Monday morning in Virgina, a 6-year-old kid misses his bus to school. What's a kid to do? He's about to be late! Well, obviously, take your family's car and get your tardy butt to the campus, of course! And that's just what the kid (name undisclosed, so we'll just call him "Lil Nicky" - you'll know why in a bit) did. Aren't kids just amazing these days? If they're not fighting battles in court to legalize hedgehogs, they're driving themselves to school.

*Update* CNN video included!

On May 8, the PlayStation Network will be releasing a demo of Race Driver: GRID. Now Codemasters has revealed that the demo contains three separate events to compete in. Check out the full article to find out what you can expect from the demo.

Empire Interactive is looking for talented individuals in the German city of Leipzig to join the company as designers, programmers, artists and producers in the quest for making the best and the most interesting game titles expected to grace next gen consoles such as the PS3, the Xbox 360 and the Wii within the next few years. They are opening their doors to people of all skill levels to try to find the best and the brightest who can help Empire in their effort to become the best game makers in the business, and are thus encouraging anyone who wants to work with them to try their luck.

Empire Interactive is an established name in the industry and has been in the business for 19 years, and have produced the games Flatout, Starsky & Hutch, Big Mutha Truckers, Starship Troopers, Ford Street Racing and Taito Legends.

If you think you've got what it takes to join their team, just email your resume to jobs@empire.co.uk or visit them at the Leipzig Games Convention Business Centre.

With more cars being announced for Test Drive Unlimited as the days go by, Electronic Arts are starting to fight back, this time by announcing the first 12 cars that will be featured in the upcoming game for the Xbox 360, PSP and PS3 Need For Speed: Carbon. Some of your favourites from Need For Speed: Most Wanted will appear; some unchanged, some with improvements as well as some brand spanking new metal to add to your garage. Here's the full list with the car opposite the specs:

BMW M3 GTR (2003)
Engine: 3.2 Liter 24v-I6
Max Horsepower: 350 BHP
Max Torque: 270 lb/ft
0-60 MPH: 4.9 seconds
Quarter-Mile: 13.3 seconds
Top Speed: 155 MPH

Daimler Mercedes-Benz CLK 500 (2005)
Engine: 5.0 Liter 24v-V8

Max Horsepower: 367 BHP
Max Torque: 376 lb/ft
0-60 MPH: 5.2 seconds
Quarter-Mile: 13.6 seconds
Top Speed: 155 MPH



The rest of the cool cars await after the jump!

While news of actress Emmanuelle Vaugier making an appearance in Need For Speed: Carbon has already been confirmed, an official list of the available cars in the game has yet to be released. We do have an unofficial list, though, and while this isn't final, a good number of these cars will be playable.

• Aston Martin DB9
• Aston Martin V12 Vanquish or Vanquish S (not confirmed)
• Chevrolet C6 Corvette (not confirmed)
• Dodge Challenger
• Dodge Charger (2007)
• Dodge Viper
• Ford Cobra (Shelby) (not confirmed)
• Ford Mustang (Shelby GT-500 2007)
• Ford Mustang WP (not confirmed)
• Lamborghini Gallardo
• Mazda3
• Mazda RX-7
• Mazda RX-8
• Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX
• Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII (not confirmed)
• Nissan 300ZX (not confirmed)
• Porsche Carrera WP
• Porsche Cayman S (not confirmed)
• Subaru Impreza WRX STI (2006)
• Toyota Supra (not confirmed)

Want more cars? Well, lucky day! It's screenshot time.

[edit]

Sorry for the confusion. Seems "Lancer" was mistranslated to "to throw", as was "Charger". "Carrera" became "to square" and even "or" was mistranslated to "gold". Thanks to darkz, drew4237, and wekilledbambi03 for pointing out the mistakes. Again, apologies.