version was supposed to be released on the same date as the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 versions,[1] but was delayed for a day due to shipping issues. NHL 08 features the Skill Stick System which EA says will allow gamers to more easily control the puck.[2] There is also a way to release the puck and control your player around the defender then retrieve the puck to perform 1-on-1 dekes. It was the first installment of the NHL series to be released on PlayStation 3.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the NHL series

NHL 08 is the 70th of 111 entries we hold in the NHL series. The next entry was NHL 09 in 2008. Its critic score of 83 is 9 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is NHL 09 at 90.

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How it was received

NHL 08 holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 83% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 19 points above the year average.

What it launched against

NHL 08 launched on 12 September 2007, within three weeks of Halo 3, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Rome: Total War - Collection and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Halo 3, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Rome: Total War - Collection, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for NHL 08 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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