NHL 22
Powered by Frostbite, EA SPORTS NHL 22 gets the superstar treatment. For the first time ever, experience EA SPORTS NHL on one of the industry’s most powerful game engines bringing unrivaled visual detail to…
NHL 22 is a sport developed by EA Vancouver, released 11 October 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
What NHL 22 is
NHL 22 is a sport game developed by EA Vancouver and released in 2021. It was published by EA Sports. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It runs on Frostbite.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Powered by Frostbite, EA SPORTS NHL 22 gets the superstar treatment. For the first time ever, experience EA SPORTS NHL on one of the industry’s most powerful game engines bringing unrivaled visual detail to every hit, deke and shot. Superstar X-Factors lets you feel the personality and power of NHL superstars with an all-new ability system that unlocks the unique skills of the league’s most elite players. Authentic to real player skill and style, the stars of the NHL truly come to life in EA SPORTS NHL 22 making their time on ice more influential than ever . From HUT to World of Chel, Superstar X-Factors brings new class based strategy to every game mode. EA SPORTS NHL 22 is an all new game…
How it plays
It is played from a third person 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, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the NHL series
NHL 22 is the 100th of 111 entries we hold in the NHL series. It arrived 10 months after NHL 94 Rewind. The next entry was NHL 22: X-Factor Edition in 2021. Its critic score of 75 is almost exactly the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is NHL 09 at 90.
How it was received
NHL 22 holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
NHL 22 launched on 11 October 2021, within three weeks of Age of Empires IV, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and Far Cry 6. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Age of Empires IV, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Far Cry 6.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for NHL 22 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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