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NHL 07 demo skates on to 360?

Electronic Arts' official blog for the game says the playable trial version of its pucks game is already up on the Marketplace; Marketplace disagrees.

It's like a game of he said, she said, only "he" is Electronic Arts' official Web site for NHL 07, and "she" is all evidence to the contrary. The official site was updated Monday with the following note:

NHL 07 is right around the corner but why wait? The Xbox 360 playable demo is live on the 360 Marketplace now! Fire up your Xbox 360 and download the NHL 07 demo before it's available in stores.

The only catch is that the demo wasn't up on the Marketplace as of press time.

This is not the first time the Xbox Live Marketplace wires have been crossed. In late June, when a demo for the 360 shooter Prey was late in arriving, Xbox Live director of programming Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb wrote on his blog that he cringes when developers or publishers promise to have Marketplace content available by a certain date.

"[G]etting a game through the certification process is very complex," Hryb said, "and often those promising the content by a certain date are not fully aware of all the pieces involved in bringing content to the Marketplace...and then when the content does not appear, well you know what happens."

65 Comments

  • jperc

    Posted Sep 7, 2006 10:17 pm GMT

    WOW! gotta say i'm impressed. The shootout is too addictive! First year since NHL 98 I'm gonna own an EA hockey game.

  • jummysuts

    Posted Sep 7, 2006 2:13 pm GMT

    YAY ITS OUT!!!!!!

  • prov11

    Posted Sep 7, 2006 8:52 am GMT

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, you know the rest... Demo is out on marketplace.

  • Flyers_89

    Posted Sep 4, 2006 11:09 am GMT

    Ohhh... at last it comes....hope it shows up by tomorrow

  • prov11

    Posted Aug 31, 2006 11:25 pm GMT

    http://forums.ea.com/mboards/ann.jspa?sls=2&annID=280 Hooray! Good news.

  • prov11

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 10:45 pm GMT

    Actually, our computer chair is on the fritz so I am sitting in a camping chair... Still nothing, it seems that EA is trying to hold us over by releasing new screens every day. I say whatever, anything NHL is good right now.

  • monkeeman07

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 10:15 pm GMT

    if you are someone who is freaking out about the demo not being out, and anyone willing to pay exorbanant amounts of money to play the game, you need to just sit back in your computer chair and take a deep breath.

  • prov11

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 6:10 pm GMT

    Of course it really isn't Ea's fault... Bloody Microsoft cetification to the extreme ...*incoherent mumbling*.... Still no demo...

  • prov11

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 10:54 am GMT

    Grr, it's 10:54 on a Wednesday morning and still no demo. Blast ye EA!

  • jummysuts

    Posted Aug 28, 2006 9:45 pm GMT

    fo sho, 2k6 is realistic and mildly fun but 06 for ps2 is straight up intense and fun

  • aliens33

    Posted Aug 28, 2006 12:38 pm GMT

    i agree with you jummysuts but the best hockey game are always made by ea wathever .

  • jummysuts

    Posted Aug 27, 2006 9:15 pm GMT

    id rather play nhl 06 for ps2 rather than nhl 2k6 for xbox 360, sooo much better

  • aliens33

    Posted Aug 27, 2006 1:32 am GMT

    please i need a little something. at least , a 1080 i video .I would pay 200$ to get the game right now !

  • Worms_boy24

    Posted Aug 26, 2006 3:02 pm GMT

    I dunno when it gonna come out but please make this fast !!!!!!!!!!

  • dabulls23

    Posted Aug 26, 2006 1:06 am GMT

    does marketplace release demos during the weekend??

    if not im assuming will see it probably sometime next week...

  • aliens33

    Posted Aug 25, 2006 11:42 pm GMT

    i hope it will be there tomorow at least .I NEED THIS DEMO NOW !!!!!!

  • jummysuts

    Posted Aug 25, 2006 9:09 pm GMT

    so when is this demo supposed to come out then

  • jpgrant91

    Posted Aug 25, 2006 2:11 pm GMT

    the time of changes depending on what zone your in, it says he left it at 8am to me

  • jummysuts

    Posted Aug 25, 2006 10:28 am GMT

    as if that last guy posted that comment at 5 in the morning, thats dedication

  • Blitzburgh

    Posted Aug 25, 2006 4:59 am GMT

    Well it's Friday now, does anyone know when this is going to go up on the marketplace?

  • Garz97

    Posted Aug 23, 2006 3:22 pm GMT

    07 is gona trash 2k7

  • prov11

    Posted Aug 23, 2006 3:07 pm GMT

    It's 3:07 and still no demo on Live.

  • dfoz3

    Posted Aug 23, 2006 12:41 pm GMT

    Mmmmmmmmmmm demo....

  • sasuke55

    Posted Aug 23, 2006 10:37 am GMT

    They going demo crazy. Their spoiling us now when they dont' give us one people will go nuts.

  • jcloverboy

    Posted Aug 23, 2006 6:56 am GMT

    getting 2K7 instead but I would have loved a demo b4 the release date (could make me change my mind).

