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EA has announced it’s developing its first ever NHL hockey title for the Wii, NHL Slapshot.
NHL Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky will feature on the cover and the game will introduce a new hockey stick controller that claims to allow players to shoot, pass and body check just like the pros.
“EA Sports has been making great hockey games in Canada for 20 years now, and the team behind the game is really passionate about the sport,” said Gretzky. “Being on the cover of the new Wii version of the game is exciting and is probably going to make me a bit cooler in the eyes of my kids.”
Creative Director, David Littman David Littman added: “Now we are giving them an actual plastic hockey stick that the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers plug into. Players can then use the new NHL Slapshot Hockey Stick to do all the moves in the game.”
NHL Slapshot is currently in development at EA Canada and is scheduled for release in September 2010 for Wii.
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