At EA's Gamescom press conference, the publisher revealed that a demo of the next iteration of its massively popular NHL series will be hitting consoles worldwide August 26.

Back in June, general manager of EA Sports NHL Dean Richards described NHL 15 as "the start of a new era for the award-winning NHL video game franchise... from the way players look and move on the ice, to the unrivaled electricity of the in-arena experience, to the sights and sounds of an all-new broadcast team, NHL 15 brings the game we love to life in ways that were never possible before."NHL 15 will come out on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One September 9 in North America and September 12 in Europe.

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