{"id":118825,"date":"2020-10-02T15:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/?p=143726"},"modified":"2020-10-02T15:00:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T15:00:29","slug":"ea-sports-goes-retro-with-nhl-94-rewind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/02\/ea-sports-goes-retro-with-nhl-94-rewind\/","title":{"rendered":"EA Sports Goes Retro with NHL 94 Rewind"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/NHL94_Sharks_16x9.jpg?resize=1200%2C675\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-social --> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-main entry-main--post entry-main--post-no-sidebar\">\n<p>While hockey video game fans await the worldwide launch of <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/NHL-21-Standard-Edition\/9MXV1BTS8VVV\">EA Sports NHL 21<\/a><\/em><\/strong> on October 15, EA Sports has announced another all-new NHL game. Well, not <em>exactly<\/em> all new. Players who pre-order <em>NHL 21<\/em> from the Microsoft Store for Xbox will also receive a copy of <em>NHL 94 Rewind<\/em>, a game that uses the controls and graphics of the classic <em>NHL 94<\/em>, combined with teams and rosters from the present day NHL.<\/p>\n<p>The cover athlete of <em>NHL 21<\/em>, Alexander Ovechkin, appears on the cover of <em>NHL 94 Rewind<\/em> too \u2014 although in 8-bit (complete with missing tooth pixel). He\u2019s just one of hundreds of players who will be transported back in time with <em>NHL 94 Rewind<\/em>. Last year\u2019s cover athlete, Auston Matthews, wouldn\u2019t be born until four years after the release of the original <em>NHL 94<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/NHL94_Flyers_16x9.jpg?w=940&amp;resize=1920%2C1080\" alt=\"NHL 94 Rewind\" class=\"wp-image-143729\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/figure>\n<p><em>NHL 94<\/em> is often considered to be one of the most innovative, best crafted, and timeless sports games ever. The title has amassed a devoted following and 27 years later is still being played by old-school hockey video game fans around the world. The announcement of <em>NHL 94 Rewind<\/em> is the latest chapter in the game\u2019s storied history.<\/p>\n<p>Relive one of the greatest hockey video games of all time with your favorite clubs and stars of today. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/NHL-21-Standard-Edition\/9MXV1BTS8VVV\">Pre-order <em>NHL 21<\/em> today on the Microsoft Store for Xbox<\/a> and you\u2019ll be able to play <strong><em>NHL 94 Rewind<\/em><\/strong> on October 30!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .main-content --> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While hockey video game fans await the worldwide launch of EA Sports NHL 21 on October 15, EA Sports has announced another all-new NHL game. Well, not exactly all new. Players who pre-order NHL 21 from the Microsoft Store for Xbox will also receive a copy of NHL 94 Rewind, a game that uses the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-xbox-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}