NHL 13: 1 Game of the Year award

No: NHL 13 collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2012 and finished No. 22; the season went to The Walking Dead: The Game with 75. Spike Video Game Awards named The Walking Dead: The Game its Game of the Year.

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.

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NHL 13 finished #22 in the 2012 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

1Total awards
1Media outlets
0Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2012 season: The Walking Dead: The Game (75), Journey (58), Far Cry 3 (53), Hitman: Absolution (1), Spec Ops: The Line (1), The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did NHL 13 win?

NHL 13 won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2012 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did NHL 13 win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 22 in 2012, behind The Walking Dead: The Game, which collected 75 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released11 September 2012
DeveloperEA Vancouver
PublisherEA Sports

ice hockey video game
X-BOX 360
PlayStation 3

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
FactPile	United States	2012

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Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.