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NHL 16 cover art

NHL 16

Sport

Released

Sep 15, 2015

4,074 days ago
Platforms
  • PS4
  • Xbox One
Ratings

Release dates

North America dates
  1. Sep 15, 20154,074 days ago
    • PS4
    • Xbox One

About

NHL 16 is a hockey video game developed by EA Canada and published by EA Sports. It is the 25th installment of the NHL series and was released on September 15, 2015 in North America and September 17 and 18 in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The game was released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with a separate release for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 titled NHL: Legacy Edition. Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks is the official cover athlete, marking his second appearance on an NHL cover, following NHL 11. Upon release, NHL 16 received positive reviews and was declared an improvement over NHL 15 by critics.

Trailers

Screenshots

How long to beat

HowLongToBeat ↗ · 8 players
Main story
36 h
Main + extras
80 h
Completionist
100 h
OpenCritic81/10074% recommend · Strong39 critic reviews
Critics (IGDB)79/1009 reviews
IGDB players80/10033 ratings

Game info

Released
2015 · see every game from that year
Modes
Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative
Perspective
First person · Third person · Bird view / Isometric

Studios

Age ratings

  • ESRBE10+Mild Violence
  • PEGI12In-Game Purchases, Violence

Themes & tags

Story & names

Also known as

  • EA SPORTS™ NHL® 16Alternative title
  • NHL® 16Alternative title
  • EA Sports NHL 16Alternative title

Release dates by region

8 releases in 4 regions

north america

europe

australia

new zealand

The EA Sports NHL series

All 46 games
  1. NHL 102009
  2. NHL 112010
  3. NHL Slapshot2010
  4. NHL 122011
  5. NHL 132012
  6. NHL 142013
  7. NHL 152014
  8. This gameNHL 162015
  9. NHL 172016
  10. NHL 182017
  11. NHL 192018
  12. NHL 202019

Showing 18–29 of 39 main games, in release order.

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Where to find it

Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.