NHL 14 Demo Arrives August 20th, Bruins vs. Blackhawks, NHL 94 Anniversary Mode & HUT

[Steve_OS]

The NHL 14 demo arrives on August 20th for PS3 and 360. Check out the details below.

Play Now

Get into the game as either the Boston Bruins or the 2013 Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks and jump into the third period.

NHL 94 Anniversary Mode

Get a taste of old school NHL 94-style gameplay that uses classic button controls to deliver big hits, real fights, dirty dangles and sick snipes! You can even celebrate those moves with a new take on classic goal celebrations.

Hockey Ultimate Team

Hockey Ultimate Team is the definitive fantasy experience. Build your Ultimate Team and take part in a mini-tournament against the following teams:

• Halifax Mooseheads
• Grand Rapids Griffins
• Boston Bruins
• Chicago Blackhawks

You will be rewarded with a HUT pack in the full game version of NHL 14 for completing each of the following tasks in the demo:

• Complete your first game in HUT
• Win the HUT tournament

Source - NHL 14 Demo Details (EA Sports)

[Simple Mathematics]

Re: NHL 14 Demo Arrives August 20th, Bruins vs. Blackhawks, NHL 94 Anniversary Mode &

Man, they are really selling this NHL 94 mode as something special aren't they? Oh well. Can't wait to try out the game since the majority of the improvements this year are to gameplay.

[Fiddy]

Re: NHL 14 Demo Arrives August 20th, Bruins vs. Blackhawks, NHL 94 Anniversary Mode &

sigh..

per usual just getting a 3rd period to play.

Madden 25 Demo, full game, 5 minute quarters.
NCAA 14 Demo, full game, 3 minute quarters.
NHL 14 Demo, a 3rd period, 5 minute period.

hopefully the gameplay improvements are worth while..

[Pezell04x]

Re: NHL 14 Demo Arrives August 20th, Bruins vs. Blackhawks, NHL 94 Anniversary Mode &

Ugh, ridiculous that it's only a 3rd period.

I'm hoping to stream the demo Tuesday night for a few hours so we can see some gameplay improvements.

[Dazraz]

Why can they not give us a full game? A couple of different teams would be nice too.

[Dylonus]

sigh..

per usual just getting a 3rd period to play.

Madden 25 Demo, full game, 5 minute quarters.
NCAA 14 Demo, full game, 3 minute quarters.
NHL 14 Demo, a 3rd period, 5 minute period.

hopefully the gameplay improvements are worth while..

Can't agree more. Madden 25 looks amazing from what I saw in the demo. NHL 14 looks amazing as well. I'm pulling for EA SPORTS; things look excellent thus far.

[Guapo516]

The best thing to ever happen to ea sports was recieving worst company award or whatever it was called. It's been a long while since all the all games across the board look even decent. Today all the games I see from them look special and sports game of the year potential. Kudos to ea sports for stepping there game up literally and showing fans they do have pride and care about making quality products.

[Schmackity]

Re: NHL 14 Demo Arrives August 20th, Bruins vs. Blackhawks, NHL 94 Anniversary Mode &

Can't agree more. Madden 25 looks amazing from what I saw in the demo. NHL 14 looks amazing as well. I'm pulling for EA SPORTS; things look excellent thus far.

Madden seemed like the same crap hole it has been. Lack of awareness from DBs, running is too easy on lower settings. Pocket presence is garbage.

[TDKing]

Re: NHL 14 Demo Arrives August 20th, Bruins vs. Blackhawks, NHL 94 Anniversary Mode &

NHL94 LOL.....

[believeinnow]

Considering we're getting to sample three different modes, which includes starting our HUT squads in the demo, I'm fine with only getting one period of play in Play Now. I think we've become a little too jaded in expecting so much from a demo. It's meant to be a sample, not a full game. NCAA needed to include three matches because it had a lot to prove and even then, the games were stripped of a lot of the bells-and-whistles to allow for that.

I'm just anxious to get my hands on Anniversary mode and to start my team in Ultimate Team.

[believeinnow]

Also, the trailer was fraking amazing. This makes the pretty awful Madden demo trailer even more of an embarrassment.

[dlxsf18]

Re: NHL 14 Demo Arrives August 20th, Bruins vs. Blackhawks, NHL 94 Anniversary Mode &

Considering we're getting to sample three different modes, which includes starting our HUT squads in the demo, I'm fine with only getting one period of play in Play Now. I think we've become a little too jaded in expecting so much from a demo. It's meant to be a sample, not a full game. NCAA needed to include three matches because it had a lot to prove and even then, the games were stripped of a lot of the bells-and-whistles to allow for that.

I'm just anxious to get my hands on Anniversary mode and to start my team in Ultimate Team.

So wait- there's going to be a 4 team HUT tournament, that means 4 full games against Halifax, Grand Rapids, Boston, and Chicago, right? Would make the 1 period argument pretty silly.

[Money99]

Re: NHL 14 Demo Arrives August 20th, Bruins vs. Blackhawks, NHL 94 Anniversary Mode &

So wait- there's going to be a 4 team HUT tournament, that means 4 full games against Halifax, Grand Rapids, Boston, and Chicago, right? Would make the 1 period argument pretty silly.

I believe it'll be like last year where every game starts in the 3rd period.

[canucksss]

Re: NHL 14 Demo Arrives August 20th, Bruins vs. Blackhawks, NHL 94 Anniversary Mode &

since i pulled off my Live (after 10 years of being a member, getting PS4 and perhaps X1 in 2 years time) i'll just read the comments in OS if in this demo you'll see all the new features and improvements in the game.

[akula]

Re: NHL 14 Demo Arrives August 20th, Bruins vs. Blackhawks, NHL 94 Anniversary Mode &

do I need xbox live to download demos?