What We Played #616 – Madden 24, Baldur’s Gate 3 & Blasphemous 2

The most awaited Apple event 2023 is now just a few days away and the excitement of the fans keeps getting higher as prices and specs of these new smartphones are being leaked virtually on a daily basis. Rumours have it that the iPhone 15 models may be more expensive than their predecessors in the iPhone 14 series. Price hikes might come as a surprise for interested buyers, but this year's iPhone is bringing various new features that may also lure them into spending greater amounts of money. So, check out the leaked iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max prices below.

Voice actor Charles Martinet, who provided the voice of Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, and other iconic characters for decades, has spoken publicly about his new 'Mario Ambassador' role, and has revealed that he’s not entirely sure what it will consist of yet, either.

Charles Martinet has said that he doesn’t yet know what his new role of ‘Mario Ambassador’ entails.

EA Sports has been in the game for over three decades now. There’s never been a game company that’s stuck around the field nearly as long, and they’ve delivered every year. Now, some would say that the releases are pretty much identical to one another, especially the Madden Football series. But the community is baffled by the deteriorating features or bizarre design choices for the annual franchise, and the players are heading to social media to vent their outrage. We can only hope to see Madden get back on track one day soon.

It’s been a whirlwind of a week for us at TSA, with a big part of that down to two of us being at Gamescom. We’ve played so many games that it’s hard to pick the best ones out, but I’m very excited for Bellwright, Mudrunner Expeditions and Mortal Kombat 1.

Armored Core 6 is out very soon indeed. In fact, depending on where you live, you'll be able to pick up FromSoftware's latest mech action game later today, and in a matter of mere hours. From what we've seen, and from the critical reception so far, Armored Core 6 is a fantastic entry into the long-running series.

There's been a disturbance in the Force. The Ahsoka release schedule has changed at short notice and, sadly, it means a large chunk of the world will have to shift their sleeping patterns and set their alarms.

As excitement reaches fever pitch for the start of a new NFL season, it’s also time to welcome in the next edition of its premiere digital representation, Madden 24. While we’ve recently seen some lovely indie interpretations of the sport in the shape of Retro Bowl and Legend Bowl, players yearning for a modern, graphically rich game of gridiron will be hoping that Madden 24 doesn’t just run the same plays as last year. Fortunately, the team at EA Tiburon have a few surprises squirrelled away in their revised playbook.

India's eagerly awaited Chandrayaan-3 mission is poised to achieve a historic lunar touchdown. Now, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has officially declared that the spacecraft is scheduled to make its soft landing on the Moon's south pole. Chandrayaan-3 landing date and time is August 23, 2023, at approximately 18:04 IST.

The countdown to the release of the Apple iPhone 15 launch has begun, with expectations soaring for the September 2023 launch. Four models are set to debut in the lineup: the standard iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The iPhone 15 series will be launched with Apple seeing a big slowdown in sales in the US as well as a global smartphone slowdown. In effect, that means, Apple will have to make sure its Pro smartphones pack the kind of game-changer tech that fans have come to expect from the tech major rather than the relatively minor changes that have been rolled out over the last few years.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging as a promising avenue for a huge number of human activities - from plain and simple writing to top-notch medical intervention. Now, it is being deployed to curb aircraft emissions! The initiative has been announced by Google and it is collaborating with American Airlines for the purpose. The joint initiative aims to pioneer a novel technology capable of aiding pilots in minimising contrail emissions, those distinctive white streaks trailing across the sky left by aircraft that consist of water vapour and ice particles.

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)'s Chandrayaan-3 mission could not have had a better start, with the lander commencing its deboosting process today. The mission, which launched on July 14 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad in Sriharikota, is India's second attempt to touchdown on the surface of the Moon. In its latest maneuver on July 17, the lander separated from the propulsion module and will now begin its descent towards the lunar south pole.