Eastside Hockey Manager (EHM) has just come out of Early Access on Steam and is now available in full version.
EHM offers fans the most realistic, immersive and detailed hockey team management simulation available today, giving you the opportunity to manage a local or national hockey club in a top nation of your choice.
EHM offers you complete control over your team: you decide who to recruit and who to sell. Your goal is to assemble the best group of coaches possible and then employ a head coach to guide your team or take charge personally. Whatever you choose, the top-down 2D engine will allow you to watch your matches live or watch highlights.
To mark its exit from early access, EHM sports some new features and various improvements such as: a greater number of leagues and cups available, the integration of the Steam Workshop, the addition of additional screen resolutions or even an option multiplayer to allow more than 30 players to compete. But many other improvements are also present.
Eastside Hockey Manager – Main Features
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Dynamic 2D engine
Follow your matches or those of your opponents thanks to the "top-down" 2D engine which has exceptional physical management of models (such as shot blocking or puck deflection) as well as realistic artificial intelligence. The game even has a zoom for players who would like to see the action in detail. -
Realistic contemporary world
A detailed world awaits you. There you will be able to manage and train your players in more than 30 leagues and cups around the world, each recreated in its most recent version. -
Multiplayer mode
30 players can compete online in a shared world. -
Steam Workshop Integration
EHM supports user-created content (like database or graphics modifications) through Steam Workshop integration. -
Complete player management
You have complete control over your team composition and player management, whether it's discovering potential recruits, recruiting promising players or trading them with other teams. -
Complete personnel management
You have complete control over the personnel surrounding your team, whether that means employing coaches, recruiters or physiotherapists. -
Full Tactical Control
Coaches can get the best out of their players by employing detailed tactics that can be set up for the entire team, a group of players or even a single player. -
Realistic Negotiations
Managers can judge the interest in proposed offers by studying their counterpart and consulting their own assistant. Each team has its own needs and some are willing to get rid of very good players to get a veteran on their team and benefit from his prestige while others will prefer to put the veterans with high salaries aside to take advantage of young, motivated recruits and less expensive. -
Intuitive user interface
The centralized navigation bar makes management easier and more intuitive. Additionally, key commands are directly incorporated into the main menu bar. -
Improved Player Progression
Players develop their skills and age naturally. Young players appear in juniors and older players retire or move to off-field positions. In addition, the progression of player characteristics according to their role makes their progress more varied and more realistic. -
Managers without borders
EHM allows you to manage international teams (including the U20s) in the biggest tournaments as well as during many smaller competitions. -
Database Import
The database format makes it easy to import custom or historical player lists (including those from previous versions of EHM). -
And much more...
Like a detailed representation of player contracts, salary caps and player budgets; an overview of each nation which allows you to spot at a glance the biggest leagues, teams and players from the different countries; profiles for each player or employee; the possibility of starting a game with a fantasy team; participate in an all-star game with varied competitions as well as many other possibilities.
