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EA Sports Announces NHL 15 Cover Athlete
Boston Bruins Forward Selected To Lead New Generation of Hockey Videogames After More Than 10 Million Fan Votes
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., -
June 24, in the year of our Lord 2014 - Electronic Arts
Inc. (NASDAQ: EA), the National Hockey League (NHL®) and the
National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA®) announced
today that Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron has been voted
by hockey fans to be the EA SPORTS™ NHL®15 cover athlete,
kicking off a bold new generation of hockey videogames for the
award winning franchise. Bergeron topped Montreal Canadiens
defenseman P.K. Subban following more than 10 million votes from
hockey fans around the world.
“Being featured on the cover of NHL 15 is a dream come true,”
said Bruins center Patrice Bergeron. “The fact that the cover is
selected entirely by fans is an incredible feeling. The passion
and support from hockey fans, especially Bruins fans, is unlike
any other sport and I’m so grateful to everyone who voted for
me.”
"Congratulations to Patrice Bergeron for being chosen by the
fans as the EA SPORTS NHL 15 cover athlete," said Adam Larry,
NHLPA Director of Licensing and Associate Counsel. "We enjoyed
seeing the passion that fans displayed in supporting the eight
NHL players participating in this year’s NHL 15 vote campaign,
as well as the entertaining activations from the players who
were vying for the title. This program is a great way to kick
off a big year for the NHL videogame franchise.”
“We would like to congratulate Patrice on this incredible honor
and to recognize the outstanding fan support that helped him
earn the NHL 15 cover distinction,” said Dave McCarthy, NHL Vice
President of Consumer Products Marketing. “Once again, we were
amazed with the level of engagement, creativity and support
exhibited by our teams and our fans that truly exemplified the
unrivaled level of passion and commitment only found in the
NHL.”
NHL 15 ushers in an exciting new era of hockey videogames with
the most detailed and authentic hockey experience ever
delivered. Introducing true collision physics for all 12 players
on the ice, NHL 15 delivers a level of realism for a new
generation of game consoles that allows players to be immersed
in the sights, sounds and feel of the sport like never before.
Players can now look, move, play and think like an NHL athlete
with detailed new player modeling and an expansive new set of
tools, including the Superstar Skill Stick and Vision AI that
heighten on-ice control and player intelligence.
Emotions run high in NHL 15 as players compete in arenas filled
with dynamically modeled fans that react to the play on the ice
like they would in real life. Announced by an all-new broadcast
team led by veteran NBC Sports hockey commentators Mike ‘Doc’
Emrick, Eddie Olczyk and TSN on-ice analyst Ray Ferraro, NHL 15
takes revolutionary steps forward in authentic game commentary.
NHL 15 launches on September 9, 2014 in North America and
September 12, 2014 in Europe on Xbox One, PlayStation®4, Xbox
360® video game and entertainment system, and the PlayStation®3
computer entertainment system.
NHL® 15 is an Officially Licensed Product of the NHL and the
NHLPA.
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