NBA 2K13
With more than 5 million copies sold worldwide and more than 25 Sports Game of the Year awards won, NBA 2K12 was another monster release for the biggest NBA video game simulation franchise in the world. This…
NBA 2K13 is a simulator developed by Visual Concepts, released 2 October 2012 on Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Wii.
What NBA 2K13 is
NBA 2K13 is a simulator game developed by Visual Concepts and released in 2012. It was published by 2K Sports. It is available on Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
NBA 2K13 is a 2012 basketball video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K. It was released in October 2012 for Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Xbox 360. A version for the Wii U was also released as a launch title in North America, and in December for the PAL region. Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers, Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, and Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls are the cover athletes, and they are all shown in dunking positions. NBA 2K13 is the successor to NBA 2K12, succeeded by NBA 2K14 in the NBA 2K series and is the fourteenth installment in the 2K series. The game was executive produced by rapper…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the NBA series
NBA 2K13 is the 120th of 187 entries we hold in the NBA series. It arrived 12 months after NBA 2K12. The next entry was Top Trumps: NBA All Stars in 2012. Its critic score of 75 is 2 points above the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is NBA 2K11 at 92.
How it was received
NBA 2K13 holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 51% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 58 votes.
What it launched against
NBA 2K13 launched on 2 October 2012, within three weeks of Dishonored, Hotline Miami, Borderlands 2 and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Dishonored, Hotline Miami, Borderlands 2, XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for NBA 2K13 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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