NHL 2K

E388053

sports video game series video game series

NHL 2K is an ice hockey video game series known for its realistic simulation gameplay and was a prominent competitor to EA Sports' NHL franchise.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
NHL 2K (2014 mobile game)	2
NHL 2K2	2
ESPN NHL 2K5	1
NHL 2K canonical	1
NHL 2K (1999 video game)	1
NHL 2K10	1
NHL 2K11	1
NHL 2K3	1
NHL 2K6	1
NHL 2K7	1
NHL 2K8	1
NHL 2K9	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3778098 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NHL 2K
Context triple: [Sega Sports, notableFranchisePublished, NHL 2K]

A. NBA 2K
NBA 2K is a long-running basketball video game series that simulates the NBA with realistic gameplay, teams, and players.
B. Modo Hockey
Modo Hockey is a professional Swedish ice hockey club from Örnsköldsvik, known for its strong youth development and producing numerous NHL players.
C. NBA Live
NBA Live is a basketball video game series developed and published by EA Sports that simulates National Basketball Association gameplay.
D. NHL
NHL is the common abbreviation for National Historic Landmark, a designation given by the U.S. government to places of exceptional historical significance.
E. NBA 2K League Studio
The NBA 2K League Studio is a dedicated esports arena where official NBA 2K League games are produced and played in a professional broadcast environment.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NHL 2K
Target entity description: NHL 2K is an ice hockey video game series known for its realistic simulation gameplay and was a prominent competitor to EA Sports' NHL franchise.

A. NBA 2K
NBA 2K is a long-running basketball video game series that simulates the NBA with realistic gameplay, teams, and players.
B. Modo Hockey
Modo Hockey is a professional Swedish ice hockey club from Örnsköldsvik, known for its strong youth development and producing numerous NHL players.
C. NBA Live
NBA Live is a basketball video game series developed and published by EA Sports that simulates National Basketball Association gameplay.
D. NHL
NHL is the common abbreviation for National Historic Landmark, a designation given by the U.S. government to places of exceptional historical significance.
E. NBA 2K League Studio
The NBA 2K League Studio is a dedicated esports arena where official NBA 2K League games are produced and played in a professional broadcast environment.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	sports video game series ⓘ video game series ⓘ
basedOn	National Hockey League ⓘ
competesWith	NHL series ⓘ surface form: NHL (EA Sports video game series)
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developer	Visual Concepts ⓘ
firstReleaseInSeries	NHL 2K self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NHL 2K (1999 video game)
gameEngine	Visual Concepts in-house engine ⓘ
genre	ice hockey simulation ⓘ sports ⓘ
hasPart	NHL 2K self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ESPN NHL 2K5 ESPN NHL coverage ⓘ surface form: ESPN NHL Hockey NHL 2K self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NHL 2K (2014 mobile game) NHL 2K self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NHL 2K10 NHL 2K self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NHL 2K11 NHL 2K self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NHL 2K2 NHL 2K self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NHL 2K3 NHL 2K self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NHL 2K6 NHL 2K self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NHL 2K7 NHL 2K self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NHL 2K8 NHL 2K self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NHL 2K9
latestReleaseInSeries	NHL 2K self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NHL 2K (2014 mobile game)
licensing	official NHL players ⓘ official NHL teams ⓘ
mainSubject	ice hockey ⓘ
notableFeature	realistic simulation gameplay ⓘ
notableFor	being a major competitor to EA Sports NHL series in the 2000s ⓘ
notableMechanic	realistic physics-based puck handling ⓘ strategic team management ⓘ
notableMode	franchise mode ⓘ online multiplayer ⓘ
peakPopularityPeriod	early 2000s ⓘ
platform	Android ⓘ Dreamcast ⓘ Nintendo GameCube ⓘ surface form: GameCube PlayStation 2 ⓘ Sony PlayStation 3 ⓘ surface form: PlayStation 3 Nintendo Wii ⓘ surface form: Wii Xbox ⓘ Xbox 360 ⓘ iOS ⓘ
publisher	Sega ⓘ
status	dormant franchise ⓘ
supports	multiplayer ⓘ single-player ⓘ
typicalPerspective	third-person ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sega Sports → notableFranchisePublished → NHL 2K ⓘ

Sega Sports → notableTitlePublished → NHL 2K ⓘ

this entity surface form: NHL 2K2

NHL 2K → firstReleaseInSeries → NHL 2K self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: NHL 2K (1999 video game)

NHL 2K → latestReleaseInSeries → NHL 2K self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: NHL 2K (2014 mobile game)