Seattle's NHL team, the 32nd franchise in the league, received its name today. The Seattle Kraken won't play until the 2021-22 season, but we don't know if EA will add the new team to NHL 21 before it launches on October 16. We've reached out to the developer to find out.
A legend from the deep awakens.
— Seattle Kraken (@NHLSeattle_) July 23, 2020
Meet the Seattle Kraken → https://t.co/to5BtVVPh1 pic.twitter.com/FQfOdaiGQQ
EA has already said that they've had to adjust their development timeline due to the pandemic. The franchise's regular September release window was pushed back a month after the studio "had to make major adjustments in developing the game from home" according to a blog post on the official NHL site.
"This transition has been very successful and we’re happy to say that the game is on track and feature-complete against our original vision," the post continued. "We just need a few extra weeks to do the polish, fine tuning and bug fixing."
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