Two key announcements have been made for fans of 2K Sports' NHL franchise. First, and more importantly of course, Rick Nash has been tapped as the cover athlete of NHL 2K9. This coming from a memorable season for the Columbus Blue Jackets where they, you know didn't make the playoffs. But that's besides the point!
The second, and way less important, is developer Visual Concepts is "taking over" the development reigns of the game instead of working with Kush Games and promises to rebuild the game from the ground up. Surprising changes would be made due to the fact that 2K8 was one of the second best hockey game available according to Metacritic.
Some things you may want to consider about this post. One, Rick Nash? Really? Two, building the title from the ground up? Thank goodness. Three, there were only two hockey games last year.
Oh, sorry to any Nash or Blue Jackets fans. I'm a Leafs fan, so what do I know?
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5-16-2008 @ 6:38PM
Dan said...
Morrow is up for MVP of what exactly?
Rick Nash is one of the best players playing on a terrible team. He scored the 2 prettiest goals of the entire season. Good for him.
Also, I don't subscribe to joystiq because I only care about the 360 so I'm all for the 'repeats'.
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5-17-2008 @ 7:39AM
Andro said...
Xav, Thanks for the NHL2K9 update. The NHL is the least covered of all the sports games. Gotta agree with the Nash comment. Seems like a bigger market player like a Henrik Lundqvist or Evgeni Malkin would be the wiser choice here. Clearly Sid Crosby & Ovechkin will be in the EA camp.
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