Indie publisher Digerati and developer Loren Lemcke are thrilled to confirm the release dates for Super Blood Hockey on PS4 and Xbox One. The brutal arcade sports action will be available to download for PS4 on 4/5 June (NA/EU respectively), and 7 June on Xbox One.
After initially launching on Steam, where it has accrued a powerful 9/10 user rating, a Nintendo Switch version was released recently and subsequently welcomed with enthusiastic praise from critics. Nintendo Life called it “One of the best games representing the sport ever made” and Entertainment Buddha heralded it as “Everything a fan of retro hockey games could ask for.”
The console versions include an all-new Franchise Mode that puts players in the shoes of a corrupt coach as they recruit players from prison, utilize performance-enhancing drugs, pull the plug on injured teammates, and use other underhanded tactics to succeed.
“Super Blood Hockey is a love letter to the 8-bit and 16-bit ice hockey video games of my childhood, back when high action gameplay reigned supreme,” explains the game’s creator, Loren Lemcke. “Players can expect a modern reinterpretation of the classic arcade sports experience with the blood and violence dialled up to eleven.”