NHL GameCenter Xbox 360 App – Game Chronicles Video Review

The NHL’s 2013 season has just kicked off and in order to get the hype going among gamers, the hockey league has partnered with Microsoft and released a special NHL GameCenter application on the Xbox 360 console, via Xbox Live.

The new app allows Xbox 360 worldwide access to all sorts of great things, including live games, replays, classic matches, and videos from the NHL VideoCenter, although you do need things like an Xbox Live Gold Membership to download the app and a GameCenter subscription to watch live games. Even so, hockey fans can enjoy a wide variety of features in the app:

  • Follow the Action from the 2013 NHL Season – Get real-time game scores, player stats and team standings. All Xbox Live Gold Members can also follow the action on and off the ice from the NHL VideoCenter. Watch the best goals, saves and hits from around the league this season.
  • Live Games and Replays with NHL Game Center Live – With your NHL GameCenter Live subscription ($49.99 USD for the 2012-13 season), watch live, out-of-market games from the NHL regular season. Miss a game? Watch full-length archived games or condensed replays from this season and last.
  • Every game with an HD-Quality Picture – NHL GameCenter delivers every game in a beautiful, HD-quality picture, and each broadcast gives every fan the option of the Home or Away audio feed. With NHL GameCenter on Xbox 360, you will feel like your team is the home team.
  • Keep Up With Your Favorite Teams – NHL GameCenter on Xbox 360 lets you personalize the experience to get to the information you care about most. Select up to five teams to follow so you can be sure not to miss a beat on your favorite teams and players. Get the scores, player stats, schedule and live games, right at your fingertips.
  • Season Central – A quick calendar view of the league schedule or just your favorite teams is a click away. Season Central is the best way to find out what games are on today, this week, or next month.
    Mini Guide – The Mini Guide gives you a quick preview of all of today’s action right at the bottom of your screen, and makes it easier than ever to switch between games.
  • Split Screen – Keep an eye on the rest of the league while cheering on your home team! With Split Screen, you can watch two games at once and do just that. Watch live games on both screens or a live game on one while you catch up with a game recap on the other. You can control both screens independently, pausing and rewinding each separately so you never miss a second of the action.
  • Classic Games from NHL Vault –Relive your favorite moments in NHL history with on-demand access to over 800 classic games from NHL Vault. Watch some of the best Original Six battles from the 1960s or re-watch the best games from the Stanley Cup Playoffs through the years. You now have the best way to watch these games on your big screen with Xbox 360.
  • Voice and Gesture Control with Kinect for Xbox 360 – Focus on the puck instead of looking for the remote. Navigate through Season Central, or play, pause, and rewind that behind-the-back goal, all with the power of Kinect for Xbox 360.

The new app can now be downloaded onto the Xbox 360 via the Xbox Live Marketplace.

 

Author: David Hillyer
I've been an avid gamer since we got our first PC. Infocomm text games like Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy shifted quickly to an Atari 2600 and Pitfall, Kaboom, and countless others. Sports took over my life, so FIFA and NHL have always been mainstays. Occasionally I play iOS games, but mostly we are addicted to board gamers and pinball now.

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