Guy Legend
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NHL, NHLPA announce multi-year license renewal agreements with EA and 2K Sports
NEW YORK/TORONTO -- The National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) and the National Hockey League (NHL) today announced that Electronic Arts (EA) and 2K Sports have agreed to non-exclusive, multi-year licensing extensions. EA and 2K Sports will continue to offer a full complement of NHL video games with rights for all current and next-generation consoles, including the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, PlayStation 3 (PS3) computer entertainment system, PSP (PlayStation.Portable) system, Xbox 360 and Xbox. video game and entertainment systems from Microsoft, PC, and Nintendo Wii.....
http://www.nhl.com/news/2006/06/275056.html
Great news. Competition in video games is a must. Most would agree that the quality of football games (Madden) has gone down since exclusivity began. The same could probably be said for baseball.
Glad to see that both the NHL and NHLPA get it.