7.0
HIGH ICE-Q 2.0 brings noticeable improvements to star player movement. LOW There's just not enough here to justify a full-price upgrade.
NHL 26
EA Vancouver · Sep 12, 2025
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- 6.0NHL 26 isn’t a massive overhaul by any means. The title fixates on a couple of key areas to improve upon, and unlike some previous entries, it succeeds. The new updates to Be A Pro, chiefly the World Juniors and voice acting, are incredibly welcome. Even more so, the tweaks to the hitting engine and especially goaltending are phenomenal. But that’s a rather slight list of changes for a full-scale annual release. Pair that with poor online performance and difficulty of finding matches, and you have to ask yourself if the updates are worth it. Is this a better title than NHL 25? Absolutely. But are those changes enough to make this a good game? Well, that’s a more complicated question.
- 7.0Are you ready to drop the puck? NHL 26 is here. Come find out if this year's iteration is the hockey-sim you've been waiting for.
- 6.0NHL 26 is a competent entry in the series from EA Vancouver, even if it doesn’t do enough to stand out either from past years or other sports games.
- 8.0Pucking difficult
- 8.0Grab your skates, grip that stick and get ready to puck things up in NHL 26. The Finger Guns review is ice to see you.
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