Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a 2004 racing video game developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts. It is the eighth installment in the Need for Speed series and the direct sequel to Need for Speed: Underground. It was developed for Microsoft Windows GameCube PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS versions were developed by Pocketeers and a PlayStation Portable version titled Need for Speed: Underground Rivals was developed by Team Fusion. Another version for mobile phones was also developed. Like its predecessor it was also commercially successful selling around 11 million copies worldwide and breaking sales records in the United Kingdom.