Free updates with new content are one of the major ways that gaming has changed in the 21st century, creating the games-as-a-service concept, rather than a one-time play through and thanks for the memories.

Over the last two weeks since Easter, some notable games on the Apple TV platform have received some pretty big updates, adding in everything from minor technical improvements, to major content additions.

We thought we’d do a roundup of the ones that caught our attention in case you’d deleted them in a housekeeping frenzy, thinking that you were done. If these games aren’t on your hard drive, then of course you won’t receive any notification that updates have been issued.

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Whenever I’m forced to use the Siri Remote to control a game on the Apple TV platform, I feel as though I’m speaking a second language; muscle memories developed over decades of holding a traditional game controller can no longer be relied upon.

The Siri Remote’s small, lightweight nature feels ideally designed for its primary use – that of navigating Apple TV’s menus and consuming media – but for gaming it feels too insubstantial in your hands as an input device.

It’s a shame to encounter these two barriers when faced with what is obviously a game that’s had a lot of care and effort poured into it.

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Last week, the Australian iteration of print magazine Game Informer hit its 100th issue, and the team marked the occasion in style. With two different classic covers available to collect (Metroid above, and WoW over on page 2), the GI staff filled the bulk of the issue by undertaking the mammoth task of listing The Top 300 Games Of All Time.

Now, this sort of list is always going to create some heated debate, but isn’t that half the fun? Having this sort of firebrand sitting around on your coffee table makes for a great conversation starter.

Of the 300 titles in Game Informer’s list, there are 7 of them that you could be playing on your Apple TV right now, and we’ve listed them in descending order over on page 2, noting each game’s position within GI’s list.

So what are you waiting for?

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Kidu has actually been available for 12 months, but has only now been brought to our attention thanks to a feature in Apple’s relatively new Today tab. With iOS 11, the App Store received a complete makeover, with each new day bringing featured articles on apps and games, in a well-written magazine-style format.

The fact that this interesting title has only come to light a year after release is both a positive and negative reflection on Apple’s discoveribiltiy issues. While the Today tab is a change for the better for iPhone and iPad apps, it’s also serving to show how desperately the Apple TV App Store needs some sort of New Release list which is not editorially curated. The New Games We Love section on the Australian ATV App Store hasn’t been updated in months. Months.

That’s enough about that for now though. Let’s shift perspective back over to Kidu.

Nice segue.

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