Blending sports, action and a host of special abilities, Goons: Legends & Mayhem is coming - and if you previously loved Windjammers of Mario Strikers, this will be a hockey brawler you will want in your life.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mini Hockey Battle. It takes all the accumulated years of history, rules and charm of ice hockey, and consolidates it into a game of piggy-in-the-middle. Wayne Gretzky, you did it all wrong.
All the big sports franchises are rooted in realism. That’s just a fact. Year on year, the new FIFA, Madden or NBA 2K is billed as the ‘most authentic’ yet. So it comes as a welcome change when a sports game comes along that breaks this monotony. And whilst Super Blood Hockey won’t smash the EA monopoly on ice hockey, it’s still a valuable addition to an arcade sports genre which has declined massively over the years.
It's well known for being one of the most brutal sports the world has seen, but now it's time for the ice hockey scene to move up a gear - at least in the blood stakes - as Super Blood Hockey releases on Xbox One.
I don’t know an awful lot about hockey, but what I do know is that it isn’t a sport for the faint-hearted. Hard physical punishment is pretty much par for the course and whilst full on blood filled arenas would be frowned upon elsewhere, the physical side of the game, and the fighting in particular, is all part and parcel of the experience. That is never more true than if we head back a couple of decades to ice hockey of the 1970s. A time when men were men and blood was spilled.
We've known about Bush Hockey League for some time, but now, after going through a name change and appearing on other formats previously, it's time to take the fight to Xbox One. And a fight is exactly what you're going to get. You may even get a little bit of hockey thrown in for good measure too.
It promises to deliver an experience that takes us back to 'how hockey was meant to be played', and today, V7 Entertainment have announced Old Time Hockey for Xbox One, PS4 and PC.
Announced back in the early months of 2023, Goons: Legends & Mayhem has got something about it. Mostly a bit of Mario Strikers and a bit of Windjammers! Them's good things though, yeah?
The creativity of LEGO 2K Drive shows no sign of slowing down. And now it's time for Season 4 of the Drive Pass to come to the fore. If you're a blocky racer, you'll want to get involved in this.
