12:07 PM EDT, 08/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Electronic Arts ( EA ) said Thursday sales of the 25th annual edition of its video hockey game will begin Oct. 4.

EA Sports NHL 25 will be available in versions for either Sony's ( SONY ) PlayStation5 or Microsoft's ( MSFT ) Xbox Series X/S game console, the company said. As always, users can stock their teams with players replicating their counterparts in the National Hockey League, including Jack and Luke Hughes from the New Jersey Devils and their older brother Quinn from the Vancouver Canucks, who are pictured on the front of EA's 2024-'25 version.

EA shares recently were about 1% lower in midday trading on Thursday.

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