NHL Rivals 2004
NHL Rivals 2004 is the first NHL title for the Xbox, developed by MGS (Microsoft Game Studios), and the second title developed under the XSN Sports banner - the development team's first foray into hockey on…
NHL Rivals 2004 is a sport, released 18 December 2003 on Xbox.
What NHL Rivals 2004 is
NHL Rivals 2004 was released in 2003. It is available on Xbox only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
NHL Rivals 2004 is the first NHL title for the Xbox, developed by MGS (Microsoft Game Studios), and the second title developed under the XSN Sports banner - the development team's first foray into hockey on console. At the time of its release, the visuals in this game were its major selling point, with each player's face mapped onto their model ingame. The game features a fully animated polygonal crowd, tons of motion-captured animations, NHL licensed players, teams and arenas. The look and feel of the game are much different than games like EA's NHL series. This was also the first hockey game on Xbox that let players play in online tournaments and leagues over Xbox Live and XSN Sports…
Where it sits in the NHL series
NHL Rivals 2004 is the 57th of 111 entries we hold in the NHL series. The next entry was ESPN NHL 2K5 in 2004.
What it launched against
NHL Rivals 2004 launched on 18 December 2003, within three weeks of Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Deus Ex 2: Invisible War, SpellForce: The Order of Dawn and Deus Ex: Invisible War.
Released around the same time: Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Deus Ex 2: Invisible War, SpellForce: The Order of Dawn, Deus Ex: Invisible War.
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