EA SPORTS™ NHL® 25

PS Plus required for online play
In-game purchases optional
Supports up to 12 online players with PS Plus
Online play optional
1 - 4 players
Remote Play supported

What is EA SPORTS™ NHL® 25?

Experience true hockey intelligence with ICE-Q, a new gameplay intelligence system that lets you control every inch of the ice.

EA SPORTS NHL 25 is powered by ICE-Q, a new gameplay intelligence system that gives you the time and space to control every inch of the ice. Next-Gen Vision Control allows you to walk the blue line, square up to the puck carrier, stay locked on goal, and much more.

Empowered AI completely overhauls Chel’s CPU player system, helping them execute authentic plays with a refreshed play book that improves power plays and opens up the ice for better overall positioning and offensive opportunities.

Reactive Actions utilises a series of new animations to make skaters more responsive in critical situations, increasing their urgency, collision avoidance, and reliability. ICE-Q is true hockey intelligence.

Plus, the addition of a revamped Franchise Mode experience, a brand-new WOC Live Events structure, HUT Wildcard Mode, and a simplified, single-path XP progression shared across HUT kicks Chel’s game modes up a notch.

Upping the ante even further on presentation, the all-new Grudge Match System keeps track of the competitive history between teams across all major online and offline modes and enhances series with special X-Factors that are earned in previous match-ups against rival teams. Finally, the introduction of Sapien Technology to the franchise takes character

EA SPORTS NHL 25 key features

Gameplay

ICE-Q. This is true hockey intelligence. Built on an all-new logic-driven animation system, ICE-Q responds to contextual events on the ice with unprecedented authenticity and is the foundation of Chel’s gameplay overhaul. The result? A trio of new features that give players more control over the action than ever before, a major upgrade to the reliability and accuracy of CPU players, and a massive new animation set that makes gameplay a more seamless and realistic experience.
Next-Gen Vision Control. An on-ice evolution. Next-Gen Vision Control provides fresh abilities, improvements, and a user-initiated skating mode that ups the responsiveness, explosiveness, and expression on the ice for human and AI players alike. Now, walk the blueline to help create space on the play, square up to the puck carrier, thread the needle through an opponent's defence, and stay locked on goal for better shot opportunities. Plus, all-new behaviours and visual reactions make skating feel more authentic than ever.
Empowered AI. A completely overhauled AI player system heightens CPU skaters’ awareness of other players and positioning on the ice, giving them more fluid and helpful reads to execute in a true-to-life fashion, keeping your tactics in motion during high-paced action. Plus, a refreshed play book improves power plays, 5-on-5 offensive plays, and opens up the ice for better overall positioning and opportunities at both ends of the ice.
Reactive Actions. A series of brand-new animations make skaters more responsive in critical situations, giving them more urgency and, ultimately, more reliability during plays. Reactive Actions reward players for proper on-ice positioning, increase collision avoidance, and offer authentic visual reactions for players to recognise and take advantage of in those high-action moments.
Skill based one-timers. Read the attacking zone, find an open teammate, and be rewarded with a deadly one-timer you can see, feel, and hear the impact of. Skill Based One-Timers create authentic gameplay tension as offensive excitement and expectation mix with defensive concern and anticipation, each pass creating unique moments and opportunities for high-scoring probability shots.

Presentation

Grudge match. Hockey is at its best when the competition is fierce. The all-new Grudge Match System tracks the history of match-ups between teams across all major online and offline modes in NHL 25 to add more context, stakes and heat to showdowns with your rivals.
Next-gen characters. The next best thing to the real thing. Thanks to the introduction of Sapien Technology to the NHL franchise and the power of our Frostbite Engine on next-gen consoles, all of NHL 25’s in-game characters have received a serious visual overhaul. That includes new cloth warp and strand hair updates that deliver authentic, lifelike models.

Game modes

HUT. The all-new Wildcard Mode implements unique rule sets per competition cycle, keeping players on their toes and ready to adapt with each and every cycle. Plus, all of the XP earned in Squad Battles, Rivals, and Wild Card are now combined into a single progression path, meaning that every HUT mode rewards you the same, no matter where you play.
Franchise mode. Franchise Mode gets a revamp in NHL 25. Starting with the Franchise hub, streamlined navigation gives players access to new, relevant, and easy-to-digest information. We'll reveal more Franchise updates in the coming months.
WOC Live Events. Get ready for all new ways to play through an expanded World of Chel Live Event schedule. We’ll keep you up to date with all the details closer to launch.