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Fortnite: Battle Royale will soon play host to a special event that will be used to launch a new song from the rapper Travis Scott. The event, called Astronomical, will involve Scott dropping a new track as part of what’s being called “an other-worldly experience” that was “built from the ground up in Fortnite.”

The Astronomical event will run at specific times between April 23-25 (or 24-26, depending on your time zone). Think of it as a musical tour–if you miss the performances, they’re gone. Jumping into Astronomical at these set times will let you experience the new song, and pick up some Fortnite in-game loot in the process.

Travis Scott is also the latest addition to Fortnite’s Icon Series, and new outfits, emotes, and more will be available from April 21. Players who attend the Astronomical event will unlock two new loading screens and an Astroworld Cyclone Glider. The Astronomical Challenges will also be available from then, and there are more rewards you be unlocked from completing them (pictured below).

The track has not debuted yet, and details of the event itself are being kept under wraps. Fortnite has been used for marketing before–plot details from Star Wars Episode IX were revealed in-game before the film’s release, for instance–but this seems like something else entirely.

There are the five times you can catch the Astronomical event. Make sure you plan to attend in advance if you want to see what it’s all about.

Fortnite Travis Scott Event Start Times

Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)

• Thursday April 23, 4PM
• Friday April 24, 7AM
• Friday April 24, 10PM
• Saturday, April 25, 8AM
• Saturday, April 25, 3PM

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

• Thursday April 23, 7PM
• Friday April 24, 10AM
• Saturday, April 25, 5AM
• Saturday, April 25, 11AM
• Saturday, April 25, 6PM

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

• Thursday April 23, 11PM
• Friday April 24, 2PM
• Saturday, April 25, 1AM
• Saturday, April 25, 3PM
• Saturday, April 25, 10PM

Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)

• Friday 24 April, 9AM
• Saturday 25 April, 12AM
• Saturday 25 April, 3PM
• Sunday 26 April, 1AM
• Sunday 26 April, 8AM

Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace can be streamed in the UK for free on the Channel 4 website. It’s also available in the UK and Australia on iTunes. Sadly, there is currently no legal way to stream Darkplace in the U.S., though plenty of clips can be found on YouTube.

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What happens when the BBC runs out of programming? In 2004, Channel 4 desperately needed to fill several gaps in its schedule, and chose to finally air a series that, according to its creator, was “so radical, so risky, so dangerous, so goddamned crazy, that the so-called powers-that-be became too scared to show it.”

This is the premise of Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, one of the best (and most criminally short-lived) comedies of the early 21st century. Darkplace is an absurd combination of genre-parody and mockumentary, presenting itself as the “long-delayed premiere” of a cancelled-before-it-aired TV show from the 1980s, wrapped in interviews with its creative team and cast. The fictional show in question, likewise titled ‘Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace’, was a procedural-hospital-drama-slash-monster-of-the-week-paranormal-thriller (the hospital having been built above a portal to hell, obviously) that asked questions like “What if the world’s worst bargain-bin Stephen King knock-off wrote a TV show,” and, “What would that series look like if it was produced with absolutely no budget?”

The answers were, perhaps unsurprisingly, hilarious… and, at times, grotesque – but usually both in equal measure. Its plotlines are ridiculous (ranging from simple fits of demonic possession to an alien broccoli invasion) and its production quality is purposefully abysmal (tip for you Hollywood types out there: if you can’t afford dirtbikes for a chase sequence, just use bicycles with BBBRRRRRRRRR sound effects overlaid instead) – but it’s the interview segments highlighting the outlandishly myopic worldview of Marenghi and his production team which really make the series exceptional.

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Led by Matthew Holness as the titular “author, dreamweaver, and visionary… plus actor,” and Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd, The Mandalorian) as his publisher and very much not an actor co-star Dean Lerner, the talking heads that intercut each episode (assumedly because the originals weren’t long enough to fill a full half-hour programming block) turn what would have been an otherwise serviceable parody of cheap ’80s TV into a hilarious commentary on the creative process (or lack thereof) and the dichotomy of one’s ego vs actual talent. Marenghi is a parody in and of himself, a pitch-perfect sendup of every mediocre creator masking their insecurities in tropes of badassery from the ’80s and ’90s, and Darkplace is the half-rotten (yet, for us, absurdly delicious) fruits of those labors.

Okay, maybe that’s getting a little too analytical – after all, as Marenghi says, “I know writers who use subtext and they’re all cowards” – but whether you’re looking for high-brow conceptual satire or just a good old-fashioned monkey-man pissfest, Darkplace is a chapter of comedy history you won’t want to skip. Featuring a slew of other British comedians including Matt Berry (Toast of London, The IT Crowd) and Alice Lowe (Hot Fuzz), plus appearances from the likes of Noel Fielding, Lydia Fox, and Stephen Merchant, the six half-hour(ish) episodes of Darkplace are all well worth the couple of hours that it takes to binge the whole series.

