NHL 18
EA SPORTS NHL 18 delivers the speed, creativity and action of today's young NHL superstars with new Creative Attack controls and an all-new Defensive Skill Stick. Play the fast-paced, arcade-inspired 3-on-3…
NHL 18 is a sport developed by EA Canada, released 15 September 2017 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
What NHL 18 is
NHL 18 is a sport game developed by EA Canada and released in 2017. It was published by EA Sports. It is available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It runs on Ignite Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
NHL 18 is an ice hockey simulation video game developed by EA Canada and published by EA Sports. It was released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 15, 2017. It is the 27th installment in the NHL video game series and features Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid on the cover. The online servers for the game were shut down on June 6, 2022.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 12 players online. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the NHL series
NHL 18 is the 91st of 111 entries we hold in the NHL series. It arrived 11 months after Topps NHL Skate. The next entry was EA Sports FIFA 18 & NHL 18 Bundle in 2017. Its critic score of 76 is almost exactly the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is NHL 09 at 90.
How it was received
NHL 18 holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 61% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
What it launched against
NHL 18 launched on 15 September 2017, within three weeks of Destiny 2, Cuphead, Divinity: Original Sin 2 and Divinity: Original Sin II. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Destiny 2, Cuphead, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Divinity: Original Sin II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for NHL 18 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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