ICE-Q

ICE-Q is true hockey intelligence

A trio of new features gives players more control over the action than ever before, a major upgrade to the reliability and accuracy of CPU players, and a massive new animation set that makes gameplay a more seamless and realistic experience.

NHL 25 Gameplay Deep Dive
Screenshot detailing NHL 25's Next-Gen Vision Control and on-ice evolution.

Next-Gen Vision Control

An on-ice evolution that provides fresh abilities, improvements, and a user-initiated skating mode that ups the responsiveness, explosiveness, and expression on the ice for human and AI players alike.

Screenshot of NHL 25's Empowered AI player system that heightens CPU skaters’ awareness of other players and positioning on the ice.

Empowered AI

A completely overhauled AI player system heightens CPU skaters’ awareness of other players and positioning on the ice, giving them more fluid and helpful reads to execute in a true-to-life fashion, keeping your tactics in motion during high-paced action.

Screenshot detailing NHL 25's Reactive Actions that make skaters more responsive in critical situations.

Reactive Actions

A series of brand-new animations make skaters more responsive in critical situations, giving them more urgency and, ultimately, more reliability during plays.

Screenshot of NHL 25's Skill-based one-timers that create true gameplay tension.

Skill Based One-timers

Read the attacking zone, find an open teammate, and be rewarded with a deadly one-timer you can see, feel, and hear. Skill Based One-Timers create true gameplay tension as offensive excitement and expectation mix with defensive concern and anticipation.