The coronavirus pandemic will not halt EA’s plans to release their annual NHL video game in the fall of 2020, according to a new report. Hockey fans can rest assured with the knowledge that the coronavirus pandemic will not impact the upcoming release of the sport’s best-selling video game series later this year. On Tuesday, EA confirmed in a press release that the company will still release NHL 21 on time in the fall, despite the difficulties with the current situation of the world. Last year’s cover star was the electric forward from the Toronto Maple Leafs, Auston Matthews.This upcoming year it is hard to say who will get the nod, but keep your eyes on Nathan Mackinnon as the frontrunner. Having never been on the cover before, he currently sits third in points with 68 this NHL season. One of the common trends EA has done over recent years is to select regional cover stars for certain countries. Finland’s cover featured Patrik Laine and Swedens’s cover featured Elias Pettersson. Look for the same this year, with notable players such as Germany’s Leon Draisaitl and the Czech Republic’s David Pastrnak looking to get the nod. The NHL series has only ever released on console so expect it to be on the Xbox One and PS4. With the next generation consoles coming, maybe we will see copies available on the Xbox Series X and PS5 when they release! Unfortunately, don’t expect NHL 21 to arrive on either Nintendo Switch or PC. The knowledge that EA plans to release NHL 21 later this year should no doubt be comforting to fans of the long-running series with no live hockey to look forward to for the foreseeable future. And if you want to buy NHL 21 Coins, visit z2u.com, a professional online in-game currency store. As yet, there is no firm release date for NHL 21. But we can take an educated guess. NHL 20 dropped on 13 September, and NHL 18 came out on 15 September. So that area of the calendar is certainly the frontrunner, however it could be earlier. NHL 19 arrived on 26 July. That super-early release date would certainly be a delight for NHL fans that are going without their fix of hockey action right now. There is no new trailer has been released for NHL 21 but till then you can enjoy the trailer of the previous season and also bookmark this site if you are really waiting for more information and trailer of NHL 21 as we will update all that in this post as soon as anything is revealed.
