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Fortnite‘s Week 7 challenges are now live, which means we’re quickly nearing the end of Season 9. While there are still a few weeks remaining before Season 10 officially kicks off, if you play Fortnite on PC, you may need to upgrade your rig in order to join the battle next season.

Developer Epic Games has announced that Fortnite’s minimum requirements on PC will change in Season 10. “Starting with Season 10, the PC version of Fortnite will require a graphics card capable of running Microsoft DirectX 11,” Epic wrote on its website. As the developer explains:

“While a DirectX 11-capable graphics card has always been one of Fortnite’s system requirements, we’ve kept support online for players with older graphics cards–so they could keep playing! However, when Season 10 begins, Fortnite will no longer be compatible with these older graphics cards. This allows us to focus our development and testing efforts to further optimize the Fortnite experience for all players.”

Epic hasn’t yet announced an exact start date for Season 10, but Season 9 is slated to end on August 1 according to the game’s website. That means you’ll have until then to complete any challenges and unlock all the Season 9 Battle Pass rewards. If you need help completing any of those, you can find tips for the trickier ones in our full Fortnite Season 9 challenges guide.

Fortnite’s most recent update, patch 9.30, arrived earlier this week an introduced a new healing item to the game: the Chug Splash. When thrown, the item will heal you and other players who are within the range of its explosion. A subsequent patch addressed a variety of bugs and other issues that have impacted the game over the last few days.

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled‘s release date has finally arrived, meaning fans can once again enjoy the Bandicoot’s kart racing debut. (Is it still a debut if it’s a remaster? Who knows!)

The game is out now on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. While some free Crash Team Racing DLC is on the way, including Spyro the Dragon, you can already get your hands on a multitude of characters, karts, and tracks right now. For more, you can check out our US buying guide for Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled.

As for the reviews, the reception has been positive. We awarded the game an 8/10 in our Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled review-in-progress, saying it feels as good now as it did 20 years ago. For more scores, check out a selection of verdicts below, or take a look at our sister site, Metacritic.

• Game: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
• Developer / Publisher: Beenox / Activision
• Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
• Release date: Out now
• Price: $40 / £35 / AU $70

GameSpot — 8/10 (Review-In-Progress)

“Simply put: This is a remaster done right. Nitro-Fueled maintains the spirit and rock-solid foundations of a childhood favorite while building on it and modernizing it where necessary–even if the handling might take a bit of getting used to. Adventure mode’s classic variant feels a little tough, but your first race on Roo’s Tubes or Sewer Speedway will bring a nostalgic grin to your face regardless. When the nostalgia fades, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled remains fun and engaging enough to keep you racing on with a smile on your face for much longer yet. It’s good to have Crash back.” — Oscar Dayus [Full review-in-progress]

GamesRadar+ — 5/5

“Beenox has managed to take the original Crash Team Racing, and somehow made it better. 20 years ago, this was the kart racer to play, but Mario Kart gradually usurped it and since the early 2000s, Crash has been laid dormant, waiting for its time to seize the throne and become the king of kart racers once more. That time is now, because Crash is back, baby.” — Ford James [Full review]

IGN — 8.2/10

“Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled’s difficulty, memorable track design, and addictive power slide mechanic make it a kart racer worth playing, especially competitively (though new players should check out a guide or two first). In single-player it’s richer than what the genre normally provides, but at the expense of a cheap and unforgiving Adventure mode design that can become overly frustrating. Overall, a new HUD, cosmetic options, and the ability to swap characters during the campaign mean there’s simply no contest between playing this and the 1999 original.” — Janet Garcia [Full review]

Eurogamer — Essential

“I was worried that revisiting CTR might feel a bit like going back to your old school, where everything’s much smaller than you remembered – and maybe if it were just the base game that might be true. But Nitro-Fueled feels more like seeing and old friend than an old classroom, even if it’s a pretty weird friend who refuses to grow up and still wears jorts in public. It’s just plain, dumb fun, a game completely unashamed of itself even now. I think that’s probably why, even beyond the enormously generous treatment it’s had from Beenox and under the nice, polished-up hood, CTR is still one of the best kart racers ever made.” — Chris Tapsell [Full review]

