Midway® Sports(TM), the sports brand of leading software industry publisher and developer Midway Games Inc announced today that NHL® Hitz(TM) 20-02 will ship tomorrow for the Xbox(TM) videogame system from Microsoft. NHL® Hitz 20-02 shipped for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system on September 25 and is scheduled to ship on November 13 for the Nintendo GameCube(TM). ``We are honored to have the only hockey videogame available for the Xbox videogame system at launch,'' said Helene Sheeler, vice president of marketing, Midway. ``NHL Hitz 20-02 has changed the hockey videogame category, with its delivery of the most intense and exciting aspects of hockey every time you play.''
Developed by the accomplished hockey development team Black Box Games, Ltd., NHL® Hitz 20-02 is the only videogame with larger-than-life, adrenaline hockey, big hits, rocket goals and exciting gameplay. Officially licensed by the NHL® and the NHLPA with real NHL® teams and athletes, NHL® Hitz 20-02 features 3-on-3 (plus goalies), lightning-fast gameplay, play-by-play commentary and a never-before-seen interactive 3D crowd. The crowd will do the wave, react to the action and increase and decrease in size between periods depending on the importance of the game and the score. Gamers will definitely feel the burn of a 125MPH slap shot as the frenzied fans heckle them from the bleachers.
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