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| genre = Sports (ice hockey) | modes = Single-player, Multiplayer, Online multiplayer | platforms = }} ''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 Australia and New Zealand. 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 (E3 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. There was a vote deciding which player would be on the ''NHL 13'' cover. Anybody could vote on the player(s) they wished to see on the cover of the game. The vote started on March 29, 2012 with 60 NHL players in a single-elimination voting with two players in each match-up, and was closed on June 4, receiving over 25 million votes worldwide. On June 20, Claude Giroux was named the winner, over Pekka Rinne at the 2012 NHL Awards in Las Vegas. An exclusive "Stanley Cup Collector's Edition" was also released, apart from the actual ''NHL 13'' game. The Collector's Edition includes five random Hockey Ultimate Team (HUT) player packs from the two 2012 Stanley Cup Finals teams; a Gold Jumbo HUT pack including legend Wayne Gretzky; and a boost pack featuring the CCM RBZ stick. Just like in ''NHL 12'', Gary Thorne (play-by-play) and Bill Clement (color) provide commentary for ''NHL 13''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NHL Webcast )〕 This year, for the first time, two playable female characters, Hayley Wickenheiser and Angela Ruggiero have been added.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hayley Wickenheiser at The Morning Show )〕 In ''NHL 12'', users could create female characters, but there were no real-life players.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=How a 14-year-old girl made NHL video game history )〕 On September 20, Gamesindustry.biz reported that ''NHL 13'' had posted the best first week sales in the franchise's history.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NHL 13 sales up despite lockout )〕 == Cover == Claude Giroux, forward and, at the time, alternate captain of the Philadelphia Flyers, was named the official cover athlete of ''NHL 13'' on June 20, 2012.〔 The cover athlete was announced after a public vote which had been going on for over two months on the Internet.〔 Giroux became the first Philadelphia Flyer to appear on an EA Sports ''NHL'' video game cover since Eric Lindros in ''NHL 99'', as well as the first Philadelphia Flyer to appear on any ice hockey video game cover since Jeremy Roenick on ''ESPN NHL Hockey'' in 2003. With this, the Philadelphia Flyers have more cover athletes than any other team. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「NHL 13」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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