Madden NFL 13

Madden NFL 13 is an American football video game based on the National Football League, developed by EA Tiburon and published by EA Sports. The 24th installment of the Madden NFL series, the game was released in 2012 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, and iOS.

EA's Chief Creative Officer, Richard Hilleman, said that defense would receive various changes in mechanics and controls, one of the first known changes in the game.^[6] For the first time in the series, the game was officially released in Brazil, due to the explosive growth of the sport in the country.

This was the last Madden game to be released on the Wii, the first and only to be released on the Wii U and PlayStation Vita, and the final in the series to be available for non-mobile phone handhelds. It was the last Madden title available on a Nintendo console until Madden NFL 26 on the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2025.^[8] It was the first game of the series since Madden NFL 2002 to not feature EA Trax and instead only had instrumental music, which was met with criticism.

A 64-player fan vote tournament to determine the cover athlete began on March 7, 2012. The vote-in round matched up a pair of teammates from each of the 32 NFL teams, the winners of which were seeded in a 32-player bracket. The cover features Calvin Johnson of the Detroit Lions.

Madden NFL 13 is an American football video game based on the National Football League , developed by EA Tiburon and published by EA Sports . The twenty-fourth installment of the Madden NFL series , it was released in 2012 on PlayStation 3 , PlayStation Vita , Wii , Wii U , Xbox 360 and iOS .

Richard Hilleman, EA's Chief Creative Officer, said that defense would receive various changes in mechanics and controls, one of the first known changes in the game. ^[ 6 ] For the first time in the series, the game was officially released in Brazil, due to the explosive growth of the sport in the country. ^[ 7 ]

It was the last Madden game released on the Wii , the first and only one to be released on Wii U and PlayStation Vita , and the last in the series available on handheld consoles other than mobile phones. It was the last Madden title available on a Nintendo console until the release of Madden NFL 26 on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2025.  It was the first game in the series since Madden NFL 2002 not to feature EA Trax and instead offered only instrumental music, which drew criticism. 

A 64-player fan vote tournament began on March 7, 2012, to determine the cover athlete. In the first round, two teammates from each of the 32 NFL teams were pitted against each other. The winners of these duels were then ranked in a 32-player final bracket. The cover features Calvin Johnson of the Detroit Lions . tested