With all this talk about Madden 09 coming out next week, I’ve been getting geeked up for NHL 09. More and more info is starting to trickle out about the upgrades for this year’s version. While most sports games consider a horribly out of date roster update to be an “upgrade,” NHL 09 truly gives gamers and hockey fans a reason to buy the new version.

From the Official NHL 09 Blog

Loose pucks and one on one battles

This is the first video hockey game where I have seen users with the puck slow down on odd man rushes to see what plays develop and to see if they can bait the D-man into being overly aggressive. It is the first hockey video game I have seen where players bump and battle as they try and get loose pucks (there are way more loose pucks this year with our much improved puck physics and bounces, and blocked passing lanes).

They also added some variance to the passing. No longer will 90% of all passes go tape-to-tape. Some passes will go ahead or behind the target.

I am really looking forward to picking this game up when it comes out on the 8th of September. Use our “Special Offer” to pre-order and get it as soon as it is released.

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