NHL

EA's NHL has been the default hockey simulation for so long that its few rivals have mostly vanished from the ice. This run captures the series across two console eras, from the sprite-and-polygon hybrid look of NHL 98 and 99 through the physics-driven skating of the late-2000s and 2010s entries.

The franchise's real identity is iteration: the same yearly cadence, the same roster refreshes, with periodic leaps in animation and presentation rather than outright reinvention. Curiosities sit alongside the mainline games, including the pick-up-and-play 3 on 3 NHL Arcade and a bundled FIFA crossover release. It is a series best understood as a continuous record of how sports games evolved, one season at a time.

The NHL franchise spans 15 games in the CrossBinge catalog.