Video Games Chronicle — 4/5

“Comfortably the best kart racer on PS4 and Xbox One, and earning a creditable second place on Switch, this is a seriously impressive calling card for its unsung makers.” — Chris Schilling [Full review]

Today marks the first official day of summer, and now that the days are growing warmer and sunnier, what better time to hide inside and play some games? The PlayStation Store is celebrating the new season with a flash sale on PS4, PS3, and Vita games, and the best part is that everything is $10 or less.

The sale is running now through Monday, June 4 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET and includes markdowns up to 75% off PS4 titles like Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin for $10, Dragon Ball Xenoverse for $10, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition for $4.49, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 for $10, and Psychonauts (PS2 Classic) for only $1.49. For last-gen console owners, the PS3 and Vita offering is quite substantial as well. You can save big on classics like BioShock Infinite for $6, Borderlands for $3, the Devil May Cry HD Collection for $5, Life Is Strange: The Complete Season for $4, and Deus Ex: Human Revolution for $3.

While not part of the flash sale, there are some other great deals to grab before they disappear next week, including Persona 5 for only $16 ($14 with PS Plus) and Persona 4 Golden (Vita) for $12 ($10 with PS Plus). You can also grab Shenmue I & II for only $21 ($18 with PS Plus) and Monster Hunter World for $20.

There are hundreds of games on sale to pick through, and you can browse the full list of discounted titles and DLC at the PlayStation blog. Plus, see some of our picks from the weekend flash sale below.

PS4

• 2064: Read Only Memories — $5
• 8-Bit Invaders — $7.49
• Amnesia: Collection — $9
• Assassin’s Creed Chronicles (China, India, Russia) — $4 each
• Banner Saga 1 — $10
• Bastion — $3
• Bleed: Complete Bundle — $7
• Child of Light — $4.49
• The Crew — $9.89
• Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin — $10
• Day of the Tentacle Remastered — $2.24
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided — $4.49
• Don’t Starve Together: Console Edition — $6
• Don’t Starve: Console Edition — $4.49
• Furi — $6
• Inside — $7
• Invisible Inc. Console Edition — $6.79
• Jackbox Party Pack 2 and 3 — $10 each
• Just Cause 3 — $6
• Layers of Fear — $5
• Life is Strange: Complete Season — $4
• Limbo — $2
• Limbo and Inside Bundle — $9
• Little Nightmares — $6
• Octahedron — $6.49
• Outlast 2 — $7.49
• Oxenfree — $7
• Psychonauts (PS2 Classic) — $1.49
• Rayman Legends — $10
• Resident Evil Revealtions — $8
• Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition — $4.49
• Soma — $9
• Steamworld Dig 2 — $10
• Tacoma — $5
• Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition — $6
• Trine Trilogy — $9
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 — $10
• Xeodrifter — $1

PS3

• BioShock — $4
• BioShock Infinite — $6
• Borderlands — $3
• Borderlands 2 — $4
• Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel — $6
• Day of the Tentacle Remastered
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution — $3
• Devil May Cry HD Collection — $5
• DMC Devil May Cry — $5
• Grand Theft Auto V — $10
• Just Cause 2 — $2
• Life Is Strange: Complete Season — $4
• Sleeping Dogs: Digital Edition — $3
• XCOM: Enemy Within — $6

Vita

• 2064: Read Only Memories — $5
• Bastion — $3
• Day of the Tentacle Remastered — $2.24
• Steamworld Dig 2 — $3
• Super Meat Boy — $4.49
• Xeodrifter — $1

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite operates a lot like Pokemon Go, developer Niantic’s preceding augmented reality game. The two have similar underlying premises of “go out in the real world, catch virtual things,” and use a lot of the same mechanics–we even created a guide for Pokemon Go players to understand Wizards Unite (along with other Wizards Unite coverage). Where Pokemon Go has Poke Balls that you need to gather in order to use them to try to catch Pokemon, Wizards Unite finds players relying on a different resource: Spell Energy. Running out of Spell Energy will quickly put a damper on your dreams of Wizarding World glory.

