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NHL 13

NHL 13 is an ice hockey video game developed by EA Canada published by EA Sports. It is the 22nd installment of the NHL series and was released on September 11, 2012 in North America, Europe as well as…

84 11 September 2012

NHL 13 is a simulator developed by EA Canada, released 11 September 2012 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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What NHL 13 is

NHL 13 is a simulator game developed by EA Canada and released in 2012. It was published by EA Sports. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The premise, in the publisher's words

NHL 13 is an ice hockey video game developed by EA Canada published by EA Sports. It is the 22nd installment of the NHL series. The game was released on the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360, featuring Philadelphia Flyers forward Claude Giroux on the cover. The game was featured at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012, which took place between June 5–7, 2012. The demo of the game was released on August 21–22, 2012, at the Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Store.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the NHL series

NHL 13 is the 82nd of 111 entries we hold in the NHL series. It arrived a year after NHL 12. The next entry was NHL 14 in 2013. Its critic score of 84 is 10 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is NHL 09 at 90.

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How it was received

NHL 13 holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 83% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 14 points above the year average.

What it launched against

NHL 13 launched on 11 September 2012, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Borderlands 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition, Borderlands 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

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When did NHL 13 come out?
NHL 13 was released on 11 September 2012 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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