Electronic Arts today announced that its latest edition in the NHL hockey franchise, NHL 2005, has shipped and should be appearing on store shelves worldwide as early as today.
The decade-long obsession begun by EA's Genesis-era hockey titles continues with NHL 2005. This year's enhancements include smarter and less scripted player AI, context-sensitive control features based more on the personalities of each real player (enforcers will have the power to level players, whereas more technical pros will have use more of finesse), easier player control for skating backwards and gliding after a sprint, Open Ice Control for coordinating players into better passing positions, and improvements to the robust Dynasty mode.
In addition to all 30 NHL teams, NHL 2005 includes 39 teams from the Swedish, Finnish and German Elite Leagues, as well as 21 International teams.
NHL 2005, rated "E" (Everyone), is available for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and PC.
