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History of Skates

EA SPORTS NHL 13 has announced its redesigned skating engine called True Performance Skating.  This engine was built from the ground up entirely for NHL 13. While we were revolutionizing skating in our game, we started thinking about what transformation skating has taken in the actual game of hockey.
59 Views • 1 Comments • Posted by on May 25, 2012

Pre-Order the NHL®13 Stanley Cup® Collector’s Edition Today!

There is no prize coveted more in hockey than the Stanley Cup.  For players, hoisting the cup over their head is the ultimate achievement.  For fans, watching their team win the Stanley Cup is the ultimate glory.  While there’s no feeling quite as amazing as winning the real thing, for the past twenty-two years EA SPORTS™ has been giving fans a chance to bring that glory to their team in their own living rooms.
2369 Views • 4 Comments • Posted by on May 24, 2012

Giroux Faces Malkin, Tavares Meets Rinne in the Semifinals!

  The semifinals matchups for the EA SPORTS NHL®13 Cover Vote, sponsored by BlackBerry®, will be Philadelphia Flyers forward Claude Giroux versus Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin and New York Islanders forward John Tavares against Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne.  The winner of the cover vote campaign will be unveiled as the EA SPORTS NHL® 13 Cover Athlete at the 2012 NHL Awards™ on June 20 at the Wynn Las Vegas (7pm ET on NBC Sports Network in the U.S. and CBC in Canada).
379 Views • 7 Comments • Posted by on May 24, 2012

NHL 13 Developer Profile

For Gameplay, I handle any of the core gameplay experiences, so that mostly means the twitch game that is played on ice.  So that includes anything from offense to defense and goalies, both from a control and AI standpoint.  Although I am not responsible for setting player attributes in the database, I work with our software engineers to look at how those attributes effect Gameplay and what causes our players to make the decisions they make on ice so that we get a balanced and realistic experience.
516 Views • 2 Comments • Posted by on May 23, 2012

NHL 13 Announcement

While the rest of the hockey loving world has had its attention on the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, the team here at EA SPORTS Canada in Burnaby has been focusing on trying to bring more of the excitement of the game that we all love from the rink to your home (while sneaking in some moments to watch some great playoff hockey).
2385 Views • 71 Comments • Posted by on May 18, 2012

NHL 13 is changing the game!

EA SPORTS NHL® 13 is introducing the biggest change to the franchise since the the Skill Stick in NHL® 07. Headlined by all-new True Performance Skating, and supported by an innovative new A.I. system dubbed EA SPORTS Hockey I.Q., NHL 13 will deliver a revamped gameplay experience that accurately captures the speed, creativity and strategy of NHL hockey.
2456 Views • 32 Comments • Posted by on May 18, 2012
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