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Few people are better positioned to reflect on three decades of Lara Croft than Meagan Marie. A longtime member of the Tomb Raider team at Crystal Dynamics, author of 20 Years of Tomb Raider, and a…

Developer One More Level is wall-running toward another big success with its recently-released first-person Soulslike, Valor Mortis, which has already broken even after its first week. The studio best known for shoot-and-slash series Ghostrunner celebrated the milestone earlier today. "We are beyond proud to announce that Valor Mortis has officially reached a break-even point in just seven days," the developer wrote in a recent social media post.

The second wave of Xbox Game Pass additions for October 2026 has been revealed, and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is joining the subscription service for the first time after finally being ported to the console earlier this year. The hit RPG isn’t the only notable addition this month, however. The other is Séance of Blake Manor, a detective game that launched last October. It takes place in 1897 Ireland and you play as someone sent to distant hotel to investigate the whereabouts of a missing women. Unlike some of your standard deduction-based visual novels, Blake Manor includes full 3D environments and a time limit that ticks down with each new action and line of questioning. It looks like Blue Prince but plays like Return of the Obra Dinn.

Updated: Oct 21, 2026 4:38pm UTCIn a world where market price has become the new MSRP for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, you can now score one of its rarest modern ETBs — Prismatic Evolutions — for only $49.99 at Best Buy, thanks to the retailer’s new invite-only listing. Amazon’s invite-only listings for Pokémon TCG Elite Trainer Boxes and bundles have been one of the best ways to score trading cards at MSRP without having to check multiple in-person retail stores or trying to beat scalper-bots during online drops. However, their now-huge popularity has made the odds of getting one of those said invites a ‘once in a blue moon’ sort of opportunity these days. Pokemon TCG: Prismatic Evolutions Elite Trainer BoxSeeing that obvious growing issue in the retailer market, that’s likely why Best Buy has been launching sales events like this itself. Instead of paying around $130.50 for a Prismatic Evolutions Elite Trainer Box (its current market price on TCGplayer), you can pay around 62% less if you’re lucky enough. Said luck is still the most important factor of all here, though, as that essentially determines if you’ll be able to get one of these Pokémon ETBs for yourself.

Elijah is a freelance news writer at Polygon. He was an associate editor at The A. V. Club and Paste, and has been featured in outlets like Game Informer, Fanbyte, Unwinnable, and more. He loves media in all forms, from fighting games and horror flicks to slow cinema and visual novels. He's from the Greater Boston area. Up to eight players can sow chaos in NightCoop