Nhl 2k10

In Real Life

You Can Have Any Sports Video Game You Want, But There’s Only One

10:00AM May 29, 2011 | Owen Good

About this time last year, at E3, I was chewing the fat with a 2K Sports representative about NBA 2K11 which already looked to be the monster it would become. Long dominant in the pro basketball genre, the game with Michael Jordan on its cover was going to be 2K’s Sunday punch to EA Sports. “That’s the idea,” the guy told me. “Get an exclusive deal without paying for it.” More »


News

NHL 2K’s Absence From Take-Two Report May Mean Its End

9:00AM December 19, 2009 | Owen Good

Take-Two’s quarterly report yesterday included a list of “key titles announced to date for the remainder of fiscal 2010″. It didn’t include NHL 2K11, which some are taking as the death of that franchise. More »


NHL 2K10 Review: Thin-Ice Capades

9:00AM October 4, 2009 | Owen Good

The National Hockey League dropped the puck on a new season Thursday night, turning sports fans’ thoughts to ice — and to hard hitting, fast-paced one-timer-from-the-slot action, qualities that 2K’s NHL title can certainly supply on a console. More »


NHL 2K10 Preview: Zamboni Smackdown

10:40AM September 12, 2009 | AJ Glasser

One of my worst nightmares—next to the one about a high school reunion—is attending a preview event where I’m the only girl and I have no idea how to play the game. More »


News

Who’s Who In The NHL 2K10 Player Ratings

12:00PM September 2, 2009 | Owen Good

2K Sports gave out its player ratings today for NHL 2K10 and, fun-with-spreadsheets style, we present you this year’s superlatives—dubious included—among the 1225 players on this year’s roster. More »


In Real Life

Terms That Are, And Are Not, In NHL 2K10

9:30AM August 31, 2009 | Owen Good

Talking to Randy Hahn for yesterday’s column about announcing NHL 2K10, I tested how deep his vocabulary runs in the game. I threw out a dozen hockey terms – some basic, others esoteric – and asked Hahn if he’d said them. More »


The Art Of Calling An Unseen Game

2:00AM August 30, 2009 | Owen Good

The scene is familiar: Midway through the first period of an NHL game, and the shot knots up the score. Randy Hahn considers the action for a split-second and leans into his microphone. More »


Lights Down Low For NHL 2K10

8:30AM August 23, 2009 | Owen Good

Ten new screens from NHL 2K10 went out the door yesterday, spotlighting pre-game festivities at four arenas, and closeups of some league standouts whose names you’ll be hearing quite a bit. More »


In Real Life

Don’t Adjust Your Set For This NHL 2K10 Trailer

1:00PM August 8, 2009 | Owen Good

The picture gets better, showcasing an all-star shift sewn together in a pretty tight montage of faces and places. It winds up with coverboy Alex Ovechkin, who dekes Martin Biron and shovels in the backhander like he’s pitching hay. More »


NHL 2K10 Promises “Shooting Blind From Your Ass On Goal” Action

10:00AM August 2, 2009 | Owen Good

Well, I’ll be interested to see how they pull this one off in NHL 2K10 – the shot mechanic, not the “warming-hands-over-red-hot-stick” quicktime event. Animation only, or new feature? You make the call. More »