Electronic Arts has finally given an official announcement concerning the latest entry in the Need for Speed series, which will come with the suffix Undercover. I suppose this racing franchise has come a long way back from the days of bitmap graphics to full blown 3D cars that make these luxury and exotic vehicles all the more desirable. Need for Speed: Undercover will be arriving at all good game stores near you this November 18th, and as with most of the other newer Need for Speed titles, it will make its way across most platforms – including the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC so that nobody feels left out. No prizes for guessing which version has the best graphics!

This time round, you will have to go undercover in order to infiltrate an underground racing scene (hmmm, sounds real familiar, no? Ah well, if the formula works, who am I to say that the wheel needs to be reinvented?) that somehow or rather has a connection to an international crime scenes. Makes me wonder whether baddies always have such high profile hobbies. Can’t they just stick to gardening or stamp collecting? In order to make the game more realistic, Electronic Arts has enlisted the help of actress Maggie Q to play the role of Chase Linh, the one who oversees the entire undercover operation.

No idea on what the pricing will be, but you can be sure that it will be competitively tagged alongside other premium titles for each platform. Hopefully the 16 months it took to come up with this game will be reflected in the gaming experience itself.

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