Top Gun is marking its 40th anniversary this year, and to celebrate the iconic 1980s action flick, a new 40th Anniversary 4K Steelbook edition Blu-ray is releasing on May 5. The two-disc set comes with a premium Steelbook case featuring art from the movie on both the exterior and interior, along with a selection of special features. You can reserve your copy for $30 from Amazon.

If you're unfamiliar, Top Gun, originally released in 1986, follows Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Tom Cruise), a young, cocky, but talented Navy pilot, invited to the elite Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School, where he must learn to work with the rest of his new wing mates. Top Gun is considered one of the quintessential action movies of the 1980's, with multiple scenes and lines that have become enduring parts of pop culture. This new Steelbook Edition includes 4K UHD and standard Blu-ray versions of the original film. The Blu-ray disc also includes plenty of special features that take you behind the scenes of the movie's production and its 40-year legacy.

• The Legacy of Top Gun featurette
• On Your Six - Thirty Years of Top Gun featurette
• Danger Zone 6-Part Making of Documentary
• Interviews with Tom Cruise
• Multi-Angle Storyboards
• Best of the Best: Inside the Real Top Gun featurette
• Behind-the-Scenes featurette
• Survival Training featurette

If Top Gun isn't quite your bag, there are a handful of other upcoming Steelbook edition 4K Blu-rays to check out, including the upcoming 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Collector's Edition, which features incredible cover art. There's no release date yet, but you can preorder it from Amazon now for $55. For another classic, Carlito's Way 4K SteelBook is available to preorder on Amazon for $30 (was $35), before it comes out on April 7, and includes a handful of special features and new cover art. Check out a few more Steelbook Edition 4K Blu-rays in the list below.

Humble’s Owlcat and Beamdog bundle is a love letter to new and classic CRPGs. Digging deep into the games made by Owlcat Studios and Beamdog, this collection packs 12 PC games, including heavy-hitters like Planescape: Torment, Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition, and Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition. Like all Humble Bundles, the pricing is a little tricky. You can choose how much to pay, and the more you pay, the more games you get and the more money goes to charity--in this case, DonorsChoose, which helps provide materials and facilities for classrooms across America. The bundle starts at $5 for four games, or you can pick up the entire 12-item bundle, which includes $296 worth of games, for just $23.

It’s impossible to talk about this bundle without talking about Planescape: Torment. This is one of the most influential and ahead-of-its-time CRPGs ever made. It was a pioneer for the way it leaned heavily into dialogue and player choice, making your decisions have real weight and consequences. It’s a truly timeless experience, and if you’ve never played it or have been meaning to revisit it, this bundle is a good excuse.

A cluster of lab-grown human brain cells has apparently made the leap to successfully playing a very rudimentary video game without the benefit of eyes, ears, or any kind of sensory input. It's a far cry from playing something more complex, but it represents a major step forward for research.

According to UC Santa Cruz researchers (via Gadget Review), researchers successfully coached their brain organoids to solve a "cart-pole" problem, which is a lot like balancing a digital broomstick. AI systems are tested on the same basis, but the brain cells' success rate is said to have jumped from 4.5% to 46% after training them to perform using electronic signals as punishments when incorrect and rewards when the input was used correctly.

That may not sound like much compared to what AI can do, but it's considered a breakthrough that demonstrates the brain power that even these tiny organoids possess. This could potentially be harnessed in the future for even more complex tasks.

If your Steam backlog is looking a little shooter-heavy and needs a few more pitfalls and double-jumps, it’s a good time to check out Fanatical’s 3D Platformer Build Your Own Bundle. This collection includes platformers of all stripes, from indie darlings to big-name titles, and each one of them is proof that the best way to solve any problem is to jump right over it. The 3D Platformer Bundle includes 18 games to choose from--the more you add to your bundle, the bigger the discount you’ll see at checkout. For instance, if you add all 18 of these titles to your bundle, you’re snagging $339 of games for just $26.

One of the games included in this bundle is indie darling Anodyne 2. It’s an inventive hybrid 2D-3D game that drops you into a world infected by deadly nano particles, and it’s your job to shrink down into infected bodies and clear out the Nano Dust. It’s delightfully weird. While you’re exploring cities, wastelands, and the overworld, you run around in 3D. But when you jump inside people to clear out the Nano Dust, the game switches to a 2D adventure that differs from person to person based on their internal struggles.

Another game included in the bundle is Victorian-inspired Tin Hearts. Made by some of the people who brought you the first Fable game, Tin Hearts sees you guiding a small army of toy soldiers through elaborate environments inspired by the intricate visual language of the Victorian era. You’ll guide your toy soldiers through environments as simple as a drawing room, or as complex and perilous as a Rube Goldberg-like toy factory, full of hazards to reduce your adorable little guys into scrap metal.

