Electronic Arts have announced NHL 24, their next entry in their ice hockey series, which will come to Xbox and PlayStation consoles on October 6th. Check out the reveal trailer below.

This year the cover star is Colorado Avalanche superstar defenseman Cale Makar, whose is known as a world class on-ice skills exemplify the type of hard-checking.

Just like games in the series history, NHL 24 will bring a new series of updates to the game, including the brand-new Exhaust Engine, which includes the Sustained Pressure and Goalie Fatigue systems to let players experience concentrated moments of intensity that hockey is known for.

Through the Sustained Pressure System, offensive players who keep pressure on in the attack zone are rewarded and will trigger the Sustained Pressure perk, lowering their opponent’s attributes for a limited time and creating more space for movement and setting up plays. With the Goalie Fatigue System, the more pucks you put on net, the more fatigue the opponent’s goalie will experience. This will affect the netminder’s ability to react to shots as they wear down over time and upwards of 75 new goalie animations will help bring this in-game storyline to life.

With overhauled physics and animations, Physics-Based Contact will revolutionize physical contact and deliver realistic body checks like never before. New animation-based reactions create big moments at any point in the game, and allow players to open up more turnover opportunities with bigger checks. For those that like to get physical, players can now break the glass and send their opponent to the bench.

Another major addition to the game is cross-play, but like all sports games these days there is a big restriction, it will only work across generations. So those on PlayStation 5 can’t play with those on Xbox One or PlayStation 4, only Xbox Series X|S.

More details about the games new features can be found on the games official site.

Pre-orders for the game can be placed now, with the game having a standard edition and a deluxe offering on all consoles.