Of course, you can always get more Spell Energy. But the term itself is a bit misleading. In most mobile games, “energy” is a resource expended whenever you play the game, putting a limitation on how much you can play until you wait for a set amount of time to pass and your energy to “recharge.” It’s a tactic to try to get you to spend money in the game to speed up the wait time so you can play more. But in Wizards Unite, Spell Energy isn’t something you get over time–it’s something you have to go out and find.

How To Get More Spell Energy

Just like in Pokemon Go, to get more Spell Energy (and in that game, Poke Balls), you have to visit physical locations in the real world. Wizards Unite is a game that encourages you to walk around in the world in order to play it, and physically going to certain places is part of the game. To get more Spell Energy, you can visit two kinds of locations: Inns and Greenhouses. Of the two, the most reliable place to recharge your Spell Energy is at an Inn.

Wizards Unite uses real-life location data to create its map, so Inns, Greenhouses, and other locations called Fortresses are usually placed on real landmarks in your area. A post office or a school might double as an Inn, for instance, as might anything else that grabs attention, like a piece of outdoor art or well-known graffiti. To interact with an Inn, you need to be relatively close to it; when you’re within range, it’ll become larger on your map screen in Wizards Unite. Tap the Inn to enter it.

Inside, trace the arcing line at the bottom of the screen (just like spinning a Poke Stop) in order to “dine” at the Inn. You’ll randomly receive one of the five meals appearing on the screen. Depending on which meal you get, you’ll also receive Spell Energy–sometimes just one or two points, sometimes a whole lot more. The best way to refill your stores of Spell Energy is to go for a walk and hit multiple Inns as you go. You can also revisit to the same Inn over and over again, but you’ll need to wait five minutes between Inn meals.

Greenhouses Help, Too

Greenhouses are similar to Inns and also sometimes provide Spell Energy, but in smaller amounts. The rewards you get for interacting with these locations is primarily potion-brewing materials. When you enter a Greenhouse, Wizards Unite will present you with three potted plants, and you get to pick one to see what kind of Herbology rewards await inside. Most of what you’ll receive are ingredients, but you might also sometimes get a few points of Spell Energy too. It’s not as good as visiting an Inn, but Greenhouses are worth a stop if they’re on your way.

Keeping up your Spell Energy means visiting Inns often, so make sure you note where they are in your area. It’s best if you can find a walking route that’ll take you past several Inns, so you can continually stock up on your Spell Energy, search for new Traces, and log kilometers to unlock Portkey Portmanteaus, too.

Looking To The Next Generation

The streaming service Netflix now has the beloved series Neon Genesis Evangelion, marking a big get for anime devotees. But the show is missing a few key components and long-time fans of the series are calling foul.

The Netflix stream is missing some music cues, as well as the karaoke covers of the old standard Fly Me To The Moon. Some users have claimed that Netflix Japan has retained the covers, which could suggest that it’s a music licensing issue. Another Twitter user has showed purported side-by-side translations from the original that appear to censor a gay theme involving a key character.

The sci-fi series focuses on adolescents who are uniquely suited to pilot giant mecha armor to defend humanity against the attacks of beasts known as Angels. It’s rated TV-14, and is known for its heady themes surrounding violence, psychology, religion, and sexuality. Netflix has the 26 original episodes of the series, as well as the two films, The End of Evangelion and Death & Rebirth.

Evangelion was given a new theatrical version starting in 2007, as a trilogy of films that tell roughly the same story in a style that is meant to be more accessible. Those movies are not available on Netflix.