AMD Athlon X2 2.8 GHz or higher; Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or higher
AMD Six-Core CPU; Intel Quad-Core CPU
RAM
4GB or more
8GB
OS
Windows Vista 32-Bit with Service Pack 2 and the KB971512 platform update
Windows 8 64-bit
Graphics Card
AMD Radeon 3870 or higher; NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher
AMD Radeon 7870 or higher; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or higher; Graphics Memory: 3GB
HDD Space
6GB
6GB
Game Analysis
NHL 12 is an ice hockey video game developed by EA Canada and published by EA Sports. The game was released between September 8–13, 2011, in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and North America. The game was featured in the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Steven Stamkos was announced as the game's cover athlete on June 22, 2011, at the NHL Awards Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the first time since NHL 2004, the cover athlete (Stamkos) is the same for all of the regions that NHL 12 was released in. The game notably includes more interactive goalies (i.e. players can have real contact with the goalies and vice versa, and the goalies and skaters may fight each other), better physics engine, improved Be a Pro mode, and the ability to play the 2011 NHL Winter Classic.Along with several other new EA Sports titles, NHL 12 was made available three days prior the official release dates to purchasers of the EA Sports Season Ticket, a new digital program allowing users with a PlayStation