World of Warcraft's latest expansion is just now rolling out globally after an early-access period for Epic Edition owners, but players think they've already found where Blizzard's MMORPG will go next.

Major WoW patch updates always add a new zone, and it seems one of Midnight's future patch areas, possibly for patch 12.1, is already in-game. As pointed out by user Aggnicia_MightyGnome on the WoW subreddit, players can briefly access an island shrouded in fog off the coast of the new Zul'Aman zone before being automatically teleported away. The zone is named Atal'Utek and even appears to have its own general chat channel, adding more evidence that it is indeed a full-fledged zone in waiting.

It's not the first mention of Atal'Utek. As reported by Icy Veins last year, datamined files from the Midnight alpha hinted at raid rewards from something titled "Ulatek." Atal'Utek and Ulatek are similar in nature, with some players believing Ulatek to be the raid from the new zone. In WoW lore, Ula'Tek is a serpent goddess worshiped by the Amani trolls, one that may possibly have some connection to the Void or the Old Gods. Screenshots taken from investigative players show the island to be home to various pools of poison and decay, something that could line up with a snake or serpent-themed deity.

The continued concern over RAM availability and its impact on component prices has led one research firm to predict that the entry-level PC market will disappear in as little as two years.

Gartner has suggested in its latest report that the ongoing RAM shortage due to AI data center demands is going to have a big impact on consumer electronics, with the firm predicting a 17% increase in PC prices and a 13% increase in smartphone prices compared to 2025. Given the low margins on many entry-level offerings, the firms predicts that by 2028 the sub-$500 PC will no longer exist.

The surge of RAM and DRAM pricing is predicted to increase further, peaking at 130% by the end of 2026. This will ultimately lead to consumers holding onto aging PCs for longer, with Gartner predicting that this could increase by nearly 20% for consumers that already have a modern system. This comes with concerns around security vulnerabilities over time, but is supported by the increasing cost of older DDR4 RAM as supply of DDR5 continues to dry up.

The fourth Sonic the Hedgehog movie is now in production, Oscar-nominated director Jeff Fowler has announced with a photo from the movie's set. The photo shows Fowler holding a hammer, and this appears to be reference to the character Amy Rose, who will be voiced by Kristen Bell.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is set for release in March 2027, so fans still have to wait a while to see it. Fowler directed the previous three Sonic movies and is coming back for the fourth.

The cast for Sonic 4 features Ben Schwartz returning to play Sonic, with Bell coming aboard as Rose. Dr. Robotnik actor Jim Carrey stated that he's "definitely open" to returning for another sequel, but it remains to be seen if he'll actually be in it. No other casting or story details are available.

Video games might look more impressive than ever, but retro-inspired titles with low-polygon counts and pixel-art aesthetics still have their charm. If you're a connoisseur of the classics, you'll want to check out this new Humble Bundle deal. The Cartridge Chaos bundle celebrates indie PC games with a retro feel, and for just $22 or more, you can grab a highlight reel of titles and support charity. All of these games can be redeemed on your Steam account.

Humble's deal offers four games from its curated list for just $10.35 if you want a smaller sample of games with an old-school feel. Proceeds from the sale go to NPower, a non-profit focused on empowering people through skills training and real-world experience.

Highlights include Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind, a brawler featuring Angel Grove's teenagers with attitude. With hand-drawn art, DinoZords, and plenty of Putty Squad troopers to knock out, it's a fun beat-'em-up, while Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is another side-scrolling action title that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit games. Corn Kidz 64 looks like it would fit right in on the N64 console with its blocky design, and there's even a Shantae game on the list for some charming platforming fun.

Actor Ryan Hurst, who plays Kratos in the upcoming God of War TV show for Prime Video, has reacted to the response to the release of the first image from the series.

For anyone just catching up, the first image shows Hurst and actor Callum Vinson in costume as Kratos and Atreus, respectively. The image was mocked online for how odd it looked, with some saying it makes the actors look like cosplayers.

He said on his Instagram story (via Culture Crave), "Don't believe everything you see on the internet, kids."

GTA 6 is the biggest game of the year--or maybe the decade--and people want to know everything there is to know about it. It's now come to light that someone had allegedly leaked footage of the game on their phone for the past four years and is only just sharing it now, while telling everyone please don't DM them for any more information.

The Instagram user vice.city.alligator posted footage of a bridge that a friend reportedly sent them over four years ago. The Instagram user says the video looks so bad because it was sent by email and had to be compressed. The person also never expected to even post it because it is a "nothingburger."

vice.city.alligator said the footage came from a friend who worked at Rockstar Games, but since they no longer work there, "figured I'd drop it," they said (via Kotaku).