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Basically the XHL happened in 2001 instead of the XFL. Ironically, McMahon used to own a hockey team in the 80s called the Cape Cod Buccaneers

Goons is out now on steam, better late then ever.

before i talk about Hlockey, let me get the explanation of what is Blaseball out of the way. Even with a video attached Blaseball is a browser game per-say a simulated browser-based rpg sports betting text story driven game played by ai with player-driven fan interaction that decide outlandish rule changes each season, player trades, and even giving special equipment for the teams and players to use in the game and said games are played top of the hour and a season last a week. The game came out in 2020 when the pandemic hit sporting events to a standstill. in a presentation, its nothing more then a idle rng game watcher guided by text and a interface that keeps track of real time scoring (like any sport) and actions that the a.i performs with its fictional players and teams. However, the game does take an odd twist in its cosmic horror and absurd approaches that happen in the game when new decrees and blessings are voted on by the fans. like players getting incinerated by rogue umpires without warning during a eclipse. Interest in Blaseball grew over the 3 years with a dedicated community contributing fan work and researching the games lore that was spanning 3 eras and 24 seasons. However, during the 3rd and final era. the constant changes and financial side became too much for Game Band to run Blaseball and the game shut down on June 2, 2023 and staff being laid off. Leaving most fans looking for alternatives to Blaseball and even looking to create their own. That is until someone made Hlockey. a blaseball-inspired Hockey-like sports simulator. Like blaseball the rules are simple you create a account, pick your team from the league of any of the 4 division to support, and bet on matches. then watch all the teams play out live top of the hour. the game format is made up of a regular season that has 37 matchups or 114 games til it leads to a single-elimination tournament playoffs made of 3 matchups or 15 games leading to a championship game where it ends with the winning team is champion of the season. Then during each season, elections will be held and anyone can vote for things that change the league and the next season such as Bribery affect the entire course of the league, Treasures that are won on a raffle between the teams, or even Coachings that are given to each team, with teams getting the coaching they vote for the most improving the players and team of the skills. but also just like Blaseball with weather, teams in Hlockey are also at the mercy of any chaotic weather that hits the rinks and effects the game in play. such as Audacity causes players to take shots regardless of the circumstances of the game, Waves replaces a player on a team's roster with a random player from their shadows part of their roster, Inclines adds a random amount of score to a favored team's goals while Sunset makes goals worth less the more team's score. Hlockey is currently in its 5th season will gain new things every season from the votes that change the course of said season. So if your fan of both Hockey and Blaseball (RIV Rest in violence). check out Hlockey on its website https://hlockey.onrender.com/ to get in the game and even join the Hlockey discord https://discord.gg/2N8VN8Q69E for direct communication with the devs, notifications of when a draft, a season, or game begins, and engage with the fan community who post fan work and research what is going on in the league and season.

this just in, Goons: Legends & Mayhem has a demo available to try out on steam.

3 years ago, a game studio by the name of Bit Fry Game Studios, Inc. created and published a game called Ultimate Rivals: The Rink, a 3 on 3 hockey game. this game not only had NHL players like Wayne Gretzky, Alex Ovechkin, Brad Marchand, and Tyler Seguin. playing against each other in this futuristic hockey game, but also feature other athletes from other sports such as baseball (MLB), football (NFL),basketball (NBA,WNBA), and Soccer (WNSL). athletes like Skylar Diggins-Smith, Alex Morgan, De'Aaron Fox, Jose Altuve, and JuJu Smith Schuster you would never think or imagine slipping on skates and hitting the ice, and each player also has their own ability based on their respective sport they play in. Ultimate Rivals: The Rink seemed like a promising game that was ambitious game with a more ambitious crossover than Infinity War having access to more leagues and player associations, that this would make 2k and EA blush. with athletes of both hockey and other sports playing a space jam style version of hockey with skillful and action-packed arcade gameplay and unique presentation. Unfortunately, Ultimate Rivals: The Rink was released as an exclusive through Apple Arcade on December 12, 2019 and can only be played through IOS supported systems, while the game was doing alright and was getting updates going far as August 25, 2020. Ultimate Rivals: The Rink was quietly withdrawn from Apple Arcade in Fall 2021. Some users speculated that this was related to the game being beta-tested on Steam for a PC release, though it has yet to be officially released there or on PC. but as of now, Ultimate Rivals: The Rink is Discontinued. On July 9, 2021 Bit Fry Game Studios, Inc would also try a similar approach with the sport of basketball in its next installment Ultimate Rivals: The Court, ever want to see NHL players dunk on other sports athletes and even wrestlers from the WWE putting them on ice, NBA jam style complete with Tim Kitzrow on commentary? this might be the game for you Sadly like the Rink, this venture of Ultimate Rivals would not last long as Ultimate Rivals: The Court was released as an exclusive through Apple Arcade and also was quietly withdrawn from Apple Arcade in Fall 2021 getting the same speculation this was related to the game being beta-tested on Steam for the PC, like The Rink. but nothing much is official yet If these games were to escape being exclusive to apple arcade to being playable in multiple places like steam. How long would they last and what sports would Ultimate Rivals take on ? no one knows, as of right now, Ultimate Rivals is at a stand still. by Concept Art House by Goran Bukvic

Tape to Tape is out now on Steam.

i know i been late to this game but Light the Hockey has been out on steam.

