Publisher Electronic Arts regularly closes the servers of its “outdated” sports simulators. In particular, in April of this year, EA will close the servers of Madden NFL 20. And now it has become known that the servers of the NHL 20 game will also be closed this year.
The NHL 20 hockey simulator servers are scheduled to close on September 16, 2024. Until then, players can continue to play online and earn multiplayer achievements. As noted by the Trueachievements portal, NHL 20 on Xbox has 22 achievements that can only be obtained in multiplayer. However, a few years ago, the ability to earn 3 of these achievements, which are awarded in Hockey Ultimate Team in NHL 20, was discontinued.
To play NHL 20 now, it must be in your project library – digital or physical. You won't be able to buy the game in the Microsoft Store, nor is it available with an EA Play subscription.