  • skitzocyko

    Posted Aug 23, 2006 6:42 am GMT

    figures

  • tribe81

    Posted Aug 23, 2006 2:56 am GMT

    once again thanks EA for crushing our hopes first madden 07 being crap, now this im over EA they have lost my dollars...

  • junglefish123

    Posted Aug 23, 2006 1:26 am GMT

    F*ck i bet their going to actually release it on friday, thats when the dead rising demo came out, and its usually like that demo friday, xbla on wendsdays etc. etc.

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Aug 23, 2006 12:26 am GMT

    I want the demo now

  • spoo_

    Posted Aug 23, 2006 12:07 am GMT

    "veracity024
    im prolly still gonna get 2k7 instead.... screw EA im sick of thier BS."

    If only I could play more then one game @ a time of NHL 2K6 without having to reset my console. Screw EA? Screw NHL 2K6 and the $60 price tag and not releasing a patch or letting me get any achievement points or playing a season because of the endless loading screen I got after every game. Think before you speak/post, if you are going to go on an anti-EA rant know your topic subject before sticking your foot in your mouth. I have never been so let down on a game purchase in my 21 years+ of gaming then I have been with NHL 2K6. First I paid $40 more for 2K6 on the 360 then I could of bought it on my PS2 with damn near the same visuals but only higher resolutions but it wouldn't even let me even play a season because of the endless loading screen after every game I ever played on NHL 2K6 for the 360. It wasn't my console because it is was the only game I have ever had problems with.

  • NnyCW

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 11:28 pm GMT

    Yeap, certification process...like releasing games with glitched achievements (Tiger Woods, Outpost Kaloki X), low bitrate/artifact ridden trailers (Just Cause is the latest example, not all suffer from this, but it's fairly common), DoA 4 and Wrestle Kingdom's save issues at their respective launches, framerate issues (Quake IV is horrendous) and patches that glitch up the game (PGR 3)

    Sure seems to me like they just get something and throw it on there...then hide behind an excuse of certification when it's not out right away.

    Now, before some random person calls me a troll, look at my profile, I've spent quite a bit of time on my 360 as my GamerCard shows.

  • Sydwynder

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 10:41 pm GMT

    who cares, just get it on there

  • hcjfilms

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 10:29 pm GMT

    i just dont understand why there is such a lack of communication between the two parties. What is so hard?

    And yes, we all know that 2K7 looks to be more of the same, so we'll be able to compare them and see if the new gameplay is superior to stuff we're used to.

    Gary Thorne is the damn icing on the cake!

  • jstarzyk

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 10:09 pm GMT

    I want the demo for it so I can compare it to 2k6...

  • HotTopFade

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 9:47 pm GMT

    I would like another NHL Hitz!!! Or atleast a 3 on 3 option.

  • nuck44

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 8:18 pm GMT

    NHL 07 is going to be the best hockey game ever made. For the first time we will have realistic physics and the puck trajectory is not pre-determined.

    Congrats to EA!

  • peeweeshift

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 8:08 pm GMT

    ah well i dont like ea hockey games. thats why i have my original xbox to play nhl hits

  • HyperMetaDragon

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 7:58 pm GMT

    It's too bad I can't speak bad on GameSpot. But you all knew what I was about to say about EA.

  • zsciaeount

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 7:42 pm GMT

    This may sound trite, but the fact that EA has Gary Thorne as a commentator is a real feather in their cap. I've purchased 2K for the past three years and was quite happy. But, with a monumental difference in presentation, and closure of the gap in gameplay, it's going to be a tough choice, and if there's enough decent gameplay, Gary Thorne may be the deciding factor.

  • aliens33

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 7:41 pm GMT

    Im sure that they wont put nhl 07 on marketplace untill they release texas holdem arcade game

  • eldanon

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 7:31 pm GMT

    Well I have been getting the 2k version of NHL for the last 3 years but heck, with a free demo, I'll give EA a chance to convince me.

  • tbolt_88

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 6:28 pm GMT

    so when is this demo being released?

  • arawk

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 6:21 pm GMT

    WHERE!! !AHHHHHHH!!!!!ONE111

  • veracity024

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 6:15 pm GMT

    im prolly still gonna get 2k7 instead.... screw EA im sick of thier BS.

  • Digital-Devil

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 6:05 pm GMT

    Looks better than Madden
    But dont trust EA at all

  • raregamer

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 6:05 pm GMT

    Cool can't wait to try it.

  • gskehans97

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 5:55 pm GMT

    I can't wait to play NHL07, It sounds great and i bet it is too!

  • Aaron_130

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 5:55 pm GMT

    there's no sign of the demo in UK anyways, i wanna check this game out, the dual analog stick control is compelling enough to check it out, even though i know nothing of NHL or Hockey.

    I saw that Sudden Death movie with Van Damme a few times though >_

  • kidkit

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 5:54 pm GMT

    EA updatead their website to remove any reference to this. So the press release is written, but when did they mean to post it... that's the question.

  • ryanisking

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 5:53 pm GMT

    I need a fix...this is killing me...

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