Jalopnik Best Of 2026 Awards
With no shortage of impressive announcements and launches this year, here’s what most impressed the Jalopnik team.
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2027 Honda Civic Type R Gets Tweaked Aero, Heated Front Seats, And A Higher Price Of $49,990
Honda optimized the Civic Type R’s suspension damping, improved the rev match system, and added a yoke spring to the brake pedal to produce a more direct feel.
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Sinister BMW X3 M50 Black Package Gets 22-Inch Wheels
Well, that escalated quickly. Only yesterday, BMW announced a series of updates for the X3, including a significant power bump for the M50. Now, the company has revealed a new Black Package for the M Performance crossover, because apparently 443 horsepower wasn’t enough to get attention. Available exclusively for the M Performance version, the Black…
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BMW Opens New Battery Plant To Power The Electric 3 Series
BMW has officially opened its new Irlbach-Straßkirchen battery plant in Bavaria, marking the start of series production at a facility that will play a crucial role in the Neue Klasse rollout. And if you’re wondering which model benefits from the shiny new factory first, look no further than the new i3. The roughly €1 billion…
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A Colossal Update and Two DLCs Come to Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
Summary Available now on XBOX One, XBOX Series X|S and PC. Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles continues to evolve since its 2024 release. Two new DLCs are also now available. Hello Bulwark lovers! My name is Tomas Sala, and I’m the solo developer of Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles. Today, we are very excited to announce the release of…
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“We want people to try and outsmart the game”: No Law aims for Arkane-style reactivity within a dangerous walled city
Port Desire, the hemmed-in city setting of immersive sim No Law, is hard to place. At points, it reminds me of walking around Lisbon. It shares that Portuguese city’s verticality, where hill-straddling streets shouldered by colourful houses and corner shops can feel like tiers on a wedding cake. The strong sunlight and bursts of foliage…
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The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past’s setting “felt like a really natural way to go”, CD Projekt Red story director says, while parrying my attempts to breach the DLC’s guard
Ever since The Witcher 3‘s decade-on expansion Songs of the Past was revealed not to be a windup nor a case of empthy rumourmongering, I’ve been eating up as many details about its story as CD Projekt Red have offered. The truth is that, outside of showing off the setting and a few of the…
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Capcom aren’t just running out of Resident Evil games to remake – they’re banking on it, with a mysterious “crossover” planned when the timelines collide
Capcom have done a brisk trade in Resident Evil remakes this past decade. They’ve gone back to formula with Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, and Resident Evil 4, not just bumping up the resolution and revarnishing the cutscenes, but writing new variations on the old survival horror fables. There’s a Resident Evil: Code Veronica…
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Kena: Scars of Kosmora launches 2027, Ember Lab shares story overview
Since our announcement trailer in February, we’ve been heads down bringing Kena: Scars of Kosmora to the finish line. It’s been exciting to see all the anticipation and passion from fans. We can’t wait to share a new installment of Kena’s story with you! At the same time, we want to deliver a top-notch game…
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Reigns, Card Shark Dev Is Closing Down As Leads Go Independent Again: ‘I Still Have Things That I Can Say’
‘At the moment, you feel like you’re in the washing machine and it’s turned on and you’re like, “Well, oh my God, this is going so fast.”‘