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JR is a Senior Editor at IGN, and really hopes you give Darkplace a shot. Seriously, it’s great – like, it-was-his-ringtone-for-no-small-amount-of-time good – so if you do check it out, hit him up on Twitter

If you qualify for the federal government’s Economic Impact Payment, it should be showing up in your account sometime soon. I know people who have not only already gotten theirs, but already spent it, too. If you’ve been thinking about picking up a new gaming laptop, it’s a great use of your “free” money.

If you’re looking for a more comprehensive list, check out our guides to the best cheap gaming laptops and the best gaming laptops, regardless of price.

Don’t see the lists below? Click here.

Gaming Laptops for $1200 or Less

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If you’re looking for a new gaming laptop for under $1200, the specs of the laptops above are pretty par for the course. Barring special promotions, you can generally find gaming laptops with RTX 2060 or GTX 1660/1660 Ti graphics cards coming in under the $1200 mark. Some are even down below $1000, making them a better deal. Keep in mind when you’re buying a gaming laptop which features you value. You might be able to squeeze in a bigger GPU or slightly better CPU, but it comes at the price of less RAM or SSD storage.

My personal pick from this list would be the Gigabyte Aorus gaming laptop. There’s an instant $300 rebate, so the price comes out to $1099 and it’s pretty stacked. My PC display is 144Hz and I don’t think I ever want to go back, so having it in a well-equipped, on-sale gaming laptop is just the icing on the cake. Check out our review of the (newer) Gigabyte Aorus 15G to get a rough idea of what to expect.

Gaming PCs for $1200 or Less

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Desktop gaming PCs will always offer you more bang for your buck than a laptop. You can build one yourself for less money, and while it’s enormously rewarding, it’s also terrifying if you’re inexperienced. I’ve put together a lot of PCs over the years, and I still have a twinge of horror when I power it up for the first time. Another disadvantage to building your own PC right now is tracking down all the parts. You might be able to get the CPU and GPU you want, only to find yourself waiting on the right motherboard. In any case, there’s no shame in buying a prebuilt.

Unlike the gaming PCs of a decade ago, modern prebuilt gaming PCs aren’t built from proprietary, unswappable parts. Essentially they’re built with the same stuff you’d use to build your own, but with a warranty. Since they’re no longer doing stuff like soldering the GPU in place, you can upgrade as you see fit. Check out our guide to the best gaming PCs for a full list of our recommendations not restricted by price, if you’re feeling a little extra spendy.

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Seth Macy is IGN’s tech and commerce editor and just wants to be your friend. Find him on Twitter @sethmacy.

Microsoft and CD Projekt Red are putting out a Cyberpunk 2077-themed Xbox One X console in June, but if all you want is the controller, you can order it now from the Microsoft Store or Walmart. It rings in at $74.99, but it looks stylish as hell. The MS Store product page currently says “out of stock,” but for whatever reason as the page is loading the “Add to Cart” button briefly appears. If you can hit the button while it’s there, you can order the controller.

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• Get it at Microsoft Store
• Also at Walmart
• GAME (UK Readers)

The controller itself features a distressed design that’s based on Johnny Silverhand, the Cyberpunk 2077 character played by Keanu Reeves. It’s gray, black, and red, with scuff marks and scratches that add to the rugged design. It’s an eye-catching piece of hardware.

Like all new Xbox One controllers, it allows for button mapping and has a built-in 3.5mm headset jack. It also has Bluetooth technology that lets you use it to play games on PCs, as well as mobile devices.

A special edition Cyberpunk 2077-themed Xbox One X console will be available in June. It features its own futuristic, distressed case and comes with one of the controllers. The console is not yet available for preorder.

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Chris Reed is IGN’s shopping and commerce editor. You can follow him on Twitter @_chrislreed.

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The fourth episode of Pokemon Sword & Shield‘s anime webseries Twilight Wings features Water-Type Gym Leader Nessa, as she reflects on losing a battle to Grass-Type Leader Milo. The episode dives into the struggles of Nessa’s life, as well as flashbacks to a formative moment in her past.

Unfortunately, viewers wanting to watch in English will have to wait until April 24. Although the Twilight Wings English dubs usually drop around the same time as the Japanese versions, this episode’s dub has been delayed, Newsweek reported.

You can still catch most of the meaning by watching the Japanese video with YouTube’s auto-translated subtitle feature–just turn closed captioning on, then in the options menu change the language to auto-translate, English (or your language of choice). It’s not a perfect translation, but it should be enough to follow along. With Nessa becoming a fan-favorite character shortly after being revealed as one of Sword & Shield’s Gym Leaders, it’s likely many of her fans just won’t want to wait for the English dub to be released.

New episodes of Twilight Wings release for free on YouTube on a monthly basis, with each episode running for around five minutes. So far four episodes have been released of a planned run of seven, with previous episodes featuring Champion Leon, Chairman Rose, Gym Leader Bea, and Hop and his Wooloo.