This just in Tape to Tape is heading into early access release, so wish list the game and mark your calendars for may 3rd.

could you imagine creating a hockey stars box cover and title screen like this

i can imagine a hockey stars game using the NHLPA 93 game, i think would be either called Hockey Stars: Professional or Hockey stars: Minor league. Ironically as one of the baseball stars games is called: Baseball Stars Professional that came out in 1990s as a follow-up to the original Baseball Stars which lead to the baseball star sequel two years later. it would be the rare Hockey stars game to allow fighting.

Been years in the making, ODR Hockey Heroes (Formally known as Hockey Heroes), is ready to strap on its skates to bring you its fast paced, no rules, arcade rpg fused hockey experience to pc and consoles. Watch this space or wishlist it on steam to follow ODR Hockey heroes for release date and possibly demos:

Formally known as Goons: Legends of the Hockeyverse last year, Goons: Legends & Mayhem brings 3v3 arcade hockey beat em up mayhem with PVP, PVE, and a story-driven campaign this year on pc and consoles. out now on steam.

Certainly, looks like an arcade hockey game similar to that of the Backyard Hockey 2005, Disney and ESPN gives Nick doing NFL wild card games and Cartoon network NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest a run for their money. I wish they gave all those players their own models in the game though. nitpick aside, this article explains everything behind the scnes here: https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-big-city-greens-classic-adds-new-dimension-to-rangers-capitals-game/c-342182936

Backyard sports was one of the most popular sports video game series that came out of the late 90s making itself onward into the 2000s and 2010s and loved by the casual gamer and the young at heart sports gamer. Humongous Entertainment captured the atmosphere of playing your favorite past time sports with neighborhood kids in alleys, ballparks, rec centers, and the school yard playgrounds in a more colorful and cartoonish world. drafting your team roster from a cast of both backyard kids with unique personalities and backgrounds but also kid versions of your favorite pro athletes that played or still play the sport. fast-paced powered up arcade action with lite simulation like team management and season mode leading your team to victory was certainly the fun of the series. Starting off with Backyard Baseball on pc (with no MLB licenses til 2001) it quickly grew in popularity to acquire many licenses of many major professional sports leagues in america as well its professional players of said leagues. and went on to create other sports games for Computers and consoles ranging from Baseball, American Football, Basketball, Soccer, and Skateboarding. then in 2002, Infogram and Humongous Entertainment decide to faceoff with the NHL to create Backyard hockey. like any formula followed in the Backyard Sports series, players create their own teams choosing from more than 30 "neighborhood kids" who each have their own unique strengths and weaknesses. Players may also choose from several National Hockey League hockey players as children, such as Steve Yzerman, Mike Modano, Joe Sakic, Jaromír Jágr, Jarome Iginla, Martin Brodeur, and Curtis Joseph. and play fast paced 3 on 3 ice hockey with on ice powerups and rock, paper, scissor fights that swings the momentum of the game. commentary is provided by the all-around Backyard sports league commentator, Sunny day and colorful commentator of the sport, Buddy cheque (his name is a play on body check). in season mode the player managing their roster and battle though BHL season game after game dominating the ponds and ice rinks til they reach to final game of the season and win the Clanky Cup. in 2004 Atari release its next hockey installment: Backyard Hockey 2005 the gameplay and replayability in its season mode is the same but also made the jump to 3d even with titles like Backyard Baseball 2005, Backyard NBA Basketball, Backyard football 2006, and Backyard Skateboarding. The backyard sports games have been fun when it came to any sport, even hockey. sadly things were not looking good for atari, and Humongous Entertainment as backyard sports was going into the decades of the late 2000s it will be backyard sports last hockey entry of the series. On 2007, Backyard hockey came out on the Nintendo DS, it was the last hockey game in the backyard sports series going forward. Backyard sports was a fun game franchise with unique gameplay, atmosphere, and a cast of characters and real athletes and offered a lot to come back to and play. Unfortunately, the series in recent memory has been a victim of many things that happened in the 2010s from Humongous Entertainment given its rights to developers and publishers that later on merged or went bankrupt to the BYS franchise rights itself being bought and held hostage to this day after their 2015 mobile games that was meant to be a plan to relaunch the series but didn't see any return. If there is one sports game series i missed the most, it was backyard sports.

It does take a while to get used to but i think people who play games like nes ice hockey as well nhl94 will fit right in. not mention those that like to run a cpu played or multiplayer league.