Powered by Frostbite™, EA SPORTS™ NHL® 22 on PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X|S gets the superstar treatment.  For the first time ever, experience EA SPORTS NHL on one of the industry's most powerful game engines bringing unrivaled visual detail to every hit, deke and shot.  Superstar X-Factors lets you feel the personality and power of NHL superstars with an all-new ability system that unlocks the unique skills of the league's most elite players.  Authentic to real player skill and style, the stars of the NHL truly come to life in EA SPORTS NHL 22 making their time on ice more influential than ever . From HUT to World of Chel, Superstar X-Factors brings new class based strategy to every game mode.  EA SPORTS NHL 22 is an all new game for a new generation, giving you more ways to play and compete than ever before.  This is breakthrough hockey.   FROSTBITE ENGINE For the first time ever, the legendary Frostbite™ engine comes to EA SPORTS NHL® 22.  Bringing massive visual upgrades to both current and next generation console games alike, NHL 22 is one of the biggest leaps forward in graphics in franchise history.  From overhauled player likeness and cloth animations that bring players to life to dynamic lighting creating truly immersive game environments, there is improvement everywhere you look.      Visual Improvements  Across all game versions, Frostbite delivers huge visual upgrades that dramatically enhance realism. From overhauled player likenesses and all new eye animations that track and react to the action around them, the superstars of the NHL have never felt more alive. Everywhere you look, players can expect upgrades including: Overhauled Player Likeness: Over 100 star players and generic player head models have been totally rebuilt from the ground up to reflect the current season and bring more detail to your favorite players. Uniform Improvements: micro-detail on fabrics and component branding for patches/logos is delivered in higher resolution making every stitch visible. All done without impacting performance, memory and disc utilization. Hair shader upgrade across all players: borrowing hair shader technology from the EA SPORTS FIFA franchise, players have performant hair that lights more realistically. Eye Animations (PA2 Procedural Awareness): players are now more expressive than ever before as PA2 technology breathes new life into them with reactive eye movement. Players' eyes track to take notice of primary events happening around them (ex. Looking for a pass) as well as secondary glances at nearby targets (ex. Opposing players). Improved Skin shading: new skin rendering combined with improvements in lighting adds more realism to player faces than ever. Cloth Animation: as players move, so do their uniforms. New animations add physics to cloth materials that react accurately in response to player movements.   Exclusive to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S game versions, upgrades include: Micro Detail on Gear: enhanced detail across kits and equipment gives lifelike texture to every fabric and stitch when the camera gets up close and personal. Micro Detail on Environments: enhanced detail on environments that adds more texture to surfaces and micro shadows against each light source. Enhanced Cloth Simulation: cloth on goalie & player pants and jerseys respond to player movements and environment. Cloth Simulation on Secondary Characters: coaches and referees receive more detailed cloth simulation. Facial Animation: adds realism to facial expressions that now crackle with life with more detailed expressions that react to the environment around them. Dynamic Lighting: featured on all environments and characters in gameplay, new dynamic lighting adds realistic texture and depth to the experience. Enhanced effects including improved skate spray: The smoke has more detail that works more accurately with the lighting, the skate spray will be able to hit the lens. Net cam, penalty box cam, board cam, and rail cam each have customized light glares, as well as screen smudges that react to lighting.     Stick Physics: game physics get an upgrade with new physically-true stick interactions that result in: Battles for the puck that are fair and based on skill Stick-on-body contact that results in more accurate penalty calls in key moments like poke-checks. More realistic movement along the boards without sticks poking through geometry   Augmented Reality: key game stats and information are projected directly onto environmental surfaces in the game through an augmented reality-like visual package that seamlessly blends info with action. Bringing more information directly into the game lets you better manage your strategy by staying on top of vital stats in real time without pausing out to the game menu to search for them.    New X-Factor Animations: all new player animations exclusive to Superstar X-Factor abilities add more dynamic action on ice during key moments like Pickups, Deflections, Protect...