EA SPORTS will announce the cover athlete for NHL 26 on Aug. 4, the company said in a release Friday.
EA SPORTS NHL changed all of their profile photos and banners on social media to a generic NHL 26 logo, finally acknowledging the games existence, as well as a standard and limited edition version of the game.
With Season 8 set begin in NHL 25 on it will be interesting to see if there are any tie-ins with NHL 26.
Appears August 4th is the @EASPORTSNHL 26 cover reveal! pic.twitter.com/M8dBfpcEj2
— Cam / NoSleeves (@NoSleevesGaming) August 1, 2025
In a recent earnings call and in the Events and Presentations tab on the EA website NHL 26 is schedule to release in Q2 before EA FC 26. It was recently announce EA FC will be released Sept. 26, meaning NHL will likely release early to mid September.
Comment below you think the cover athlete will be. The Hughes brothers were revealed to be the NHL 25 cover athletes in a leaked trailed on Aug. 19, 2024.
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