Posted August 2nd at 4:00pm.

The NHL®18 Beta is now open to all players on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 until August 8, 2017. This will be your only chance to experience NHL®18 before it hits stores September 15th, 2017.* Play on PlayStation 4 Play on Xbox One *REGISTRATION DOES NOT GUARANTEE ACCESS TO THE BETA. REQUIRES PERSISTENT INTERNET CONNETION, EA ACCOUNT, ACCEPTANCE OF (I) BETA AGREEMENT, AND (II) PRIVACY & COOKIE POLICY, AND A XBOX LIVE GOLD OR PLAYSTATION PLUS MEMBERSHIP (BOTH SOLD SEPARATELY). MUST BE 18+. GAMEPLAY PROGRESS, ACHIEVEMENTS, CHARACTERS, CHARACTER DATA, AND/OR ANY OTHER VALUE OR STATUS INDICATORS ACHIEVED IN THE BETA WILL NOT TRANSFER TO NHL 18 MAIN GAME. BETA IS PRE-RELEASE SOFTWARE, MAY CONTAIN ERRORS/DEFECTS AND IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OF IMPLIED WARRANTY. Modes In The NHL® 18 Beta EA SPORTS HOCKEY LEAGUE

Lace up your skates and jump into 3-on-3 and experience the speed, skill and creativity of the today's NHL. Bringing authentic NHL 3-on-3 overtime to EA SPORTS Hockey League, you can now choose to play 3-on-3 full matches, opening up more ice for you and your teammates to get creative, pull off big plays, and showcase brand new skill moves. With more space to attack - and to make mistakes - 3-on-3 EASHL is higher stakes with more competition and skills. Whether you're playing in the new 3-on-3 format or the traditional 6-on-6 matches, you'll earn experience to unlock items for your skater and/or club to customize your player, team or home rink. NHL THREES

Jump in and experience EA SPORTS™ NHL® THREES, an all-new 3-on-3 hockey experience with bigger hits, faster action, bigger plays, beautiful dangles and more goals. Inspired by fun, pick-up-and-play arcade sports games, NHL® THREES is all action with no offsides, no icing and every penalty sends you straight to center-ice for a penalty shot and the chance to earn a crucial goal. You'll have to wait until NHL® 18 launches to play the THREES Campaign, but you won't want to miss playing NHL® THREES versus any way you want to in the NHL® 18 Beta, online or offline, co-op or competitive. ONLINE VERSUS