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NHL 11

Celebrating its 20th year, the franchise that captured 22 Sports Game of the Year awards has raised the bar yet again with NHL 11. Powered by an all-new Real-Time Physics Engine, NHL 11 lets you create…

88 7 September 2010

NHL 11 is a sport developed by EA Canada, released 7 September 2010 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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What NHL 11 is

NHL 11 is a sport game developed by EA Canada and released in 2010. It was published by EA Sports. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The premise, in the publisher's words

NHL 11 is an ice hockey video game, which celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the NHL series. The game was developed by EA Canada, published by EA Sports, and released in North America on September 7, 2010, with the game releasing in all other regions within two weeks. The game features a physics-based game engine, which replaced the old animation-based system, and was touted by NHL 11 producer, Sean Ramjagsingh, as "the biggest change in NHL 11". Other significant changes include broken sticks, which means the stick will now occasionally break when the player shoots. NHL 11 does not use official International Ice Hockey Federation jerseys, as the game doesn't have the IIHF license. The…
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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 11 is the 80th of 111 entries we hold in the NHL series. The next entry was NHL 12 in 2011. Its critic score of 88 is 14 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 11 holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 93% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 18 points above the year average.

What it launched against

NHL 11 launched on 7 September 2010, within three weeks of Sid Meier's Civilization V, Halo: Reach, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Pokémon Black Version. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Sid Meier's Civilization V, Halo: Reach, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Pokémon Black Version.

Cheats and codes

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When did NHL 11 come out?
NHL 11 was released on 7 September 2010 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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