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.
The Vancouver game studio startup, V7 Entertainment, have today announced that they will be bring a new hockey title to Xbox One, PS4 and PC in early 2017. Taking us back to the old-school arcade hockey of yesteryear, Old Time Hockey will see blood spilt on the ice, 70s afros, big facial hair, a severe lack of helmets, dirty hits, brawls, goalie fights, abuse of the ref and more.
In fact, Old Time Hockey promises to deliver nothing short of the most aggressive hockey in town.
“Everything from NHL 94, Blades of Steel, to other sports titles like NBA Jam and Tecmo Bowl inspired us. We wanted to recreate that old familiar experience of playing these games on the couch with friends.” says Director Karthik Venkateshan. The game will feature 5-on-5 arcade style hockey gameplay where players will their opponents to submit through rough and tumble aggressive hitting and fighting. From donnybrooks to stick fights, Old Time Hockey delivers an experience straight out of the pages of hockey’s history!
“We also developed a hilarious story mode to wrap all the hijinks together. It’s a daring concept to incorporate narrative into a sports game but we think players will get a kick out of it.”
You’ll be able to get involved in a unique Story Mode, simple arcade style 2-button controls, a ‘Beer Mode’, allowing for one handed control and more. Set in the late 1970s amidst a poor economic climate and during the peak of the disco era in the United States, Old Time Hockey underscores the arduous story of a struggling team in the Bush Hockey League.
As startups go, V7 Entertainment are seemingly going all out with Old Time Hockey and we can’t wait to check it out when it arrives early in 2017. We will of course bring you more as and when it arrives, but for now, the announcement trailer below (and the screens above), should suffice.
