<s>
NHL	B-Application
2K	I-Application
was	O
an	O
ice	B-Application
hockey	I-Application
video	O
game	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Virtuos	O
in	O
association	O
with	O
Visual	O
Concepts	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
2K	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
12th	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
NHL	B-Application
2K	I-Application
series	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
since	O
2010	O
's	O
NHL	B-Device
2K11	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
on	O
September	O
17	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
NHL	B-Application
2K	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
released	O
exclusively	O
on	O
mobile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Snyder	O
,	O
vice	O
president	O
of	O
marketing	O
at	O
2K	O
Sports	O
,	O
viewed	O
the	O
brand	O
revival	O
on	O
those	O
platforms	O
as	O
building	O
on	O
the	O
success	O
seen	O
by	O
NHL	B-Device
2K11	I-Device
's	O
mobile	O
release	O
,	O
while	O
simultaneously	O
targeting	O
an	O
underserved	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
confirmed	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
currently	O
no	O
plans	O
to	O
release	O
new	O
NHL	B-Application
2K	I-Application
games	O
on	O
home	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NHL	B-Application
2K	I-Application
was	O
taken	O
off	O
of	O
the	O
App	O
Store	O
and	O
Google	O
Play	O
in	O
mid-2016	O
after	O
two	O
years	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anaheim	O
Ducks	O
forward	O
Ryan	O
Kesler	O
is	O
the	O
cover	O
athlete	O
for	O
NHL	B-Application
2K	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
also	O
on	O
the	O
cover	O
of	O
NHL	B-Device
2K11	I-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
friend	O
of	O
the	O
brand	O
that	O
helped	O
out	O
with	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
introduced	O
an	O
all-new	O
"	O
MyCareer	O
"	O
mode	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
NBA	B-Application
2K	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
live	O
roster	O
updates	O
,	O
controllers	O
,	O
GameCenter	B-Operating_System
connectivity	O
and	O
iCloud	B-Application
also	O
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
