The classic snowboarding game gets a fresh coating of powdery snow in the franchise reboot due in early 2012. In the new game, landing big tricks can even reshape the landscape.

Oakley Design boosts the LP 700-4 engine to 760hp with a rear-drive option to make it up to 187lb lighter. Also has carbon fiber bumpers, side air intakes, side mirrors, engine bay covers and roof.

This 2012 ‘Vette sports Carbon Flash metallic paint, satin aluminum wheels, red brake calipers, and magnetic selective ride control. Available in Z06, Grand Sport and ZR1 models. Happy 100th, Chevy!

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Stan Lee’s The Governator animated series will premiere in 2012; a comic book, 3D film and internet programming are also being considered. (Thanks Jonathan!)

Toyota has been working on their aggressive rear-wheel-drive sports concept for several years now, but these studio pics look like the real deal. Expect the FT-86 II to go into production in 2012.

Founder Tomonobu Itagaki may have left Team Ninja, but that doesn’t mean we’re not still going to be first in line to buy Ninja Gaiden 3 when it hits PS3 and Xbox 360 sometime in 2012.

Since there’s no official trailer yet for Joss Whedon’s 2012 Avengers movie, one enterprising fan decided to make his own, using footage scrounged from the solo Marvel superhero flicks.

Limited to 987 cars, Porsche’s sexy 2012 Boxster S Black Edition has 320 hp with 273 lb/ft of torque, Bi-Xenon headlights, 19″ wheels, and lots of glossy black paint. Coming this Spring. (Thanks Chris!)

Scheduled for construction in 2012 and expected to be in operation by 2014, the flowing, $85M Port and Cruise Service Center in the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan will be designed by reiser + umemoto.

Out in 2012, the Morgan EvaGT is a sexy limited production coupe with hand-finished aluminum body and BMW’s 306 hp twin turbo 3.0-liter straight 6. 0-60 in 4.5 seconds and top speed of 170 mph.

While we don’t expect Audi to release an electric vehicle until 2012’s A2, the conceptual A1 e-tron hybrid will do for now. Despite its power source, the car could go from 0 to 60 in about 10 seconds.

You’re looking at the official mascots for the 2012 London Olympics. Wenlock is on the left, and Mandeville on the right. Despite the explanations, we still don’t get why they look like Leela’s kids.

It’s official: Fiat’s all-electric 500EV is coming to the US courtesy of Chrysler, who will begin making the car in 2012; the zero emissions vehicle boasts an advanced lithium ion battery.

Audi’s E-Tron V2 speeds closer to a 2012 launch with 204 hp and 1,955 lb-ft of torque at the wheels, good for 0-60 in 5.9s; it also gets an improved interior, heat pump, and regenerative braking.

It’s a somewhat incoherent mix of Star Wars, 2001, and 2012, but sci-fi short film Energy Hunter scores points for excellent cinematography and some truly stunning locations.

John Dies At The End may sound like an insta-spoiler, but rewards with a soy-sauce induced trip filled with beer, FPS games and fantasy flicks; it’s by Cracked.com’s David Wong Jason Pargin.

Galactic Suites plans to open the first space hotel in 2012; $4.4 million buys you a 3-day stay (with 15 sunrises/day), a velcro-covered suit, and 8 weeks of training on a tropical island.

Adidas Originals’ Tokio Tech His take one step back and two steps forward: the retro runners feature modern Gore Tex along with a boot leather rubber coating and tractor gum sole.

With a recession, 2012, and Jackie Chan fighting viruses, the end-time signs are all here; Slate’s Choose Your Own Apocalypse lets you choose 144 possible causes of America’s death.

If you’re one of the few holdouts without a DS, the Nintendo DSi will be reaching North American shores this April 5th; it’ll come with two cameras and be available in blue or black.

America’s economy may be tanking, but South Korea is going ahead with Robotland, a $559 million theme park scheduled to be open in 2012; check out the giant, 50 story Taekwon V!

Kids, smoking tobacky is bad, but this gorgeous Narghile Hookah by Nedda El-Asmar is tempting to say the least; it’s made out of solid polished pewter and comes with a ceramic burner.

Critical thinking champion and Bad Astronomy founder Phil Plait has written Death from the Skies. It’s a collection of plausible end of the world scenarios, sans the 2012 doomsday hype.