EA Sports NHL has announced a new feature in NHL 25, the Grudge Match System, that will be active in both online and offline game modes.
This feature will be present in many modes including Hockey Ultimate Team, EASHL, and Franchise Mode. It will display stats from your previous matchups and will give Impact Players special X-Factor abilities based on performances in previous games.
There is not yet a definition or list of Impact Players or what these special X-Factors will be.
The addition of Grudge Matches also includes new cinematics and rivalry specific commentary.
This new stat tracking will add deeper context to all game modes and will help develop storylines. In offline modes like franchise, this will be a cool way to emphasize rivalries and acquire specialty players.
In online modes like EASHL and HUT, player will be able to have better insight into users and teams they repeatedly face-off against and will make for exciting HUT Champs and EASHL Finals.
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