'Not my William Nylander': EA's NHL 27 face scans go viral for all the wrong reasons

Scans including Maple Leafs stars William Nylander, Auston Matthews and John Tavares have been criticized by video game players. See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. EA Sports is a billion-dollar company that has been producing a wide variety of video games for more than three decades with a famous slogan of 'It's in the game.' 'Not my William Nylander': EA's NHL 27 face scans go viral for all the wrong reasons Article content However, one thing that seemingly isn't 'in the game' for the company's latest NHL release has many fans upset: Realistic player face scans. With NHL 27 becoming available to play late last week and the full release coming on Friday, players have taken to social media, sharing screenshots of some of hockey's biggest stars — and what they actually look like in real life. While there are a few stars that look similar enough to their virtual counterparts — Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Quinn Hughes, to name a few — many others are either way off and a few are even nightmare-inducing. tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Play Video 'None of these players are real. They can't hurt you,' one user joked in reply to a Reddit post highlighting some of the images. 'Their eyes all seem way too close together,' another user commented, to which another replied: 'Except for Cole Caufield, whose eyes look like they can't run fast enough away from each other.'