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NHL Hitz Pro Ships in 20 Days

Midway Sports Latest in Hockey Series Has Host of New Features

This year Midway Sports has turned up the critically acclaimed hockey series NHL Hitz up a notch. All new 5-on-5 play, including rules and line changes is the backbone of NHL Hitz Pro. NHL Hitz Pro has made the jump from 3 on 3 to full-fledged 5 on 5 hockey this year and with it, the series becomes a legitimate sports title. All of the rules and sim features that you would never think of finding in Hitz are now part of the game, giving fans of all levels the gameplay features that they desire.

The new features added to Hitz Pro this year are the following:

  • Line Changes

  • Fatigue System (The more hits a player takes the more exhausted he becomes)

  • Offsides, Icing, Two Line Passes (NHL Rules)

  • Penalty System (Players can still play dirty as in past years, but now the ref is watching and when his referee meter fills, you are off to the box)

  • Context Sensitive Moves (Wraparounds and deflections) allow the user to score from anywhere on the ice

  • Pull your goalie!

While Hitz Pro added a great level of simulation-based features, each feature has been added with Hitz flavor. Normal fatigue systems just have players get tired based on ice-time, but in Hitz its based on hitting!

Penalties are usually quite random. In Hitz we give you meters to manage yourself, so when you go to the box, you know it s your fault. The last main element is that you can turn all new features off, meaning that Hitz Pro offers a new game to people who may never have tried Hitz before but also caters to true arcade gamers who still want a no holds barred style of game.