Need for Speed: Undercover is a 2008 racing video game and is the twelfth installment in the Need for Speed series. Developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts it was released on November 18 2008 for the PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Wii Microsoft Windows PlayStation Portable Nintendo DS and a number of mobile phone platforms. An edition of the game for iOS was later released on April 27 2009. The game sees players conducting illegal street races within the fictional Tri-City Area with the main mode's story focused on the player operating as an undercover police officer to investigate links between a criminal syndicate stolen cars and street racers.