It gained fame for being the first tuner culture game by EA that lets the player drive during daytime and to be chased by the police, as well as for its infamously cheesy storyline. The first Most Wanted was developed by then-main NFS developer EA Black Box and released on Novemfor Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, and Xbox 360, the last of which had this game as one of its launch titles. Need for Speed: Most Wanted is the name of two street Racing Games that are part the overall Need for Speed franchise published by Electronic Arts.