NHL 2K11
NHL 2K11 is an ice hockey video game, developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. The game was announced on March 3, 2010, as a Wii-exclusive game. It was the first game in the NHL 2K series since…
NHL 2K11 is a sport developed by Visual Concepts, released 24 August 2010 on Wii.
What NHL 2K11 is
NHL 2K11 is a sport game developed by Visual Concepts and released in 2010. It was published by 2K Sports. It is available on Wii only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
NHL 2K11 is an ice hockey video game, developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. The game was announced on March 3, 2010, as a Wii-exclusive game. It was the first game in the NHL 2K series since NHL 2K7 not to be released on the PlayStation 3, the first since NHL 2K6 not to be released on the Xbox 360, the first since NHL 2K3 to not be released on the PlayStation 2, and the last game in the NHL 2K series to be released on the Wii, as the next entry in the series is released only on iOS and Android devices. Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick said that "As far as NHL, we're taking a year off on PS3 and Xbox 360 to refine, redesign and re-think". Then Vancouver Canucks forward…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the NHL series
NHL 2K11 is the 78th of 111 entries we hold in the NHL series. It arrived 11 months after NHL 2K10. The next entry was NHL Slapshot in 2010. Its critic score of 65 is 9 points below the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is NHL 09 at 90.
How it was received
NHL 2K11 holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
What it launched against
NHL 2K11 launched on 24 August 2010, within three weeks of Halo: Reach, Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Mafia II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Halo: Reach, Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Mafia II.
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