Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2010 is an arcade racing game developed by Criterion Games, EA Mobile and Exient Entertainment. It is the 16th title in the Need for Speed franchise and is the first since Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 to feature a police career mode.

The game was revealed with a trailer at the EA Presentation of the 2010 E3 conference in LA on June 14th. A gameplay demonstration was given by creative director Craig Sullivan playing the role of a cop and producer Matt Webster playing the role of a racer.

This is also the first title in the series to also have officially licensed cars as traffic vehicles in the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC releases. The game was released on November 16th 2010 in North America, November 18th 2010 in Australia, November 19th 2010 in Europe and December 9th 2010 in Japan. It was released for the PC (except in Asia and Japan), PS3, Xbox 360, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Mobile Phone and Wii.

The PS3, Xbox 360, PC and iOS releases were developed by Criterion Games whilst the Wii version was developed by Exient Entertainment and the Mobile Phone version was developed by EA Mobile. The Xbox 360 release offered a Dodge Viper SRT-10, Porsche Cayman S and Porsche Panamera Turbo as DLC cars available for the racers as part of a promotional offer from Dr. Pepper.

The Wii version's gameplay is similar to Need for Speed: Nitro and has new modes including "Rush Hour" mode which sees players racing against 99 other racers.