Next Gen NSX Makes its Way to GT5
Did all of you catch Acura's triple whammy yesterday? The RDX gets a cleaner design and ditches its turbo for a V6, the Civic matures into the all new ILX, and the 2nd generation NSX was announced. No one ever expected Honda/Acura to pull such an impressive 180 after such shortfalls of killing off the Integra/RSX, letting the RL stagnate for what seems like decades, and shoe horning a carrot peeler onto every Acura nose. Granted the NSX will feature a hybrid powertrain, but if "Earth Dreams" is as good as Honda has led on then we can expect a decent competitor to Nissan's GT-R or Lexus' LF-A. We can only look back and be somewhat relieved we didn't get the front engine, RWD, V10 batmobile. This concept keeps the mid engine, low slung look we all expect out of the NSX without compromising too much to price/packaging. Even more surprising is that Acura is confident in its Ohio team to develop and produce this car within the next 3 years. That's quite impressive and shows Honda/Acura means business with this NSX - tailored for us by us. So until we get to sit in one of these and dream of a exotic sports car lifestyle at an affordable budget, let's watch it virtually spin around the tracks of GT5! Pretty....
Mario Kart. For Reals.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you could go down to the local K1 for some Mario Kart racing and then maybe spend the rest of the evening laughing at the dude who lost the race cause of that damn blue shell? Wonder no more as this group of karting dudes created one of the coolest game fan videos this year so far. Check it!
GT5 Pre-Order Bonus Round
Gran Turismo 5 is slated to hit the PS3 on November 2nd and you thought you had it easy with putting up some hard earned cash for the Standard Edition or a little more on the Collector's Edition chock full of GT5 goodness. Well if it were only that simple: the major stores out there are out to get your hard earned cash by offering bonus DLC for your GT5 garage. There is always the possibility that these cars will become available to everyone later on, but if you can't wait to get your hands on Joey Logano's NASCAR you might want to pay attention where you are pre-ordering!
GAMESTOP - Standard/Collector's Edition. DLC Extra: McLaren F1 Stealth & Joey Logano's #20 NASCAR
BEST BUY - Standard/Collector's Edition. DLC Extra: Nissan GT-R GT500 Stealth
AMAZON - Standard/Collector's Edition. DLC Extra: Mercedes SLS AMG Stealth. Bonus: $1o Amazon Gift Card.
WALMART - Standard Edition. DLC Extra: Honda NSX GT500 Stealth. Bonus: $10 Walmart Gift Card.
TRU - Standard Edition. DLC Extra: ???
TARGET - Standard Editon. DLC Extra: ???
So 4 out of the 6 stealth models are being offered as pre-order DLC in America. Does that leave Target and TRU to fight over the Mazda 787B and the Audi R10 TDI? One can only hope.
Need For Speed World Beta
Just a friendly reminder for you NFS fans - the NFS World Beta has kicked off today!
Head on over to http://world.needforspeed.com to sign up and download the beta client and get ready for a mashup of the best from the NFS Series built into an MMO world. The beta release adds new locations and additional cars on top of the previous beta allotment. For the most part, you can game for free and check out the impressive visuals and standard NFS gameplay. It's when you hit around level 10 where you are encouraged to purchase a starter pack for $19.99 which will allow you to level higher than level 10, get an exclusive ride, Speed Boost, and gain VIP status. Fun right? You really can't go wrong with free for the first couple of levels - until you realize everyone is passing you up and leaving you in the dust. Then maybe its not so much fun anymore.
Shut It Pinky!
I love me some Mario Kart, but you got to love Activision's commercial for its latest racing game, Blur:
BTW - is the game any good? looks interesting, but looks like it can get old fast.
GT5…Dated…Pigs Fly.
After what seemed like an eternity, Gran Turismo has finally gotten it's release date: November 2nd. Announced at Sony's Press Conference at E3 2010, this will be just in time for my birthday 
*hint hint* I'll be expecting the collector's edition pre-order which includes the game, a 1:43 scale diecast of the 2009 Nissan GT-R Spec V, a 300+ page car guide, a keychain, and 5 DLC cars with special GT livery.
Street Fighter Legacy… the short film
If your old school, like Tanker and I, then you know about the Street Fighter video game series. I know there was once a movie put out about the classic game (a movie I would like to forget LOL), then a spin off with the Chun Li story, but this short film actually looks legit. I think it's the closest to the game so far. I can't wait to see it. Enjoy the trailer, then a behind the scenes look at the costume design for the movie.
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Awesome Pixel World…
The title says it all. Enjoy!
PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.
Uploaded by onemoreprod. - Independent web videos.
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Video Games. Don’t Bother Me.
Its been a busy week with things outside of Import Junkiez and hopefully as things start winding down with real life, we can get back to the regularly scheduled posts. Boss Lady came into town for a friend's wedding and that pretty much took up a lot of last week into today. So as I try to recover lets take a look at this clip from Game Trailers.
Oh God of War...did you come out today? I think its time to put Import Junkiez back on hiatus.
GT5 + NASCAR = zOMG! Want Now!
So, another trailer dropped for Gran Turismo 5 and this time it features the newest race series to the GT franchise: NASCAR. Are you excited for some left-turn racing? I am…unless I’m stuck simulating a 500 lap series just to get a license to move to the next level. Then I wouldn’t be happy - just dizzy from all that turning. Regardless though, this game needs to come out now…Dirt2 and NFS:Shift can only hold me over for so long.