NHL 2K11 a 2010 Wii exclusive

If you’re a hockey video game fan, I hope you’re a Wii owner. Take-Two Interactive has announced that 2K Sports’ next entry in the NHL 2K series, NHL 2K11, will only be available on the Wii in 2010. It’s a surprising announcement, considering the NHL 2K series has been available on both the PS3 and Xbox 360 since NHL 2K7, and the series has been a PlayStation and Xbox staple since NHL 2K3.

The news isn’t terribly bleak, as there’s still hope for future, multiplatform releases of NHL 2K games. Take-Two has stated that the PS3 and Xbox 360 absence of an NHL 2K entry in 2010 is temporary while the company works on improving the series for those specific platforms. Hockey fans will just have to be a little patient while the wait for a possible 2011 entry in the series, and perhaps spend a little extra time with their consoles’ version of NHL 2K10.

The NHL 2K series has been around since 2000, and first appeared on the Dreamcast. Since then, it has appeared on the GameCube, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox and Xbox 360. NHL 2K11 will mark the first time an NHL 2K game has been released on a single platform since 2002, when NHL 2K2 was released on only the Dreamcast.

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